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The Commission has published the “closer to nature” guidelines and the guidance on payment schemes for forest ecosystem services.

Agricultural households, particularly those operating in rainfed systems in low income countries, are vul nerable to a variety of climate and market risks that pose serious threats...

Paying resource users to preserve features of their environment could in theory better align production and conservation goals. We show, however, that across a range of conservation...

This is a comprehensive study of the global biodiversity crisis and related policy challenges. It includes a review of information tools for decision makers, available instruments for better stewardship of natural...

The aim of this Good Practice Guide (GPG) is to provide a better understanding of how development policies and budget processes can effectively internalize environmental priorities and benefits. This product...

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) can encourage land owners to manage their land in a biodiversity-friendly way. To increase the effectiveness of PES for biodiversity conservation, incentives could...

Conventional agricultural practices – especially conventional tillage – are a major driver of soil erosion globally. While soil may not frequently considered...

Purpose: This paper investigates the incentives to coffee farmers to participate in certification schemes that require improved agricultural practices. Design/methodology/approach: The authors ran a choice experiment among 250...

This report proposes a taxonomy of policy design features for agri-environmental payment schemes, with a focus on those features that are conducive to policy cost-effectiveness. An application of the taxonomy to all agri-environmental...