Dynamics in national agri-environmental policy implementation under changing EU policy priorities: Does one size fit all?

Vesterager, Jens Peter; Frederiksen, Pia; Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard; Vădineanu, Angheluţă; Gaube, Veronika; Geamănă, Nicoleta; Pavlis, Evangelos; Terkenli, Theano S.; Bucur, M.M.; Sluis, T. van der; Busck, Anne Gravsholt

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.05.014

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“…Some policies may even increase nitrogen pollution in aquatic ecosystems by promoting the maintenance or expansion of agriculture, transport, aquaculture and other drivers of nitrogen pollution. The CAP in particular has been shown to support intensive farming and maintain the viability of agricultural practices in several regions (Vesterager et al, 2016) and cross-compliance requirements within the CAP are currently not implemented sufficiently to ensure that nitrogen pressures from farming reach a sustainable level (European Court of Auditors, 2014; Meyer et al, 2014).…”

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“…Furthermore, a growing body of literature highlights the conflicts and trade-offs between biodiversity protection on the one hand and policies supporting economic growth and food security on the other (e.g. Gorenflo and Warner, 2016), such as the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (Leventon et al, 2017;Vesterager et al, 2016;Meyer et al, 2014) and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) (Elliott, 2014;Khalilian et al, 2010;Frost and Andersen, 2006). It is thus important to consider not only the multiple objectives set by environmental policies, but also the impact of sectoral, food security and growth policies on the protection of aquatic biodiversity.…”

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Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity across the Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Realms: Is the existing EU policy framework fit for purpose?

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While some progress has been made, Europe is far from achieving its policy objective of healthy aquatic ecosystems. This paper presents an integrated assessment of how EU policies influence aquatic biodiversity, in order to determine how EU policies and laws contribute to achieving and/or hindering EU and international biodiversity targets. The paper also discusses whether European policy has a synergistic or conflicting mix of instruments to address the main problems facing aquatic biodiversity, and whether gaps in the existing policy framework exist. The integrated policy review assessment presented in this paper is based on the application of the drivers-pressures-state-impact-responses (DPSIR) framework to six known pressures on aquatic biodiversity, selected to provide a representative range: nitrogen pollution, species extraction, invasive alien species, water abstraction, alterations to morphology, and plastic waste. The DPSIR framework is used to characterize these pressures and how they are influenced by underpinning socio-economic drivers and major European policies. The conclusions highlight that the policy framework is most developed when it comes to defining environmental targets and sets a number of instruments to reduce pressures by encouraging the adoption of more resourceefficient practices, but it becomes less specific when tackling sectors (drivers) and supporting more environmental sound economic development.

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Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity across the Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Realms: Is the existing EU policy framework fit for purpose?

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“…The extent of this urban transition depends particularly on spatial planning, which is guided mostly by national or regional policies. In particular in Rȃteşti (2.8% increase) and Lesvos (2.0%) the urban expansion is concentrated or clustered around existing built-up areas and this seems not so much an intentional effect, but rather the consequence of lack of or ineffective policy (Vesterager et al 2016). In Roskilde (1.8%) the built-up areas are partly scattered in the countryside.…”

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The impact of European landscape transitions on the provision of landscape services: an explorative study using six cases of rural land change

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Context The reasons for recent landscape change in the European countryside are complex and poorly substantiated. Identification of drivers of landscape transition and assessment of the effects on the provision of landscape services are subject of recent debate. Objectives Aims of the paper are to explore what implications rural landscape transitions (as identified by land use and land cover changes) have for the provision of landscape services, and whether these changes can be related to specific drivers of change. Methods The paper records gross landscape change on the basis of land use and land cover changes in six case study areas in five countries, and assesses the impacts on the provision of landscape services in the past 25 years. Results In the past decades the observed land use and land cover changes in the case studies are relatively small, with a dominance of urbanisation and afforestation processes. However, the impacts of these changes are clearly reflected in a change in landscape services. Conclusions Although the landscape transitions do affect the services, spatial data alone is insufficient to Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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“…In general, land use change types are highly diverse among member-states and depend on local and national contexts. Perhaps "one-size fits-all" policies and regulations ought to be reconsidered, as they tend to be difficult to adapt indiscriminately by all local landscapes and landowners (Vesterager et al, 2016). Environmental, agricultural and other policies regulating land use ought to respond better to local socio-economic conditions, in order to gain traction.…”

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Prospects and Constraints of Low-Intensity Farming in Marginal Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Lesvos, Greece

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This paper critically examines the characteristics of low-intensity, small-scale family farming and related aspects of farming sustainability, in a marginally productive peri-urban landscape, that of the capital town of Lesvos Island, Mytilini, Greece. These aspects and characteristics are explored on the basis of farmers’-landowners’ perceptions and visions of local landscape/land use change, through a questionnaire survey. Our findings indicate that production is basically aimed for self-consumption; such practices yield low incomes but bear high cultural values, mostly run by hobby and part-time farmers-landowners, lacking agricultural education. Olive crops are the dominant, but decreasing, form of production, while some other less-water-reliant cultivations are increasing. Peri-urban small family farming remains significant, but in need of new policies/strategies further promoting its value and role.

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Dynamics in national agri-environmental policy implementation under changing EU policy priorities: Does one size fit all?

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity across the Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Realms: Is the existing EU policy framework fit for purpose?

Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity across the Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Realms: Is the existing EU policy framework fit for purpose?

The impact of European landscape transitions on the provision of landscape services: an explorative study using six cases of rural land change

Prospects and Constraints of Low-Intensity Farming in Marginal Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Lesvos, Greece

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