Zwischen klimaschutzpolitischem Anspruch und agrarpolitischer Wirklichkeit: Moorschutz im Bundesländervergleich

Transitioning to Sustainable Life on Land

“…Brunner (2008) points out the shortcomings of the MSA in the analysis of multi-level politics. For the case of paludiculture, Ewert and Hartung (2020) show that, in Germany, the agricultural administrations in the Bundesländer do not support paludicultures directly via CAP schemes due to their unclear legal status in the European regulations. All our interview partners point out that the sustainable use of peatlands is also on the agenda of the agricultural policy stakeholders in the Bundesländer; however, for its implementation, the stakeholders are waiting for European policy changes (Interview No 1-5).…”

“…However, in the present reform discussion of the CAP on a European level, this issue plays an important role (see Section 4.4). In Germany, all current coalition agreements in the peatland-rich Bundesländer mention the need to protect and rewet the peatlands in order to implement GHG emission targets (Ewert and Hartung 2020). Our interviews with the agricultural ministries demonstrate that the Bundesländer have been trying to get the federal ministry of Germany to name the problem and possible solutions in the coming European CAP period (Interview No 1, No 2, No 4 and No 5).…”