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Title Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia : investing in biodiversity and other ecosystem services on farms / edited by Dean Ansell, Fiona Gibson, David Salt.

Publication Info. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2016.

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Contents Intro; Preface; List of figures; List of tables and boxes; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction: Framing the agri-environment; Part I. The agri-environment in the real world; Working effectively with farmers on agri-environment investment; The Environmental Stewardship Program: Lessons on creating long-term agri-environment schemes; Do farmers love brolgas, seagrass and coral reefs? It depends on who's paying, how much, and for how long!; The vital role of environmental NGOs: Trusted brokers in complex markets.
Agricultural land use policy in the European Union: A brief history and lessons learnt: A brief history of agri-environment policy in Australia: From community-based NRM to market-based instruments; Part II. The birds and the beef; Can recognition of ecosystem services help biodiversity conservation?; A perspective on land sparing versus land sharing; Restoring ecosystem services on private farmlands: Lessons from economics; Scaling the benefits of agri-environment schemes for biodiversity; Social dimensions of biodiversity conservation programs.
Contract preferences and psychological determinants of participation in agri-environment schemes; Accounting for private benefits in ecological restoration planning; Part III. Planning, doing and learning; Defining and designing cost-effective agri-environment schemes; Transaction costs in agri-environment schemes; What a difference a metric makes: Strong (and weak) metrics for agri-environment schemes; Public benefits, private benefits, and the choice of policy tool for land-use change; Controls and counterfactual information in agro-ecological investment.
Achieving greater gains in biodiversity from agri-environment schemes; Lessons for policy from Australia's experience with conservation tenders; Improving the performance of agri-environment programs: Reflections on best practice in design and implementation; Conclusion -- Elements of good design.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Ecosystem services -- Australia.
Ecosystem services.
Australia.
Incentives in conservation of natural resources -- Australia.
Incentives in conservation of natural resources.
Biodiversity -- Government policy -- Australia.
Biodiversity -- Government policy.
Biodiversity.
Biodiversity -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
Biodiversity -- Economic aspects.
Indexed Term Australian
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ansell, Dean, editor.
Gibson, Fiona, editor.
Salt, David, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia : investing in biodiversity and other ecosystem services on farms. Acton, ACT : ANU Press, c2016 xxvii, 310 pages 9781760460150 (DLC) 2018411002
ISBN 9781760460167 (electronic book)
1760460168 (electronic book)
9781760460150