New Directions in Agri-Environmental and Water Policies in the EU
Series: Environment & Policy, Vol. 37
Brouwer, F.M.; Heinz, I.; Zabel, T. (Eds.)
2003, 236 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 1-4020-1553-4

About this book

The book contributes to a better understanding of the role such co-operation can play in complying cost-effectively with European environmental legislation, in particularly the EU Nitrates and Water Framework Directives, and in achieving a sustainable agriculture. The feasibility of meeting environmental standards by the application of voluntary agreements between farmers and water suppliers is analysed as a more economically efficient and environmentally effective means compared to applying alternative instruments like command-and-control and taxes. In addition, the potential of voluntary co-operative agreements for achieving a more flexible European Union water policy as well as for reforming the Common Agricultural Policy is assessed.

The book will appeal to those researching and working in achieving a more sustainable water management and agricultural practices.

Table of Content

Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Part I: Governance and Water-related Agri-environmental Policy
1. Introduction. Floor Brouwer, Ingo Heinz & Thomas Zabel
2. The concept of resource users’ self-governance. Jan Willem van der Schans
Part II: Co-operative Agreements in the European Union
3. Occurrence of co-operative agreements. Floor Brouwer
4. Achievements of co-operative agreements. Kevin Andrews & Thomas Zabel
5. Co-operative agreements versus other instruments. Ingo Heinz
Part III: Co-operative Agreements: Assessment at National Level
6. Germany: Searching for strategies to provide pure water. Ingo Heinz
7. France: Improved farming practices in water catchment areas. Emmanuel Soyeux
8. The Netherlands: from compensation to legal constraints. Katrin Oltmer & Floor Brouwer
9. United Kingdom: Financial and cultural constraints. Kevin Andrews
Part IV: Co-opertive agreements in the Broader Policy Framework
10. Instruments that promote co-operative agreements. Ingo Heinz
11. Water utility- farmer co-operation in the US. Stephen Gasteyer
12. Co-operative agreements in the context of EU Policy. Floor Brouwer and Thomas Zabel
Index



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