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This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by Sage Publications Ltd, 2019.
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This article reviews the options for delivering a new approach to agricultural support post-Brexit and in particular the development of a new approach to delivering environmental protection and biodiversity improvement through future farming policy. It considers the options for developing a policy based upon 'public money for public goods' and argues for the development of an approach based upon payments for the ecosystem services provided by land management and by farming. If a 'payment for ecosystem services' approach is to be successful, however, careful consideration must be given to reform of land tenure laws in order to provide a stable platform for the long term management of ecosystems and landscapes. And new legal models will be needed to capture the sale and purchase of ecosystem services. Brexit offers opportunities to develop a new and innovative approach to agri-environmental policy, but the development of a market for the sale and purchase of the important ecosystem services provided by agriculture will present significant challenges.
Author(s): Rodgers C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Environmental Law Review
Year: 2019
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Pages: 38-49
Online publication date: 07/03/2019
Acceptance date: 07/12/2018
Date deposited: 20/05/2019
ISSN (print): 1461-4529
ISSN (electronic): 1740-5564
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1461452918824504
DOI: 10.1177/1461452918824504
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