2. Introduction
Research as part of LandscapePartners project
macaulay.ac.uk/landscapepartners
Ecosystems in landscapes
How to implement an ecosystem services approach on
the ground
Coordination and collaboration across property
boundaries and across sectors
Limitations to regulatory policies – voluntary approaches
and incentive schemes
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3. Prerequisites
Problem perception
Ability and willingness to cooperate, local ideas for
solutions
Opportunity to trial new approach/ management practice
Land tenure and property rights
Formal institutional barriers
Wider public support for
realignment of public
expenditure
4. Planning and Design
Information input:
Stakeholder analysis
Spatial and land use planning
Exiting plans, programmes, incentive schemes
Market drivers, commodity prices
Available budgets, additional sources
Ecosystem services, trade-offs (Model Ecosystem
Framework)
Available technologies, management practices
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5. Design and Implementation Process of a scheme for
collaborative provision of ecosystem services
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6. Implementation
Communication: vertical, horizontal, two-way
Capacity of administering authority
Partnership group: awareness raising, scheme promotion,
monitoring, feedback on implementation difficulties,
public information
Facilitators, training and advice
Awareness raising: preferred sources of information;
signage; rewards; logo; promoting and fund-raising
organisation
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7. Thank you for your attention!
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