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Thelackof Sea To Support Agri-Environmental Objectives In Ireland'S Rural Environment Protection Scheme

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  • JACKIE WHELAN

    (School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture and Food Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland;
    Spatial Analysis Unit, Teagasc, Kinsealy Research Centre, Malahide Road, Dublin 17, Ireland)

  • JOHN FRY

    (School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture and Food Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland)

Abstract

Proposals specifically aimed at environmental benefits or enhancements are often exempt from environmental assessment, despite evidence that they can be counter-productive. This is true of agri-environmental schemes where local farm-scale actions are expected to generate large-area cumulative effects on water quality, biodiversity or landscape. Evidence suggests benefits of schemes have often been assumed rather than planned for, necessitatingex-postassessment to justify continuance. This paper argues the need for the Irish Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS) to be assessed using SEA. REPS promoted a range of small-scale improvements in a bottom-up approach intended to reflect several high-level policy objectives primarily concerning environmental protection. The paper is based on analysis of "landscape protection" under the REPS from inception in 1994 until its phasing out period in 2015 when all participants will have completed their plans. The paper investigates how linking SEA to REPS had potential for harmonising with other policy objectives and therefore avoiding administrative duplication. Comparison with the Water Framework Directive suggests opportunities to connect different environmental procedures.

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  • Jackie Whelan & John Fry, 2011. "Thelackof Sea To Support Agri-Environmental Objectives In Ireland'S Rural Environment Protection Scheme," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(01), pages 101-127.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:13:y:2011:i:01:n:s1464333211003808
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333211003808
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    1. Stephen Hynes & Brian Cahill & Emma J. Dillon & Thia Hennessy & Eoghan Garvey, 2007. "A Panel Data Random Effects Model of Agri-Environment Programme Participation," Working Papers 0708, Rural Economy and Development Programme,Teagasc.
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