A governance perspective on agri-environmental schemes: Actors, roles, and barriers

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI:10.1007/s13280-025-02182-0

Diana Borniotto, Clémentine Antier, Philippe V. Baret

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Abstract

Agri-environmental schemes (AES) carry significant environmental expectations. However, their environmental performance has often been questioned. Existing research has tackled the issue from ecological and economic perspectives. This study aims to provide a complementary governance perspective. It first develops a theoretical framework to analyze AES governance through a multilevel lens, identifying three distinct levels based on different actors’ roles: macro (setting policy boundaries), meso (implementation of the policy framework), and micro (farmer actions). Second, this study develops an analytical framework to investigate barriers hindering AES environmental performance and their linkage to AES governance. The combined frameworks have been tested in a regional case study in the Hauts-de-France region. A list of 40 barriers is identified, spanning organizational, power dynamics, and financial issues. Barriers are not confined to farm or policy scale, distributing unevenly across governance levels, with different agencies across roles and actors in unlocking the AES performance.

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农业环境计划的治理视角：行动者、角色和障碍。

农业环境计划（AES）承载着重大的环境期望。然而，他们的环保表现经常受到质疑。现有的研究已经从生态和经济的角度解决了这个问题。本研究旨在提供一个互补的治理视角。本文首先构建了一个理论框架，通过多层次视角分析AES治理，根据不同参与者的角色确定了三个不同的层面：宏观（设定政策边界）、中观（实施政策框架）和微观（农民行动）。其次，本研究开发了一个分析框架，以调查阻碍AES环境绩效的障碍及其与AES治理的联系。这些综合框架已在上法兰西地区的一项区域个案研究中得到检验。确定了40个障碍的列表，涵盖组织，权力动态和财务问题。障碍并不局限于农场或政策规模，在不同的治理级别上分布不均，在释放AES绩效方面，不同的机构在不同的角色和行为者之间分布不均。

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Ambio 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

14.30

自引率

3.10%

发文量

123

审稿时长

6 months

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