Abstract
Moran, J., D. Byrne, J. Carlier, B. Dunford, J. A. Finn, D. Ó hUallacháin, and C. A. Sullivan. 2021. Management of high nature value farmland in the Republic of Ireland: 25 years evolving toward locally adapted results-orientated solutions and payments. Ecology and Society 26(1):20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12180-260120
Highlights
Agriculture over many millennia has shaped the landscape of the Republic of Ireland and much of Europe
Examples of these important ecosystem services include clean air, clean water, carbon storage, agricultural biodiversity, and aesthetic landscapes (Cooper et al 2009, Gardi et al 2016, Plieninger et al 2019). These services are under significant threat in high nature value (HNV) areas because of the dual forces of intensification and land abandonment often driven by wider societal issues such as aging rural populations, rural depopulation, and declining farm incomes (Oppermann et al 2012, O'Rourke et al 2012, McGinlay et al 2017)
Lomba et al (2020) highlight potential means of moving HNV farmland toward social-ecological viability such as improved rural services, fostering technological innovation, and rewarding delivery of ecosystem services. They identify approaches within the Republic of Ireland, and the Burren, including innovative results-based payments for ecosystem services, product development, and eco-tourism, which can play an important role in achieving viable HNV farmlands
Summary
They identify approaches within the Republic of Ireland, and the Burren, including innovative results-based payments for ecosystem services, product development, and eco-tourism, which can play an important role in achieving viable HNV farmlands. We describe the emerging locally adapted results-based payment approach that is valorizing (i.e., to establish and maintain the price of, or assign a value to something by government action) a broad range of ecosystem services from these areas, becoming a central strategy in viable HNV farmland systems.
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