Identification of delivery mechanisms for Welsh top-tier agri-environment schemes
The Countryside Council for Wales is proposing to introduce a top tier agri-environment scheme for group applications, recognising that this would encourage the delivery of landscape-scale and environmental benefits through co-operative action.
Through a review of existing co-operative land management projects, interviews with participants in a number of case studies and a workshop the research, led by Jane Mills, was able to identify critical factors leading to the success of co-operative land management projects, provide recommendations on how best to engage individual land managers in the establishment of such projects and provide guidance on issues which can help with the design of the proposed scheme.
