Spatial Coordination Incentives for landscape-scale environmental management: A systematic review

Chi Nguyen, Uwe Latacz-Lohmann, Nick Hanley, Steven Schilizzi and Sayed Iftekhar

Land Use Policy, 2022, vol. 114, issue C

Abstract: Conventional agri-environmental schemes (AES) have been criticized for failing to exploit conservation synergies that could be obtained from spatial coordination of conservation efforts. Understanding the design and implementation of novel incentive mechanisms explicitly designed to boost spatial coordination of conservation efforts is, therefore, of critical importance. We conducted the first systematic review of such incentives (‘Spatial Coordination Incentives’), including Agglomeration Bonus, Threshold Bonus, and Threshold Payments. The review aims to investigate these incentives’ performance and identify the underlying factors affecting their performance. An extensive bibliographic search was carried out and 55 papers were included in the final analysis. Most papers (89%) are theoretical and experimental studies. Real-world applications of these incentives are rare. The theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that these incentives could potentially promote participation, spatial coordination, and environmental effectiveness. However, the results remain a subject of debate in experimental studies. Performance variation is attributed to scheme design features and contextual factors. We highlight the areas where future work would be most warranted to further validate the performance of these incentives. Insights gained from the review provide important implications for the emerging field of conservation science and ongoing efforts to improve the design of AES for better landscape-scale management.

Keywords: Agglomeration bonus; Agglomeration payments; Agri-environmental schemes; Threshold bonus; Spatial coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105936

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