Collaborative agri-environmental governance in the Netherlands: a novel institutional arrangement to bridge social-ecological dynamics

The theoretical benefits of collaborative landscape-scale approaches to agri-environmental land management have been widely discussed. However, there is little empirical study of the practical governance mechanisms through which such collaborative management may be realized. In 2016, an innovative collaborative agri-environmental scheme was established in the Netherlands. In this scheme, “agricultural collectives”—i.e., groups of farmers organized as certified conservation organizations—are collectively responsible for the implementation of agri-environmental policies at the local level. With... Mehr ...