Klaar, MJ, Carver, S orcid.org/0000-0002-4202-8234 and Kay, P orcid.org/0000-0002-9997-7860 (Cover date: September/October 2020) Land management in a post-Brexit UK: An opportunity for integrated catchment management to deliver multiple benefits? Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 7 (5). e1479. ISSN 2049-1948
Abstract
Recent environmental policy bills outlined by the UK government in the wake of Brexit highlight an intention by the government to take a more holistic approach to land and water management. While previous legislation has taken a siloed approach to landscape management, often focusing on point source pollutions, the Agriculture and Environment Bills present the opportunity for effective protection of the environment while providing wider environmental benefits such as reduced flood risk, increased biodiversity and provision of cultural services. We outline how and why previous European Union legislation has failed to deliver the intended environmental improvements relating to agricultural land management in the UK. We highlight how the adoption of integrated catchment management and proposed “payment‐for‐outcome” schemes at a large scale could be used to push the United Kingdom into the forefront of sustainable farming, land management and championing environmental benefits to society.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Klaar, MJ, Carver, S and Kay, P (Cover date: September/October 2020) Land management in a post-Brexit UK: An opportunity for integrated catchment management to deliver multiple benefits? Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 7 (5). e1479. ISSN 2049-1948, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1479. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
Keywords: | Agriculture Bill; Environment Bill; payment for outcomes; rewilding; sustainable agriculture |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > River Basin Processes & Management (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2020 13:42 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2022 12:48 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/wat2.1479 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163543 |