Determining the Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Countryside Stewardship

World Journal of Agriculture and Soil Science

Countryside Stewardship (CS) has been England’s principal Agri-environment scheme providing financial incentives for farmers and land managers to look after the environment by undertaking a range of management options such as creating, restoring and improving habitats, reducing water pollution and keeping the character of the countryside. Aside from the benefits for biodiversity and ecosystem services many of the available management options under CS offer opportunities for mitigating the effects of climate change either by reducing greenhouse gas emissions or by increasing carbon sequestration. However, it can be a challenge to quantify the benefits (and burdens in some instances) due to the breadth of the scheme itself and the complexity of the factors involved such as the physical, chemical and biological processes, and spatial and temporal variability due to geographical and climatic factors.

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