Rural Studies Centre Seminar Series 2022 - Seminar 7

The seventh session of the Rural Voices Seminar Series, featured Dr James Moran, Senior Lecturer in Biology and Ecology in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Galway, who provided an overview of the locally adapted, hybrid resulted-based agri-environment payments (RBPS) approach that has developed as a mechanism to recognise the value of a range of ecosystem services within rural areas. The presentation also described the RBPSs development pathway in Ireland over the last two decades. The roll out of this approach requires adapting and scaling the approach across other geographical areas with diverse biophysical characteristics.