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Habitat banking gets a boost
Launch of conservation credit trading platform a positive step in the right direction! It is often argued that many of the public goods which farmers are asked to provide should be remunerated through public payments from the CAP budget since there are no functioning markets for the majority of ecosystem services. However, despite bold ambitions to green the CAP, the RISE Foundat ...
RISE is currently recruiting
INTERNSHIP AGREEMENT OBLIGATORY The Rural Investment Support for Europe (RISE) is currently recruiting a PROJECTS AND COMMUNICATIONS INTERN Job Description: The Intern will be assisting the Executive Team of RISE. He/She will be highly involved ...
Position Paper on Water and Agriculture
Following the launch of the certification EWS (European Water Stewardship) in collaboration with EWP (European Water Partnership), the RISE Foundation has drafted a position paper about the relationship between water and agriculture. Read the document here : Position Paper Water and Agriculture ...
Water sustainability project complete!
The RISE-sponsored pilot project for sustainable water management in the Leie River Basin, in Flanders has been successfully completed as the project developers – The European Water Partnership gear up to officially launch the European Water Stewardship (EWS) system on November 24th at the Royal Academy in Brussels. Check out the programme of the event here. In May 2011, the Europea ...
The CAP reform proposal – too many questions unanswered?
The RISE Foundation has been campaigning for a greater share of CAP money to be spent on incentivizing and supporting farmers and land managers to produce more of the environmental and social public goods society demands but does not pay for. Last week’s proposals from the European Commission suggest that the Commission has shied away from the bold ambitions announced in the Octobe ...
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