Ecologically balanced land use in an international context: management mechanisms and policies

Summary

This comparative policy analysis examines international approaches to ecologically balanced land use management and their potential application within Ukraine's governance system. The research identifies successful mechanisms—including payments for ecosystem services, agri-environmental subsidies, and tax incentives—used by countries with established sustainable land management systems. The study concludes that effective transition to sustainable land use requires integrated, landscape-based approaches addressing environmental, economic, and social dimensions simultaneously, whilst highlighting Ukraine's current policy fragmentation and weak institutional coordination as barriers to implementation.

UK applicability

The study's findings on multifunctional land use, ecosystem services payments, and agri-environmental subsidies are directly relevant to UK policy contexts, particularly regarding CAP successor schemes and environmental land management programmes. However, as a Ukraine-focused analysis, the specific institutional and legal recommendations would require contextualisation to UK devolved governance structures and existing environmental frameworks.

Key measures

Policy instruments (payments for ecosystem services, agri-environmental subsidies, tax incentives); institutional coordination mechanisms; stakeholder engagement frameworks; integration of environmental criteria into land use planning

Outcomes reported

The study identified policy instruments, institutional mechanisms, and economic incentives that promote environmentally sustainable land use across international contexts. It assessed Ukraine's fragmented land use policy framework against successful international models and revealed gaps in institutional coordination and environmental decision-making integration.

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