PRINCIPLES FOR THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC-GOODS FROM AGRICULTURE - MODELING MOORLAND CONSERVATION IN SCOTLAND

This paper is concerned with policies for the supply of public, enviro nmental goods from the farm sector. In particular, we characterize the buying of these goods by the public from farmers using the ''Provider Gets Principle.'' This principle is well established in OECD countrie s, as we demonstrate. Results from ecological-economic modeling of the conservation of heather moorland in northern Scotland, using this pri nciple, are described. This model enables us to identify spatially dif ferentiated ecological targets, and to calculate the minimum necessary payments needed to achieve these targets.