What are cooperative arrangements for biodiversity protection in the EU and worldwide

Background: Policies aiming at biodiversity protection but also at water, soil or invasive species protection increasingly rely on cooperative approaches instead of approaches such as command and control or economic incentives. Also, in the EU such approaches are increasingly used but ample experiences exist worldwide. The recent CAP reform opens up particular scope for such approaches.

Aim: This thesis aims to capture and compare cooperative arrangements for biodiversity but also water and invasive species or other types of natural resources management issues. Question that it addresses are what cooperative arrangements exist, how do they come into being, what are their advantages and disadvantages and challenges? How do particular schemes develop in specific countries, how were they set up, etc., (examples of the Netherlands, recently also in Germany, etc.)