Land stewardshipLand Stewardship Agreement • July 26th, 2019
Location Country: Spain Scale: regional Region: Catalonia Compensated /improved ecosystem services enhanced biodiversity recreation services Management Land stewardship contracts consist of voluntary agreements between a landowner and a stewardship entity (although they may also involve more than one owner or entity) to promote the conservation and sustainable management of land and its associated ecosystem services, with a particular focus on conservation and restoration of critical habitats.In Spain the concept was introduced in 2000 by the Catalan Land Stewardship Network (Xarxa de Custòdia del Territori). As of 2009, the network encompassed 73 stewardship entities and 629 stewardship agreements, developed not only in Catalonia, but also in the Balearic Islands and the neighbouring country of Andorra. The concept was introduced in the Spanish legal framework by means of the Law on Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, which includes a definition of land stewardship and a specifi
ECOSYSTEM SERVICESLand Stewardship Agreement • April 10th, 2019
Ecosystem Services are “the benefits people obtain from ecosystems”. There are divided in four main categories: supporting services, provisioning services, regulating services, cultural services.
Land Stewardship AgreementLand Stewardship Agreement • February 2nd, 2017
LAND STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT MODEL FOR MALTESE PILOT AREASLand Stewardship Agreement • July 14th, 2020
