2.1 The NetherlandsThe Netherlands recognized the problem of loss of landscape value due to an increase in agricultural production in the 1970s. In 1975 this resulted in a national policy scheme for the conservation of nature and landscape on farmland, in designated areas, with acknowledged nature and landscape qualities. Income compensation payments were paid to farmers who are willing to conse..

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