The effective conservation of high nature value farmland (HNV) will be crucial for the conservation of European and Irish biodiversity, and to meet the growing demand for a wide range of private and public goods and services from farmland. Here, we describe the evolution of policy and management of HNV farmland in the Republic of Ireland over the last 25 years and describe the emerging locally adapted, results-based payment approach that is valorizing a broad range of ecosystem services from these areas, which helps to underpin the future social, ecological, and financial viability of HNV farmland. HNV farmland in the Republic of Ireland covers approximately 33% of the agricultural land, and 50% of these areas coincide with Natura 2000 land. A broad diversity of landscape types dominated by seminatural vegetation from upland areas to lowland areas is a key challenge when designing policy support for HNV farmland areas. To date, action-based agri-environment schemes have struggled to adapt to these conditions, and to provide sufficient incentive and flexibility to deliver the desired environmental outcomes. In response, several projects and programs have implemented results-based payments, which we illustrate using three case studies from the Burren Programme, the Results Based Agri-environment Pilot Scheme (RBAPS), and European Innovation Partnership Operational Groups: The Hen Harrier and Pearl Mussel Projects. We highlight choices in the design and implementation of these case studies that aimed to better achieve the environmental objectives. We conclude with general lessons from the Irish experience with results-based approaches, and how they may be scaled up for wider implementation.

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爱尔兰共和国高自然价值农田的管理：朝着适应当地成果导向的解决方案和付款方向发展了25年

有效保护自然价值高的农田（HNV）对于保护欧洲和爱尔兰的生物多样性，以及满足对农田对各种私人和公共物品及服务的日益增长的需求至关重要。在这里，我们描述了爱尔兰共和国过去25年来HNV农田政策和管理的演变，并描述了以结果为导向，以当地为基础的新兴支付方式，这些方法使来自这些地区的广泛生态系统服务处于优势地位，这有助于来支撑高净值农田的未来社会，生态和财务可行性。爱尔兰共和国的HNV农田约占农业用地的33％，其中50％与Natura 2000土地重合。在设计对高净值农田地区的政策支持时，从高地到低地的半自然植被为主的多种景观类型是一个关键挑战。迄今为止，基于行动的农业环境计划一直在努力适应这些条件，并提供足够的激励和灵活性以实现理想的环境成果。作为回应，几个项目和计划已经实施了基于结果的支付，我们将使用Burren计划，基于结果的农业环境试验计划（RBAPS）和欧洲创新伙伴关系运营小组（Hen Harrier和Pearl）的三个案例研究进行说明。贻贝项目。我们着重于这些案例研究的设计和实施中的选择，这些选择旨在更好地实现环境目标。