Compulsory purchase for biodiversity conservation in the Netherlands |
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| Institution: | 1. Wageningen UR, Environmental Sciences, Land Use Planning Group, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. TU Delft, OTB Research for the Built Environment, PO Box 5030, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands;1. Florida Blue, Jacksonville, FL, USA;2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;1. Institute for Public Goods and Policies (IPP), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), C/ Albasanz 26-28, 28037 Madrid, Spain;2. Centre for the Study of Choice (CenSoC) and Department of Marketing, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia;3. Forest Research Centre (CIFOR), National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (INIA), Ctra. de La Coruña km. 7,5, 28040 Madrid, Spain;4. Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid-INIA, Avda. de Madrid 57, 34004 Palencia, Spain;1. Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography, Auburn University at Montgomery, 7041 Senators Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117, USA;2. Department of Geography, Central Michigan University, Dow Science, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA;3. Center for Geographic Information Science, Central Michigan University, Dow Science, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA;1. Northern Rivers Institute, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, St. Mary''s, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3UF, UK;2. Marine Scotland Science, Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory, Faskally, Pitlochry, PH16 5LB, UK;3. James Hutton Institute, Environmental and Biochemical Sciences, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, UK |
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| Abstract: | Policy instruments are the building blocks of land use policies. Instrumentation of policies relates to values. Compulsory purchase is a direct government instrument that may be an effective way to implement policies of biodiversity conservation and the allocation of land for recreational use. It is, however, in many contexts, politically controversial. The Netherlands’ Government has endorsed policies that involve compulsory purchase in up to 10% of land purchases. This paper reviews if this 10%-ceiling can structure relationships between landowners and government agencies in such a way that it relieves constraints imposed by land availability for biodiversity conservation and the provision of recreational areas. The analysis consists of (1) the background of this 10%-ceiling, (2) the actual procedures of compulsory purchase, by analysis of Royal Decrees, (3) the actual compulsory purchases, and (4) the indirect instrumental effects of the use of this instrument. The paper concludes that the 10%-ceiling does not lift the constraints of land availability, but does influence the relationship between stakeholders, the implementation of biodiversity objectives, and land policy strategies. Nevertheless, compulsory purchase may provide possibilities to acquire land necessary for a consolidated natural area. |
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| Keywords: | Biodiversity conservation Land policy Property rights Compulsory purchase The Netherlands |
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