英国农业环境补贴有积极的影响

　　UK - New research from the University of Cambridge has suggested that subsidies provided to farmers to protect the environment do have a positive effect. Such financial incentives are offered for farming industries to mitigate the impact agriculture has on the environment, for example by reducing fertiliser use and 'sparing' land for conservation. The new study found this has a positive effect on critical areas such as greenhouse gas reduction and increased biodiversity. It has been a point of contention whether such 'cash for conservation' initiatives succeed. For the latest study, researchers aggregated investment in environmental incentives at a national level for the first time, and, by comparing them to broad trends in environmental outcomes, found that paying the agriculture industry to help the environment seems to be working.

　　英国——剑桥大学的最新研究表明，给农民的保护环境补贴有积极的作用。这样的给农民的财政激励措施减少了农业对环境的影响，例如减少化肥使用和剩余土地“保留”。新的研究发现这在关键领域有积极影响，如温室气体减排和提高生物多样性等。一直有这样的争论点，即“现金保护”计划是否成功。在最新的研究中，研究人员首次在国家层面上聚焦投资环境激励，而且，通过比较广泛的环境激励方面的结果，发现补贴农业产业来帮助环境似乎正在奏效。