Economic aspects of agricultural area management and land-water ecotone conservation

Today’s management of agricultural areas is hardly in accordance with actual economic and ecological goals. In view of the future risks for the global system a revolutionary change within our current land use systems is essential. The paper gives an example of a workable strategy for agricultural policy baded on the internalization of external burdens into a market price system as well as the expansion of property rights. Then it explains why sensible perspectives do exist, but are still not transformed into practical political measures or reforms.