Result-based payments for “Flowering Meadows” in France : Support tools and collective learning process

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de Sainte Marie, Christine

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The shift from management prescriptions to result-oriented schemes in France emerged fromthe largely unpredicted success of collaboration between a team of scientists from INRA andNatural regional Parks that started in 2005 in the Northern Alps.I’m a cofounder and promoter of the Flowering Meadows programme that I will present from asocial sciences standpoint, focusing on what makes change happen and why it was wellreceived by farmers. I will thus concentrate on the hidden work which played a crucial role in thesuccess of the French scheme. Finally, I will show how the approach is evolving and point outthe key factors and obstacles to effective RBPs.Let’s start with a brief outline of existing RBPs in France.The first set of result-based measures aimed at maintaining the species richness of naturalgrasslands has been introduced in France in 2007.I have to mention the GRASS_09, or “Pastoral management plan”, that aims at achievingspecific features of the mosaic of vegetation strata by grazing herds. However, the agreementscurrently implemented are mostly action-based and hardly promotes a step-by-step adaptationof management specifications to achieve the desired outcome.The desired ecological outcome of the flagship measure -GRASS_07, commonly known as“Flowering Meadows”, was modelled after the MEKA measure presented by Rainer Oppermannso I won’t go into details. Unlike Germany, the list must be specific to local conditions

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