Ordinance on compensation for ecological services (Eco-Ordinance).
Verordnung über die Abgeltung ökologischer Leistungen (Öko-Verordnung, ÖkoV).
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The present Ordinance implements the Agriculture Law of the Canton Aargau of 1 December 2011. Article 1 establishes that compensation for special ecological services shall be based on agreements with whole entities or on individual measures. The text consists of 12 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Management agreement (2); Measures for the protection of drinking water resources, water or soil (3); Execution (4); Legal aid (5); Final provisions (6).
Implements: Decree on protection of nature and landscape. (2012-01-01)
Implements: Agricultural Law of the Canton Aargau (Agricultural Law Aargau). (2013-08-01)
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