Ben Allen
Policy Analyst
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Phone: +44 (0)20 7340 2682
Specialist Subjects:
land use, land management, agri-environment policy, CAP reform
Profile:
Ben Allen has 8 years experience of working on agriculture and land management policy issues including bio-energy. He joined the IEEP Agriculture and Land Management team in September 2010, having spent the previous 5 years working as a policy adviser on agri-environment, CAP as well as bio-energy policy issues for Natural England and previously English Nature, the UK government’s statutory adviser on the natural environment. He has spent the last year working on secondment for the National Trust as their Senior Officer on sustainable land use and management policy, developing their portfolio of work on the CAP and looking at the future of land and water management in the UK. He has a degree in Environmental Biology and a PhD in the field of Land Use and Spatial Ecology.
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Delivering environmental benefits through entry-level agri-environment schemes in the EU
A new study of the 2007-13 agri-environment schemes across the whole of EU-27 provides the first typology of ‘entry-level’ agri-environment management and environmental objectives, plus a detailed insight into the design of entry-level agri-environment schemes and calculation of payment rates in seven Member States.
21 Mar 2012 -
Securing Biomass for Energy
A new IEEP report outlining how to develop a UK bioenergy sector that mitigates environmental risks and promotes win-win situations for renewables deployment and biodiversity.
22 Nov 2011 -
Costs of delivering environmental benefits through agriculture and forestry management
For the first time, this report provides an estimate of the scale of funding needed to achieve environmental outcomes through agricultural and forestry management in the EU to 2020.
11 Jul 2011