Transiger sur l'artificialisation. Permis transférables et neutralité de dégradation des sols: le cas de l’objectif ZAN en France

Charles Claron (), Vincent Jalabert (), Olivier Coutard () and Harold Levrel ()
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Charles Claron: ECOLE NATIONALE DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES PARIS - Partenaires IRSTEA - IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture, CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LATTS - Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Université Gustave Eiffel
Vincent Jalabert: CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Olivier Coutard: LATTS - Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Université Gustave Eiffel
Harold Levrel: CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Like France and its "Zero Net Land Take" (ZAN) goal, several European jurisdictions are adopting political targets to reduce soil or land degradation. Implementing these objectives raises ethical, economic, and political issues. So how can we foster more stakeholders to limit soil degradation? This research explores the revelance of transferable permit (PT) and their suitability with the ZAN framework. Given their rationing logic, these economic instruments align with the goals of reducing artificialisation and can be implemented through three complementary forms: transferable development rights, compensation units, and transferable planning permits. Yet, their application to non-uniform forms of pollution, such as soil degradation, involves trade-offs between economic efficiency and environmental integrity. Our study shows that the ZAN framework is analogous to a partially transferable planning permits system between municipalities and stresses that it functions as a land degradation neutrality device, neglecting soil diverse qualities. To better protect soil ecological functions, we suggest revising the definition of these "permits". Finally, we discuss the merits of introducing financial transferability of these "permits" to make the ZAN framework an instrument capable of addressing economic incentives favouring soil degradation.

Keywords: Land degradation; Transferable permits; Quota systems; Soil quality; Artificialisation des sols; Permis transférables; Systèmes de quota; Qualités des sols (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-06-20
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Published in CIRED Working Paper n°2024-95. 2024

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