The objective of this case study is to determine the feasibility of redirecting some of the governments' taxation and expenditure programs affecting farmers across Canada to meet conservation needs and accelerate/encourage pollution reduction from farmlands. It focuses on Environmental Farm Plans (EFP) and Ecological Fiscal Reform; Property Tax Credits for Conservation ; and the Conservation Cover Incentive Program through Case Studies of the Grand River Watershed, Ontario, Upper Assiniboine River Basin, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Mill River Watershed, Prince Edward Island.
