Environmental Stewardship

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Environmental Stewardship was an agri-environment scheme in England that paid farmers and land managers to enhance biodiversity, protect natural resources, and improve the rural landscape through environmentally beneficial land management practices.

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instanceOf agri-environment scheme
rural development programme measure
acronym Defra scheme
administeredBy Natural England
appliesTo farmers
land managers
benefits farmland birds
pollinators
public access to the countryside
wildlife habitats
country England
eligibilityCriterion agricultural land managers
land within England
encouragesPractice field margin creation
habitat creation for farmland birds
hedgerow management
low-input grassland management
wetland and watercourse protection
environmentalObjective historic environment protection
landscape character conservation
soil conservation
water quality protection
focusesOn environmentally beneficial land management practices
fundingMechanism payments to farmers
payments to land managers
geographicScope rural land in England
hasComponent Entry Level Stewardship
Higher Level Stewardship
Organic Entry Level Stewardship
implementedBy Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
legalBasis Common Agricultural Policy
surface form: EU Common Agricultural Policy rural development regulation
paymentType area-based payments
multi-annual agreements
policyArea agri-environment policy
rural development policy
purpose enhance biodiversity
improve the rural landscape
protect natural resources
replaced Countryside Stewardship Scheme (pre-2005)
Environmentally Sensitive Areas scheme
replacedBy Countryside Stewardship (post-2015)
sector agriculture
environmental protection
startTime 2005
status closed to new applicants
timeHorizon 10-year agreements
5-year agreements

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