Environmentally Sensitive Areas scheme

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The Environmentally Sensitive Areas scheme was a UK government agri-environment program that paid farmers to manage land in ways that protected and enhanced landscapes, wildlife, and historic features in particularly vulnerable rural areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf agri-environment scheme
rural land management program
appliesTo designated environmentally sensitive areas
appliesToJurisdiction England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
beneficiary farmers
land managers
benefits biodiversity
cultural heritage
landscape quality
country United Kingdom
criterionUsed historic or archaeological interest
landscape vulnerability
wildlife value
designedFor particularly vulnerable rural areas
endTime 2000s
focusesOn extensive low-intensity farming systems
traditional landscape features such as hedgerows and stone walls
follows early national park and landscape protection policies in the UK
hasConsequence changes in land use and management practices
hasEffect payments to farmers for environmental land management
hasFundingSource UK government budget
hasPolicyType incentive-based environmental policy
implementedBy agricultural departments of UK nations
inception 1987
influencedBy European Community agri-environment policy NERFINISHED
legalForm voluntary scheme
mainSubject agriculture
biodiversity conservation
environmental protection
historic environment protection
landscape conservation
operator Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs NERFINISHED
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food NERFINISHED
UK Government NERFINISHED
partOf UK agri-environment policy
purpose to encourage environmentally beneficial farming practices in vulnerable rural areas
to protect and enhance historic features
to protect and enhance landscapes
to protect and enhance wildlife habitats
regulates farming practices in designated environmentally sensitive areas
replacedBy Countryside Stewardship NERFINISHED
Environmental Stewardship NERFINISHED
uses financial incentives
management agreements with farmers

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Environmental Stewardship replaced Environmentally Sensitive Areas scheme