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AGRI-ENVIRONMENT PAYMENTS
Article 36(a)(iv)
Measure code (214)
Rationale for Intervention
Farming and forestry play an important role in securing the range and quality of species and habitats that make up biodiversity in rural Scotland. Agri-environment measures encourage land management practices that address our key environmental priorities, as set out in Axis 2 of the Strategic Plan. We will support a range of agri-environment measures that seek to meet both our national and international obligations (for example under Natura 2000 and SSSIs) and maintain and enhance the quality of the natural environment across rural areas through high nature value farming, crofting and forestry. These measures must be applied in a targeted way to ensure that support addresses the specific needs of different areas including, for example, priorities of Local Biodiversity Action Plans.
This measure contains both generic and site specific operations that may be used singly or in combination to achieve biodiversity outcomes.
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