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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Predicate Object
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 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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Organic Entry Level Stewardship → implementedThrough → Environmental Stewardship scheme ⓘ
linked to: Environmental Stewardship
Environmentally Sensitive Areas scheme → replacedBy → Environmental Stewardship ⓘ
Countryside Stewardship Scheme (pre-2005) → replacedBy → Environmental Stewardship ⓘ