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European Union's Rural Development Programme: Axis 2 - Environment/Land Management, Slides of Human Development
The european union's rural development programme (rdp) for axis 2 - environment/land management. The strategy covers agricultural and forestry natura 2000 areas, water management, climate change mitigation, and national priorities. The rdp includes details on resources allocated, measures to implement, and funding breakdowns for sustainable use of agricultural and forestry land.
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Axis 2: Environment/land management
Rural Development Programme
In its RDP the MS will set out:
- How many resources it plans to spend on axis 2 (minimum 25% of the Community contribution to the programme)
- Which measures it wishes to implement and how they fit to the strategy
- An indicative breakdown of funding per measure
The toolbox for axis 2
Two blocks of measures targeting sustainable use of:
agricultural land LFA; Natura 2000 and WFD; AE; animal welfare; non- productive investments forestry land Afforestation; agro-forestry; Natura 2000; forest- environment; restoring forestry potential/prevention; non-productive investments
Natura 2000 and WFD
- Annual payments per hectare of UAA based on costs incurred and income foregone related to practices or constraints imposed by the Natura or WFD management plan
- Detailed rules for WFD payments still to be fixed in implementing regulation (including maximum amounts)
- Beneficiaries are farmers
- CC whole holding
Agri-environment (AE)
- The only compulsory measure (at programme level)
- Farmers and other land managers
- 5 to 7 year contracts (on a voluntary basis)
- Annual payments for commitments going beyond the baseline covering additional costs, income foregone and transaction costs
- Baseline = CC + minimum requirements fertiliser and pesticide
- national legislation
- Extended CC whole holding
Non productive investments
- Support for AE linked investments
- and/or for on farm investments enhancing the public amenity value of Natura 2000 and other HNV areas
1 st^ afforestation of agricultural land
- Establishment, maintenance (5 y), income loss (15 y)
- If publicly owned only establishment costs
- Idem fast growing species
- No X-mas trees
- CC
- Apt for afforestation for environmental reasons
1 st^ afforestation of non-agricultural land
- Only establishment costs
- In the case of abandoned farm land also maintenance costs
- No X-mas trees
- Apt for afforestation for environmental reasons
Natura 2000 (forestry)
- Annual payments per hectare of forest based on costs incurred and income foregone resulting from Natura 2000 restrictions
- Private owners and their associations
- CC
Restoring forestry potential/prevention
- For forests damaged by natural disasters and fire
- Preventive actions against fires only for medium and high fire risk forests
Non-productive investments
- Linked to forest environment undertakings or other environmental objectives
- Which enhance the public amenity value of the forest