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All schemes / projects:
- ▶ Developing results-based approaches to payments on common land in Wales
- ▶ Shared Steps for Common Grazings
- ▶ Piloting an Outcome Based Approach in Scotland (POBAS)
- ▶ National Trust Payment for Outcomes Trial, Llyn, Wales
- ▶ National Trust Payment for Outcomes Trial, Yorkshire Dales
- ▶ RBPS for biodiversity on arable and upland grassland systems in England
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Developing results-based approaches to payments on common land in Wales
Overview
Scheme
The project is exploring and developing results-based approaches to rewarding the delivery of the whole range of public goods on common land. Funded by 6 LEADER Local Action Groups and Natural Resources Wales, it is working in South-central and SE Wales but aims to have national relevance.Location of the scheme
one regionFollowing local authorities: Swansea; Neath/Port Talbot; Rhondda-Cynon-Tâf; Merthyr Tydfil; Caerphilly; Blaenau Gwent; Torfaen; Powys (S part)
Duration of the scheme
Since: October 2020Until: October 2021
Objective(s) of the scheme / project
- Biodiversity
- Cultural heritage
- Landscape amenities, including recreation, tourism
- Erosion control
- Water quality
Which habitats or species are in the focus of the scheme / project?
- Habitats (incl. habitats of Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Directive (FFH-D.))
- Species (incl. species of FFH-D. and Birds Directive (BD))
- Landscape elements
- Wetland
By which fund(s) is the scheme / project implemented?
- Other measures of Rural Development
- National governmental financing
Natural Resources Wales
How are the incentives (payment levels) calculated?
- Based on the costs of management actions
Website
Contact person
Gwyn Jones, EFNCP, dgl_jones@yahoo(dot)co(dot)ukShowroom
Background
Wales is proposing a fundamental, more outcome-orientated, direction to post-CAP policy, with a single scheme offering payments to farmers. This project intends to inform the development of that measure by exploring the possibilities/limitations of a RBPS approach. It will try to look at the range of public goods, incl. biodiversity, water flow and quality, archaeology, fire risk management, carbon sequestration and storage, public access etc.
Google Earth image showing the common land parcels in the study region