Departmental report : 1998 (MAFF) / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Forestry Commission ; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
- Great Britain. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Date:
- 1998
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Credit: Departmental report : 1998 (MAFF) / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Forestry Commission ; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Farm Woodlands Programme Code: RE3:03 £'000 MAFF Scheme Costs Territorial Scheme Costs Total Scheme Costs EU Receipts Non EU Receipts Planned Estimated Outturn Plans 1997-98 1997-98 1998-1999 3,905 5,050 8,125 of which payments to agencies 357 Zs 7 payments to individuals 5,550 S22 ak 7,768 4,932 “ype 8,499 10,837 10,322 16,624 -4,209 -4,026 -5,872 eg, -2 -2 MAFF Administration Costs 49] 491 508 4.56 This Programme’s objective was revised in 1997 and is “to enhance the environment through the planting of farm woodlands, in particular, to improve the landscape, provide new habitats and increase biodiversity. In doing this, land managers should be encouraged to realise the productive potential of woodland as a sustainable land use.” 4.57 The Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) is administered by the four UK Agriculture Departments and forms part of the UK national programme to implement Council Regulation 2080/92, which requires all Member States to operate schemes to encourage the afforestation of agricultural land. There is a joint application procedure with the Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS) (operated by the Forestry Commission in Great Britain and the DANI Forest Service in Northern Ireland) which offers establishment grants for new woodlands. The FWPS offers annual payments for 10 years (for predominantly conifer woodland) or 15 years (for predominantly broadleaved woodlands) to help offset farming income foregone from converting productive agricultural land to woodland. For most applicants, the national exchequer will fund 50% of the payments and the EU will fund the other half from the EAGGF Guarantee Section. 4.58 For the 9 months April to December 1997, some 900 FWPS applications amounting to some 5,830 hectares were approved in the UK. The area of land entered into the FWPS in England in the same period was some 1,800 hectares. Following completion of the Farm Woodland Premium Scheme review, Parliamentary and European Commission approval was obtained to bring in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31848758_0092.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
