GLAS not income support scheme: Coveney
“I refer, for example, to dry stone wall maintenance, setting aside areas for nature and wildlife habitation, protecting watercourses or whatever.”
In 2015, the new green low carbon agri-environment scheme will also, for the first time, give payments to farmers in Natura areas and special areas of conservation for required actions such as protecting water courses and biodiversity. Some of these farmers are not currently paid for such actions.
