Second application window for ACRES landscape actions now open

The second application window is now open for the ACRES landscape actions and are planned to deal with issues like invasive species and encroaching scrub management 

A range of landscape actions within the ACRES schemes are designed to deal with issues such as invasive species, encroaching scrub management in species-rich grassland.

The second application window is now open for landscape actions, an innovative element within the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).

Agriculture minister Martin Heydon said: “An important element of ACRES is the opportunity afforded to participants in the co-operation approach of the scheme to address specific environmental issues through landscape-scale actions.