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Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation Order 1997 (S.I. No. 1442 of 1997).

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This Order is made under section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 which gives the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the power to designate an area of England as an environmentally sensitive area. In such area particular agricultural methods shall be adopted so as to conserve, protect or enhance environmental features in that area. For this purpose the Minister may enter into a management agreement with any person having an interest in agricultural land in any designated area. The Order s
Title
Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation Order 1997 (S.I. No. 1442 of 1997).
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
1997
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Glossary term(s)
landscape
fertilizer
payment for ecosystem service
ecosystem management
ecosystem service
ecosystem preservation
ecosystem approach
ECOLEX region
Europe
European Union Countries
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
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Link to full text
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