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National action plan - Cereal field margins

 

Vision statement
Area targets for favourable management have been exceeded. Considerable progress has been made on the actions for management, advice and monitoring. The completed or current reviews of agri-environment schemes in each member Country has ensured that a greater range of management options is available to a wider range of farmers. There is considerably more research information available on ecological requirements of arable plants, invertebrates and birds than was available five years ago and steps are in place to improve our ability to monitor outcomes of margin management. There are still concerns that the plan has focussed on area of managed habitat (quantity) rather than on the biodiversity associated with these favourable managed habitats (quality). The future work of the group is likely to focus on better defining and measuring these qualitative aspects and identifying actions to ensure accurate targeting of management and closer liaison between species and habitat action plan groups.

Lead Partners
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Ann Davies

Latest UK status
Value Units Accuracy of estimate Date assessed Comments
105216.7 Hectares Sample or full survey 2008 As below
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Latest UK trend
Trend Accuracy of estimate Date assessed Comments
Increasing Sample or full survey 2008 AE-scheme update figures
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Targets
Code Text UK Status Assessment date
T1 Expand the area of cultivated, low-input field margins to 16.3kha by 2010. Some progress (ahead of schedule) 2008
T2 Expand the area of margins providing wild bird seed to 20.8kha by 2010. Some progress (behind schedule) 2008
T3 Expand the area of flower-rich field margins which provide a pollen and nectar source to 12kha by 2010. Some progress (behind schedule) 2008
T4 Expand the area of permanent grass margins to 27kha by 2010. Some progress (behind schedule) 2008
T5 Achieve favourable condition on an increasing proportion of the resource of arable field margins by 2010. Some progress (on schedule) 2007
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Work programme
No work plan actions have been linked to this national plan.


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