Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme - Monitoring Reports
Defra recognises the need to ensure that agri-environment schemes are delivering expected environmental benefits and value for money. Therefore Defra's national monitoring programme in England, covers landscape, wildlife and historic interests. The monitoring activities are targeted and tailored to the characteristics and environmental objectives of each ESA. This monitoring also considers the potential mechanisms for scheme improvements.
Most recent reports
Botanical Monitoring in Dartmoor ESA 1995-2003
- Final Report - Hay meadows
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[1,512 kb/51 pages] - Final Report - Moorland [711 kb/85 pages]
Countryside Stewardship and Environmentally Sensitive Areas Schemes Annual Report 2002-3 [334KB] - This is the first annual report for the two flagship schemes in England - Countryside Stewardship (CSS) and Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) - and covers the period 2002 to 2003.
Review of Agri-environment Schemes Monitoring Information and R & D Results - by Ecoscope
- Executive Summary [79Kb]
- Final Report - Part A (Chapters 1-9) [439Kb]
- Final Report - Part B (Chapters 10-14) [723Kb]
- Final Report - Technical Appendices [1Mb]
Dry Stone Walls on ESA Agreement Holdings - by ADAS
- Final Report [1.4Mb]
Review and Recommendations of Methodologies to be used for Botanical Monitoring of Agri-Environment Schemes in England - by ADAS
- Contents [40kb]
- Summary and acknowledgements [29kb]
- Chapter 1 - Introduction [11kb]
- Chapter 2 - Review [210kb]
- Chapter 3 - Data Classification and Power Analysis [174kb]
- Chapter 4 - Recommendations for Future Monitoring [324kb]
- Bibliography [50kb]
- Appendix 1 [68kb]
- Appendix 2 [18kb]
- Appendix 3 [44kb]
The Effectiveness of Ditch Management for Wildlife in the Broads and Somerset Levels & Moors ESAs - by ADAS
- Final Report [3.68Mb]
- Appendix [756Kb]
- Appendix
Archived reports
Stage I ESA reports of monitoring Stage II ESA reports of monitoring Stage III ESA reports of monitoring Stage IV ESA reports of monitoringEconomic evaluation reports (relating to Stages II, III and IV ESAs)
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24 Janaury, 2006
Page published: 10 December, 2002