Jurisdiction: Scotland
Commencement: 31st July 2024
Amends: New Legislation
This Act provides a framework for Scottish Ministers to support agriculture, rural communities and the rural economy, including through the facilitation of on-farm nature restoration, climate mitigation and adaptation.
Scottish Ministers may support rural land management and the environment for the purposes given in Part 5 of Schedule 1.
This can include providing assistance to people to:
- promote, protect or improve plant and soil health;
- preserve or protect land and water;
- monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
- adapt to or mitigate against climate change;
- monitor, preserve, protect, improve and restore biodiversity; and
- compensate for costs incurred and lost income due to environmental improvement measures.
There are no direct compliance duties for organisations under this Act.
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