Rural Environment

Agri-Environment Schemes

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• Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)
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• REPS and AEOS Schemes

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Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS)

REPS (Rural Environment Protection Scheme), is a Scheme designed to reward you for farming in an environmentally friendly manner. One of its aims is to improve the environment on existing farms.

What is in this section?

• Past Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS)
• REPS circulars
• REPS courses
• REPS factsheets
• REPS forms
• REPS Extensive Farming Systems Documents
• Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) 

• Ash Dieback - Chalara Fraxinea
  
  • Ash Dieback and how to apply for Force Majeure if you suspect its presence in trees planted under REPS/AEOS (doc 100Kb)   
  • Further Information on Ash Dieback 

Additional publications

• Soil Testing Laboratories - DAFM Procedures re acceptance of soil testing results (doc 29Kb) 
• List of Approved Environmentalists January 2015 (xls 58Kb)