FGS Target Area - Clyde Climate Forest - Native Woodlands for Connectivity

This dataset identifies the target areas within the Clyde Climate Forest where a higher payment rate is available to create and manage Native Woodlands for Connectivity.

Native Woodlands provide essential ecosystem services and wildlife habitats. Creating connected woodland networks will help to reverse habitat fragmentation, protect biodiversity, and offer migratory routes north for wildlife as the climate changes.

In the Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS), woodlands for connectivity are those that are planted and managed in a way that maximises their benefit to biodiversity conservation and habitat connectivity. Woodlands for connectivity may be on smaller parcels of land, integrating with the farm business or building upon existing remnants of native woodland. Having these well designed and managed woodlands on your land can generate income, complement agricultural activities and make a lasting contribution to local biodiversity conservation and climate change resilience.

The higher payment rate is available for the following FGS Woodland Creation options: Native scots pine, Native upland birch, Native broadleaves, Native low-density broadleaves. It is available for initial planting and annual maintenance payments in the specified target areas. If 50 per cent or more of the eligible option(s) area is within the target area, then the whole eligible option(s) will receive the higher payment rate. If less than 50 per cent of the eligible option(s) area is within the target area then the higher payment rate will not be applied. Capital items within the target areas such as fences and gates remain at the standard payment rates.

To benefit connectivity and secure multiple benefits, any woodland creation should be: Larger than 0.25 ha and with an average width greater than 15 m; Capable of establishing with little and infrequent input of fertilisers and pesticides; Capable of generating a good canopy and root system; Well-structured and diverse, using species that are likely to deliver multiple benefits; Using the least intensive cultivation methods possible to minimise soil disturbance.

本数据集旨在识别克莱德气候森林内的目标区域，在这些区域内，为创建和管理原生林地以实现连通性，可提供更高的支付率。原生林地提供了至关重要的生态系统服务与野生动物栖息地。构建连通的林地网络有助于逆转栖息地碎片化，保护生物多样性，并为野生动物在气候变化背景下向北迁移提供迁徙路径。在林业补助计划（FGS）中，连通性林地是指那些以最大化其对生物多样性保护与栖息地连通性效益的方式进行种植和管理的林地。这些连通性林地可能位于较小的地块上，与农业业务相融合，或建立在原生林地现有遗迹之上。在您的土地上拥有这些精心设计和管理的林地，不仅能够产生收入，补充农业活动，还能对当地生物多样性保护与气候变化适应性做出持久贡献。对于以下FGS林地创建选项，将提供更高的支付率：原生苏格兰松、原生高山桦木、原生阔叶林、原生低密度阔叶林。该支付率适用于指定目标区域的初次种植和年度维护费用。如果合格选项区域的50%或以上位于目标区域内，则整个合格选项将获得更高的支付率。如果合格选项区域低于50%，则不适用更高的支付率。目标区域内的资本项目，如围栏和门，将维持标准支付率。为了实现连通性和确保多重效益，任何林地创建应满足以下条件：面积大于0.25公顷，平均宽度大于15米；能够通过少量且不频繁的肥料和杀虫剂投入建立；能够形成良好的冠层和根系；结构良好且物种多样，使用可能产生多重效益的物种；采用尽可能温和的耕作方法，以最小化土壤扰动。