Support and Payments

Ideal management of pavements may be financed by the following payment schemes.

• Management of limestone pavement within a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) or Area of Scientific Interest (ASSI) can be funded through a Wildlife Enhancement Scheme or management agreement. Contact English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage, Countryside Council for Wales or Environment and Heritage Service (Northern Ireland).
• Management of wooded limestone pavement can be funded through the Woodland Grant Schemes. Contact Forestry Authority.
• Management of grazed or open limestone pavement can receive payments through the Environmentally Sensitive Areas and Countryside Stewardship Schemes (contact Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food), and from Countryside Council for Wales through the Tir Gofal, the Welsh Agri-Environment Scheme.

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Acknowledgements

These web pages were based on the booklet 'Managing Our Fragile Heritage', produced by the Limestone Pavement Action Group as part of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan for limestone pavement. It was made possible with the support and expertise of: Countryside Commission; Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; English Nature; Scottish Natural Heritage; Countryside Council for Wales; Environment and Heritage Service (Northern Ireland); and The Wildlife Trusts.