Rural development program 2007 -2013

Czech Republic

Eva Potočiarová

Department of Financial Tools in Nature Protection

Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic

Approved in Brussels 23. May 2007

Financial distribution in RD Programme

Axis I

Axis II

Axis III

Axis IV

Axis I: advisory (art.24)

education (art.21)

Information and advisory centers agor-envi, landcare,ecological farming

Axis I: Land consolidation (art. 30)

Axis II:Agrienvironmental measures

Extensive farming (25%) (ecological farming, integrated production)

target to meet 8,8% of UAA

Maintenance of grasslands (53%)

(meadows, pastures)target to reach 75% of grassland- base line measures- variety of measures for protected areas (extended list, NPAs)- 4 measures targeted on defined biotops or species (NPAs)

Care for landscape (22%) (grassing, catch crop, biostrips)

target to meet 12% of arable land

EXTENDED

Waders

Crex crex

Biostrips

Maintenance of steppe biotops

NEW

Meadows

EXTENDED

Leaving uncut strips

EXTENDED

Grassing of arable land

EXTENDED

Forest-envi measures and Natura 2000 payments

Art. 43: Natura payments• Conservation of favourable

forest structure in new production cycle

Art. 44: Forest-environment payments

• Improving the composition of forest by planting biotope suitable and stabilizing tree species in grater amount than compulsory by law

NEW

Aqa-environmental program(OP Fishery)

NEW

Issues

• New measures eg. for establishing landscape elements and their maintenance

• New elements and sanctions• Scattered vegetation - increase limits

(complains,monitoring report)• Complains on negative influence of AEO on

insects and butterfly…10% to leave uncut• Pilot projects to extend offer of measures

Thank you for attention

Eva Potočiarová

e-mail: Eva_Potociarova@env.cz

tel.: 267 122 528