Description:
This three year Research and Development Study (reviewed after the first year) has been funded by Defra and run by Natural England. It responds to a long term concern that monitoring of agri-environment schemes has frequently failed to capture fully the landscape effects of these schemes, both positive and negative, and has failed to capture their cumulative effects on the landscape over time. The stated aim of this study has been “to develop and test a robust, repeatable and comprehensive evaluation framework for reporting and monitoring the direct and cumulative impacts of Environmental Stewardship ((O)ELS & (O)HLS) on the maintenance and enhancement of landscape character and quality at a variety of scales”.
Originator:
DEFRA
Is this an existing or new approach to measuring landscape change?:
Existing
Aspect of landscape:
Spatial coverage:
This is a transect based approach to assessing condition and change so spatial coverage is dependent on the transect and associated ISOVIST. It could be used per LCT
Landscape Character Type:
Geographical unit:
Field/ isovist
Frequency of measure:
Not clear from information available
Indicator:
Landscape features and their condition in relation to agricultural funding
Establishment cost:
Significant (additional resources staff and cash over £15k)
Ongoing operational cost:
Medium
Ongoing reporting cost:
Low-medium
Data source:
Field survey: annotated maps and photography
Submitted by:
Jemma
Countryscape
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