Online applications for the third tranche of the Green, Low-carbon, Agri-environmental Scheme (GLAS) will open this week, Minister Creed said in a statement on Wednesday.

He said the Department’s top priority was to attract farmers with Tier 1 environmental assets such as endangered birds, Natura habitat, commonage land and high-status watercourses.

“Farmers are urged to present the highest standard environmental plans under GLAS 3 and to adopt actions that would promote them from Tier 3 to a higher tier, to increase their chance of selection into the scheme. Over 80% of applicants in the second tranche of GLAS opted to do so and were approved,” the minister said.

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The Department has made “a small number of adjustements” to the actions available in the previous tranche of the scheme. Some will make under-subscribed actions more accessible, while others will reduce incentives to select actions where targets set under the Rural Development Programme have alreadybeen met.

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Farm payments glossary: GLAS