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An Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) is a type of designation for an agricultural area which needs special protection because of its landscape
Landscape

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment....
, wildlife
Wildlife

Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
 or historical value. The scheme was introduced in 1987. Originally it was administered by Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a Departments of the United Kingdom Government created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 and at that time called the Board of Agriculture....
, then the Rural Development Service
Rural Development Service

The Rural Development Service was formerly part of the Politics of the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs . It ceased to exist on 1 October 2006 following the creation of Natural England....
 for the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 Government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental quality protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom....
, and currently Natural England
Natural England

Natural England is a non-departmental public body of the UK government. It was formed on 1 October 2006. It is responsible for ensuring that England's natural environment, including its land, flora and fauna, freshwater and marine environments, geology and soils, are protected and improved....
 following successive re-organisation of the departments. In 2005 the scheme was superseded by Environmental Stewardship
Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Stewardship is an agri-environment scheme run by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in England. It was formally launched on 18 March 2005, although the first agreements did not start until 1 August 2005....
 and closed to new entrants.






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An Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) is a type of designation for an agricultural area which needs special protection because of its landscape
Landscape

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment....
, wildlife
Wildlife

Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
 or historical value. The scheme was introduced in 1987. Originally it was administered by Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a Departments of the United Kingdom Government created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 and at that time called the Board of Agriculture....
, then the Rural Development Service
Rural Development Service

The Rural Development Service was formerly part of the Politics of the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs . It ceased to exist on 1 October 2006 following the creation of Natural England....
 for the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 Government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental quality protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom....
, and currently Natural England
Natural England

Natural England is a non-departmental public body of the UK government. It was formed on 1 October 2006. It is responsible for ensuring that England's natural environment, including its land, flora and fauna, freshwater and marine environments, geology and soils, are protected and improved....
 following successive re-organisation of the departments. In 2005 the scheme was superseded by Environmental Stewardship
Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Stewardship is an agri-environment scheme run by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in England. It was formally launched on 18 March 2005, although the first agreements did not start until 1 August 2005....
 and closed to new entrants. Existing agreements remain active until they expire, meaning the designation will remain active until 2014.

Farmers entered into a 10-year contract with the government and received an annual payment for the area that is part of the scheme. Farmers were expected to adopt environmentally friendly agricultural practices.

There are 22 ESAs in England
England

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  • Avon
    River Avon, Hampshire

    The River Avon is a river in the Counties of the United Kingdom of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset in the south of England, sometimes distinguished as the Salisbury Avon or the Hampshire Avon....
     Valley
  • Blackdown Hills
    Blackdown Hills

    The Blackdown Hills are a range of hills along the Somerset-Devon border in south-western England, which were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1991....
  • Breckland
    Breckland

    The Breckland as a landscape region is an unusual natural habitat of England. It comprises the gorse-covered sand heath that exists in the north of the county of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk....
  • Broads
  • Clun
    River Clun, Shropshire

    The River Clun is a river in Shropshire, England which runs through the small town of Clun, as well as Newcastle, Shropshire and other villages....
  • Cotswold
    Cotswolds

    The Cotswolds is a range of hills in west-central England, sometimes called the "Heart of England", an area across and long. The area has been designated as the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
     Hills
  • Dartmoor
    Dartmoor

    Dartmoor is an area of moorland in the centre of Devon, England. Protected by National parks of England and Wales status, it covers .The granite highland dates from the Carboniferous period of geology history....
  • Essex Coast
  • Exmoor
    Exmoor

    Exmoor is a National Parks of England and Wales situated on the Bristol Channel coast of South West England England. The park straddles two counties, with 71% of the park located in Somerset and 29% located in Devon....
  • Lake District
    Lake District

    The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes and its mountains , and its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth and the Lake Poets....
  • North Kent Marshes
    North Kent Marshes

    The North Kent Marshes, located in the north of the county of Kent on the Thames Estuary in south-east England, is one of 22 Environmentally Sensitive Areas recognised by the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ....
  • North Peak
    Peak District

    The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire....
  • Pennine Dales
    Yorkshire Dales

    The Yorkshire Dales is the name given to an upland area, in Northern England.The area lies within the Historic counties of England of Yorkshire, though it spans the ceremonial counties of England of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and Cumbria....
  • Shropshire Hills
  • Somerset Levels and Moors
    Somerset Levels

    The Somerset Levels is a sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of central Somerset, England, between the Quantock Hills and Mendip Hills hills....
  • South Downs
    South Downs

    The South Downs is one of the four areas of Southern England Chalk Formation downland in southern England. They extend from the eastern side of Hampshire through Sussex, culminating in the cliffs at Beachy Head....
  • South Wessex
    Wessex

    West Saxon redirects here. For other meanings of Wessex or West Saxon see Wessex .Wessex , from the Old English Westseaxe , was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of the English state in the 9th century, under the Wessex dynasty....
     Downs
  • South West Peak
    Peak District

    The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire....
  • Suffolk
    Suffolk

    Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....
     River Valleys
  • Test
    River Test

    The River Test is a river in Hampshire, England. The river has a total length of 1 E4 m and it flows through some beautiful downland from its source near Ashe, Hampshire 10km to the west of Basingstoke to the sea at the head of Southampton Water....
     Valley
  • Upper Thames
    River Thames

    The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
     Tributaries
  • West Penwith


See also

  • Countryside Stewardship
  • Environmental Stewardship
    Environmental Stewardship

    Environmental Stewardship is an agri-environment scheme run by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in England. It was formally launched on 18 March 2005, although the first agreements did not start until 1 August 2005....
  • Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
    Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

    An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an area of Rural considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government; or the Norther...
     (AONB)
  • Site of Special Scientific Interest
    Site of Special Scientific Interest

    A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon them, including National Nature Res...
     (SSSI)
  • Special Area of Conservation
    Special Area of Conservation

    A Special Area of Conservation is defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive , also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora....
     (SAC)
  • Special Protection Area
    Special Protection Area

    A Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Union directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.Member States of the European Union have a duty to safeguard the habitat of Bird migration and certain particularly threatened birds. ...
     (SPA)
  • Nitrate Sensitive Area (NSA)