GCA DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP FACILITATION FUND (360G-cabinetoffice-G2-GA-2025111668974-24-25)

The main priority for Countryside Stewardship is to protect and enhance the natural environment, in particular: increased biodiversity; improved habitat and expanded woodland areas; improved water quality; improved air quality. Other outcomes supported are: protection against flooding and coastal erosion; maintaining the historic environment; improved landscape character; climate change adaptation and mitigation. Countryside Stewardship supports Defras 25 Year Environment Plan for our country to be the healthiest, most beautiful place in the world to live, work and bring up a family. It also supports Defras Strategic Objective of a cleaner, healthier environment, benefitting people and the economy. Countryside Stewardship gives incentives for land managers to look after the environment and is made up of a number of elements including the Facilitation Fund, which supports individuals who bring together groups of farmers, foresters and land managers to improve the environmental outcomes in their area.Sub-Outcome: 1.4 - Thriving plants and wildlife (terrestrial and marine)