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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
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and closed to new entrants. Existing agreements remain active until they expire, meaning the designation will remain active until 2014.
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following successive re-organisation of the departments. In 2005 the scheme was superseded by
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or historical value. The scheme was introduced in 1987. Originally it was administered by
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