Decree on financial aid for conservation of landscape and on the basis of acreage. Country/Territory Norway Document type Regulation Date 1999 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Subsidy/incentive Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes This Decree entered into force on 1 July 1999. Abstract The scope of financial support for all kinds of farming is to balance cultivation throughout the country and to smooth differences due to geographic position, size of farm, etc., to enhance the creation of "cultural landscape" and to maintain cultivation in operation. Section 2 lists all plant species, the cultivation of which is eligible for aid as well as all eligible areas. Section 3 outlines the conditions for aid: farmers shall implement various measures regarding cultivation, conservation of landscape, and water management. Section 4 provides for the calculation of aid on the basis of factors including geographic position and size of the land, and type of cultivation, e.g. the relationship between land used for the cultivation of feedstock and number of animals. (6 sections) Full text Norwegian Website www.lovdata.no References - Legislation Implements Act No. 23 of 1995 concerning land use. Legislation | Norway | 1995 (2011) Keyword: Land-use planning, Environmental planning, Policy/planning, Land reform, Land consolidation, Subdivision of land, Expropriation Source: FAO, FAOLEX