7.1.5. Is it ensured, that biomass is Check whether harvesting of raw Evidence of compliance can be not obtained from land that material is necessary to preserve demonstrated by e.g. comparing aerial in or after January 2008 had the grassland status or not. Where photographs, satellite images, land the status of highly biodiverse evidence is provided that the register documents (e.g. field record grassland? harvesting of the raw material is system, documents of land registry, land necessary to preserve the certificates, GPS-based crop yield), grassland status, no further maps, site surveys or management plans evidence to show compliance from 31.12.2007 or earlier with today’s with that criterion is needed. If status of the farmland. not: Check if farmland had in or after January 2008 the status of highly biodiverse grassland: highly biodiverse “Natural grassland” and natural “non highly biodiverse grassland” are distinguished: highly biodiverse “Natural grassland” means grassland that: (a) would remain grassland in the X absence of human intervention; and (b) maintains the naturals species composition and ecological characteristics and processes. intervention” means “Human managed grazing, mowing, cutting harvesting or burning. highly biodiverse “Non-natural grassland means grassland that: (a) would cease to be grassland in the absence of human intervention; and (b) is not degraded, that is to say it is not characterised by term loss of biodiversity due to for instance overgrazing, mechanical damage to the vegetation, soil erosion or loss of
7.1.5. Is it ensured, that biomass is not obtained from land that in or after January 2008 had the status of highly biodiverse grassland? Check whether harvesting of raw material is necessary to preserve the grassland status or not. Where evidence is provided that the harvesting of the raw material is necessary to preserve the grassland status, no further evidence to show compliance with that criterion is needed. If not: Check if farmland had in or after January 2008 the status of highly biodiverse grassland: “Natural highly biodiverse grassland” and “non natural highly biodiverse grassland” are distinguished: “Natural highly biodiverse grassland” means grassland that: (a) would remain grassland in the absence of human intervention; and (b) maintains the naturals species composition and ecological characteristics and processes. “Human intervention” means managed grazing, mowing, cutting harvesting or burning. “Non-natural highly biodiverse grassland means grassland that: (a) would cease to be grassland in the absence of human intervention; and (b) is not degraded, that is to say it is not characterised by loss of biodiversity due to for instance overgrazing, mechanical damage to the vegetation, soil erosion or loss of Evidence of compliance can be demonstrated by e.g. comparing aerial photographs, satellite images, land register documents (e.g. field record system, documents of land registry, land certificates, GPS-based crop yield), maps, site surveys or management plans from 31.12.2007 or earlier with today’s status of the farmland. X term
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