Wetlands and peatlands for GAEC2

The new CAP framework 2023-2027 addresses environmentally beneficial practices, including the protection of wetlands and peatlands in the area of climate and environment. The protection of wetlands and peatlands aims to support and strengthen the protection of the environment, including biodiversity, as well as contribute to achieving the Union’s environmental and climate objectives, including the commitments of the Paris Agreement. This should take into account the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions of Land of Royal Decree 1049/2022 of 27 December 2022 laying down the rules for the application of reinforced cross-compliance and social cross-compliance. To meet these environmental objectives, we start from the cartographic delimitation of wetlands and peatlands with homogeneous criteria for the entire territory. According to Royal Decree 1047/2022 of 27 December 2022 regulating the management and control system for Strategic Plan interventions and other support under the Common Agricultural Policy, the Directorate-General for Biodiversity, Forestry and Desertification of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge is responsible for creating the wetland and peatland layer.