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Practices equivalent with ecological focus area: Requirement: application of any of the following practices on at least the percentage of the arable land set pursuant to Article 46(1): Ecological set-aside Creation of "buffer zones" for high nature value areas, Natura 2000 or other biodiversity protection sites, including along hedgerows and water courses Management of uncultivated buffer strips and field margins (cutting regime, local or specified grass varieties and/or seeding regime, re-seeding with regional varieties, no use of pesticides, no disposal of manure and/or mineral fertilisers, no irrigation, no soil sealing) Borders, in-field strips and patches managed for wildlife or specific fauna (herbaceous border, protection of nests, wildflower strips, local seed mix, unharvested crops) Management (pruning, trimming, dates, methods, restoration) of landscape features (trees, hedgerows, riparian woody vegetation, stone walls (terraces), ditches, ponds) Keeping arable peaty or wet soils under grass (with no use of fertilisers and no use of plant protection products) Production on arable land with no use of fertiliser (mineral fertiliser and manure) and/or plant protection products, and not irrigated, not sown with the same crop two years in a row and on a fixed place Practices subject to the calculation referred to in point (c) of Article 43(12) Conversion of arable land into permanent grassland extensively used

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