Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ Biod­iversity sub­sidies are paid in or­der to pro­mote and main­tain biod­iversity. These sub­sidies in­clude:

a.

a gradu­ated pay­ment per hec­tare, de­pend­ing on the type and qual­ity of the area re­served for pro­mot­ing biod­iversity and the zone, with the aim of en­cour­aging a vari­ety of spe­cies and hab­it­ats;

b.

a gradu­ated pay­ment per hec­tare, de­pend­ing on the type of area re­served for pro­mot­ing biod­iversity, aimed at pro­mot­ing con­nect­ing cor­ridors.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­cide on the types of areas re­served for pro­mot­ing biod­iversity for which sub­sidies are paid.

³ In the case of cor­ridors that con­nect biod­iversity areas, the Con­fed­er­a­tion shall pay a max­im­um of 90 per cent of the sub­sidies. The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies shall cov­er the re­main­ing part.