Definition: Land under permanent meadows and pastures

Category: Environment

This means land used permanently (i.e., for five years and more) for herbaceous forage crops.  Permanent meadows and pastures on which trees and shrubs are grown should be recorded under this heading only if the growing of forage crops is the most important use of the area.  Measures may be taken to keep or increase productivity of the land (i.e. use of fertilizers, mowing or systematic grazing by domestic animals.