Ireland's State of the Environment Report 2024

183 Chapter 7: Nature Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme The €1.5 billion Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) programme 29 came into effect in January 2023 and is now the flagship agri-environmental scheme in use across Ireland, available to farmers in eight cooperation zones (Figure 7.24). Figure 7.24  The eight ACRES cooperation zones Adapted from DAFM 30 29 www.gov.ie/dafm (accessed 4 April 2024). 30 gov – Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) (www.gov.ie) (accessed 24 April 2024).