How long a piece of land has gone undisturbed, declared by the Landowner and checked against field evidence.
The evidence record behind how a Sielsgrond Programme is valued.
Ecological Age records how long a piece of land has gone undisturbed by grazing, cultivation, or major human activity, as declared by the Landowner and checked against field evidence during a BESCO-Sprint visit. It is a key factor in how a Sielsgrond Programme is valued — the older and more intact the land, the deeper the recognition.
Ecological Age is not a legal determination by itself, and it is not the same thing as the BESCO Stewardship Certificate — it is one of the evidence inputs a certificate is later produced from. It is also not a one-off declaration: it is checked against field evidence, not simply taken on the Landowner's word.
The programme Ecological Age is a key valuation factor for.
The field visit that checks and verifies Ecological Age.
The certificate Ecological Age is one of the evidence inputs for.
Ecological Age is a term Buktika's D1 Part 1 legal document defines directly, within its core definitions.
This page is a plain-language public explanation. D1 Part 1 remains the sole authoritative source for this term's legal meaning.