Dr. Al Grogan:

We have gone back to the pro ratapage. It is convention on the maps we use to have this "X" nomenclature and here we have X03. We will suppose the inspecting officer deems there to be nothing there only totally dense scrub, as in the example photograph I used earlier. The question is how we best reflect that in terms of loading the LPIS to reflect the position on the ground. We draw a red line around that area and we choose a percentage reduction to apply to the area within that red line. In this case, we are applying this coefficient of 100%; in other words, there is no eligible land within that. However, we are not applying it to the whole parcel. We now come to plot A, which is 60%. Therefore, we deem 40% of the area within the second area, area X01, to have grass or to be available to carry out grazing or cultivation, in this case, presumably, grazing. We want to give the farmer the benefit of that. We then move to the third one, and we deem it to be 80% available and only 20% ineligible. Now, we have three coefficients and, on the system, the mathematics will then carry that together. If we take the alternative one, we have to come up with a way for the farmer to best estimate what proportion of the whole plot he now has to reduce to reflect the three areas of scrub. An alternative would be to pick a figure that would reflect that.