Hi, I am editing a shape file of field boundaries on a farm to add habitat types for example hedges, grassy margins, arable crop etc with the end goal of calculating the total area of each habitat type. I have selected one field and used buffer in editor and selected -5 to create a hedge inside the field of 5metres. The problem is I cannot seem to select the hedge as a separate feature even though it has a new FID and when I try to calculate its area it still includes the area of the field centre. Any suggestions would be great, thanks!
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