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LATEST: @DefraGovUK secretary George Eustice will use @NFUtweets conference to unveil details of government's Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.
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ELM scheme will replace direct payments to farmers, which will be phased out from 2021. It will reward farmers who undertake environmental measures on their land.
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Proposals unveiled by @DefraGovUK secretary George Eustice include three ‘tiers’ of entry to the ELM scheme, "enabling anyone from any farm or land type to participate at the right level". (thread 3/8)
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Tier One of ELM scheme would encourage farmers to adopt environmentally sustainable farming and forestry practices. (thread 4/8)
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Tier Two would see farmers, foresters and other land managers focusing on delivering locally-targeted environmental outcomes.
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Tier Three would pay for farmers and land managers who undertake transformational landscape scale projects – such as restoring peatland – over and above what could be delivered in Tiers 1+2
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A government consultation will give farmers and land managers 10 weeks to have their say on the details of the ELM scheme, which is due to launch fully in 2024.
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“Now more than ever, efforts for the environment are absolutely critical, and no group has more power to reverse environmental decline than our farmers,” @DefraGovUK secretary George Eustice will tell @NFUtweets conference.
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