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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/02/landscape-recovery-scheme-restore-nature-england>
"Ambitious schemes by farmers and landowners to restore nature and reduce
flooding while still producing food will be supported by the government in 22
locations across England.
The landscape recovery scheme is being hailed by land managers and
conservationists as the most “exciting and important” step in a generation to
restore lost biodiversity.
Projects include recreating water meadows in the Cotswolds, reviving eel-rich
waterways in the Severn Valley, and restoring Enfield Chase on the edge of
London.
Jake Fiennes, the conservation director of the Holkham estate, one of the
landowners behind a plan to create 2,000 hectares (4,940 acres) of
wildlife-rich habitat along the north Norfolk coast, said: “We’re excited,
we’re ambitious and this could be the start of 30-year conservation covenants.
This is a long-term commitment to biodiversity and all the public goods that
are spelled out in the government’s 25-year environment plan.”
The environment secretary, George Eustice, who announced the scheme, said:
“There has been significant interest from farmers and land owners in coming
together on landscape-scale projects to manage environmental assets on their
land.”
There has been nervousness within government about committing to the scheme
before the arrival of the next prime minister, who is expected to emphasise
food production and food security over environmental restoration.
But Fiennes said the scheme was a farmer-led demonstration that reviving nature
was not opposed to food production but a precondition for it."
Via
Future Crunch Sep 12, 2022:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-measles-indonesia-conservation-us-solar-europe/>
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