Rural Focus has completed an innovative study which assesses the New Forest’s valuable natural capital assets and how these can be managed to benefit society. It’s in response to the Government’s pledge to replace the current EU system of financial support for agriculture with one based on ‘public money for public goods’ – where payments […]
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Plotting a future for one of London’s most natural river catchments
The River Crane and its adjacent rivers drain a catchment of 127 km2 in the north west quadrant of London, from Twickenham and Ashford in the south to Harrow and Pinner in the north, home to over 650,000 people. Rural Focus was engaged by the Crane Valley Partnership, a group of over 20 organisatons representing […]
Exmoor’s Ambition – Leading the way on farm and environment support post-Brexit
Ambitious proposals to pilot a new approach to incentivising the delivery of public goods from the countryside, and also supporting farming livelihoods and communities, have been launched today (20th Feb 2018). ‘Exmoor’s Ambition’ is the UK’s first costed plan for locally-delivered farm and environmental measures to be submitted to Defra. The report, which has been […]