Farmers and interested parties throughout England will have
the chance to shape the future of Environmental Land
Management (ELM) by taking part in one of six upcoming
online webinars.
Following industry feedback on the disruption caused to the
farming community by the coronavirus outbreak in the UK,
the government paused the national conversation launched by
Environment Secretary earlier this year at
the NFU conference.
Six webinars have now been set up to ensure that farmers
and others in isolation continue to have the opportunity to
share their views on the proposed design of three “tiers”
of entry, which will enable all farmers and land managers
to participate in the new scheme at the right level, and
help shape the new scheme.
While farmers are encouraged to sign up to and attend a
webinar if they can, a policy discussion
document on Citizen Space provides those who can’t
attend with the opportunity to respond to the new policy
ideas. Their views, experiences and advice will help to
ensure the new scheme is co-designed with farmers across
the country and does not repeat the mistakes of the past.
Farming Minister, , said,
I very much look forward to working with farmers and land
managers across the country to develop the future scheme
and discuss how it will work on the ground.
Many farmers and land managers are already contributing
directly to the co-design of ELM by participating in the
ongoing tests and trials and they’re doing great work to
explore how the building blocks of the future scheme are
put together.
This conversation is a chance for farmers and land
managers to have their say and help shape our future
approach to farming alongside caring for the environment.
I would encourage all those interested to sign up to an
event and have their voice heard.
Those interested in attending any event can sign up via
Eventbrite, with a full list of the available dates
below:
- Wednesday, 1 July – 12:00-1:30 pm
- Tuesday, 7 July – 6:00-7:30 pm
- Thursday, 16 July – 8:30-10:00 am
- Thursday, 23 July – 12:00-1:30 pm
- Tuesday, 28 July – 8:30-10:00 am
- Thursday, 30 July - 6:00-7:30 pm
Farmers looking to get involved in the webinars should
also follow Defra on
Facebook, as all followers will be notified of the
links to sign up to webinars within the events on our page.
The policy document has remained available for review
online since it was launched in February. Individuals and
organisations that have already submitted a response will
also be given the opportunity to review or reconsider this
and resubmit their response to the document within the new
timeframe for the conversation.
The deadline to share views on the document setting out
policy ideas for the new scheme is 31 July 2020.
