Successful Landscape Recovery Pilot Bid for the Lincoln and Witham Valley Farming and Nature Network

Successful Landscape Recovery Pilot Bid for the Lincoln and Witham Valley Farming and Nature Network  

A group of 30 landowners with 6200 ha of land, stretching from inner Lincoln towards Newark along the Witham Valley, has been successful in a bid for a Landscape Recovery pilot.

Landscape Recovery is one of the new post-Brexit Environmental Land Management Schemes and is designed to encourage long-term, large-scale projects – and this round is focused on net zero, protected sites and wildlife rich habitats.

The funding is for a 2 year Development Phase during which The Lincoln and Witham Valley Farming and Nature Network will work up detailed plans to:

• improve and link the many existing protected wildlife sites in the project area with corridors for nature
• explore how farming in-between can become more resilient, sustainable, and nature-friendly
• deliver benefits for the communities that live in and visit the area
• work out a blend of government and private sector finance to pay for the activities

To find out more about Landscape Recovery projects please visit:

https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2023/11/29/round-two-projects/