ORFC 2026 8 – 9 Jan
ORFC 2026 8 – 9 Jan
Over one-fifth of England’s SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) area and one third of our upland peat soils is common land. Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) must work at landscape scale with multiple interests to address the biodiversity crisis and climate emergency.
The Foundation for Common Land’s DEFRA ELM Test and Trial will start in early 2020 and will be piloting a Commons Proofing Scheme including collating spatial data to create a Commons Health Check and a Toolkit for improving governance. In this session we will explore how to draw on the best of previous experience to create future schemes where sustainable farming enterprises create nature-rich, culture-rich places.