Environmental Land Management Scheme to help reverse environmental declines

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The Environment Secretary, George Eustice, has announced that farmers will play a major role in reversing environmental declines, tackling climate change and reshaping the future of farming. The government is to announce the launch of the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELM), which will allow farmers to be paid for work that enhances the environment. This will also mark a move away from a system that pays farmers per amount of land farmed. The ELM forms part of the government’s wider plan for future greener farming. Eustice is calling on farmers and land managers to share their views on the ELM and farmers and land managers will have ten weeks to share their views. Update: Currently, the government will not be accepting any new responses to the Policy Discussion Document due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.