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A manifesto for High Nature Value farming Pat Thompson RSPB Uplands Policy Officer What is High Nature Value Farming? Farmed land High proportion of semi-natural vegetation Mosaic of low intensity agriculture Features such as

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A manifesto for High Nature Value farming

Pat Thompson RSPB Uplands Policy Officer

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What is High Nature Value Farming?

  • Farmed land

– High proportion of semi-natural vegetation – Mosaic of low intensity agriculture – Features such as field margins, hedgerows, walls, woodland margins, wetlands

  • In UK, mostly (but not exclusively) associated with low-

intensity beef and sheep farming in uplands

  • Also some low input mixed/arable and coastal habitats
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A shared goal – the manifesto

  • Farming central to keeping these places special
  • Work with communities of interest – a voice for

HNV farming

  • Targeted support to secure long-term viability of

these precious systems

  • Innovate – modern ways that work with tradition
  • Secure multiple benefits of HNV
  • Time to act!
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Thank you!