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Agriculture: Nature Conservation

Asked by Alex BrewerLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 25 June 2026UIN 11304

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support British farmers to sustain the commitment to manage 30 per cent of land for nature by 2030.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

The Government is committed to protecting 30% of land and sea in the UK by 2030 (30by30). Defra is developing a 30by30 Delivery Plan for land and inland water areas, which will set out how it will lead, support, and inspire action across England to deliver this vision. Defra will publish the 30by30 Delivery Plan this summer.

Steps the Government is already taking include funding Environmental Land Management schemes and extending the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme; and a £30m investment in the Big Nature Impact Fund, which will mobilise private investment and finance to restore and protect nature in England.

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