Crown Estate doubles nature recovery funding for farmers to £20m

Stuart Stone
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Crown Estate reveals new measures to deliver biodiversity protections in line with '30 by 30' pledge

The Crown Estate has doubled the amount of funding available to farmers seeking to boost nature recovery through its Rural Environment Fund from £10m to £20m, as part of a raft of measures designed to...

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