Recommendation 13

To ensure the effective delivery of its commitments to protect 30% of land in England for nature, the Government will need to consider how to make environmental land management more accessible and attractive to landowners and land managers. This will require the removal of any existing barriers to engagement and a thorough review of incentives, so as to give the sector certainty in the returns to be received from allocating land to environmental protection. As well as supporting landowners directly through taxpayer purchase of ecosystem improvements, the Government ought to prioritise delivery of measures designed to encourage provision of offsite BNG schemes for investment. (Conclusion, Paragraph 87)