Scheme Development Bulletin Agri-environment in 2014 and beyond

12 Mar 2014: Defra has unveiled more details of the New Environmental Land Management Scheme (NELMS) to start in 2016. Resources will be "constrained".... read more

Landkeepers - the culture and value of hill farming in Cumbria

12 Mar 2014: Land Keepers is a photographic documentary project that explores the culture and value of hill farming in Cumbria, and considers its place within the... read more

Hill Farming Training pilot complete

25 Feb 2014: This project is now complete and we have been delighted with the response of conservation organisations to this training opportunity. What did we... read more

NEW: COMMON LAND FACT SHEETS

24 Feb 2014: For many years we have suspected that commons provide more public benefits than any other agricultural land, so we comissioned a series of Fact... read more

£5m to improve the management of Welsh commons

14 Feb 2014: The Minister for Natural Resources, Alun Davies, is investing £5 million to introduce electronic registers for all common land in Wales.... read more

VICTORY FOR COMMON LAND CAMPAIGN

10 Jan 2014: The Foundation for Common Land heralds the long-awaited news that the registers of common land throughout England are to be brought up-to-date, as a... read more

Next stage in the implementation of Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 announced today

9 Jan 2014: Defra ministers announced today via a Written Ministerial Statement published in Parliament that there will be a further implementation of Part 1 of... read more

The Foundation supports "moving the money up hill"

13 Dec 2013: A recent article in the Farmers Guardian notes that Defra’s plans to ‘move money uphill’, has generated robust debate between... read more