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Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice

todayDecember 5, 2025

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Conservationists say changes, coupled with underfunding, will curb take-up and leave less land protected for nature

An ambitious scheme to restore England’s nature over coming decades has been undermined after the government inserted a clause allowing it to terminate contracts with only a year’s notice, conservationists have said.

The project was designed to fund landscape-scale restoration over thousands of hectares, whether on large estates or across farms and nature reserves. The idea was to create huge reserves for rare species to thrive – projects promoted as decades-long commitments to securing habitat for wildlife well into the future.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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