BREAKING: DEFRA asks England’s biggest landowners to come up with plans to restore nature. The new National Estate for Nature is a bold move by Labour, summoning landowners who own a tenth of the country to report on their stewardship. With comment from me: www.theguardian.com/environment/... - ThreadSky

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guyshrubsole.bsky.social • 2 days ago

BREAKING: DEFRA asks England’s biggest landowners to come up with plans to restore nature.

The new National Estate for Nature is a bold move by Labour, summoning landowners who own a tenth of the country to report on their stewardship.

With comment from me:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/20/defra-england-biggest-landowners-plans-restore-nature

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rouler.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nationalise the land, without compensation .

They nicked it in the first place.

firehorsep.bsky.social•1 day ago

Aye, so called stewardship. Will be good to see how that fits with agriculture being one of the worst destroyer of wildlife habitats and species.

earthworkbec.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

gregorynorminton.bsky.social•2 days ago

Do we know who was there, Guy? Forestry England? The Church of England?

guyshrubsole.bsky.social•2 days ago

Lists a fair few attendees in the report, but I’ll be requesting a full list - I’d certainly expect the FC/FE to have been there, and hopefully the Church Commissioners too… both are in the top 10 institutional landowners in England: https://whoownsengland.org/2020/10/06/mapping-the-habitats-of-englands-ten-largest-institutional-landowners/

gregorynorminton.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks, Guy. If only it were possible to do the same with some of our grouse blasting upland lords.

guyshrubsole.bsky.social•1 day ago

Extending a landowner reporting requirement to them is the next task!