Beef farmers are invited to join the OPTICK Project
To help manage tick-borne risks.
Sara Tipler
Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) is a 4-year programme providing grant-funding for Farmers and Landowners designed to deliver for People, Place, Nature and Climate. The programme is funded by Defra and delivered by Cornwall National Landscape.
FiPL is an innovative programme which allows farmers creative opportunities to do more for people, place, nature and climate on-farm.
FiPL is helping to address the climate and biodiversity crisis, improve people’s engagement with the landscape, and support sustainable farm businesses and communities.
Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) will work alongside – not in competition with – existing schemes and add value where it is most needed. If activities can be delivered through existing schemes, then this approach will be encouraged.
Over the longer term, we envisage the Sustainable Farming Incentive, the Local Nature Recovery scheme and the Landscape Recovery scheme playing a significant role across these landscapes, with farmers who lead on FiPL projects taking part in one of these schemes.
Applications for over £10,000 will be judged by the Cornwall National Landscape Partnership Local Assessment Panel, made up of 8 to 12 people. It will include representatives from the Cornwall National Landscape Partnership, Natural England, representatives from the farming and land management community, and other specialists.
Applications for less than £10,000 will be decided upon by a senior member of the Partnership team who has had no direct involvement with the application.
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This is the description of the case study.
Value of project £158, 051.61
FiPL funding awarded £137,161.61
Area of project c. initially 15 hectares with ambitions to grow to 430 hectares
To manage and create new priority habitat on a landscape scale across the Lizard Peninsula that will enhance biodiversity and support a long-term sustainable nature friendly farming business.
Value of project £106,405.87
FiPL funding awarded £100,932.99
Area of project c. 92 hectares
To catalyse the transformation of species poor permanent pasture into native woodland and species rich grassland creating a naturalistic landscape using permaculture and rewilding approaches.