August 2023. Defra called for a 40% increase I hedgerows to combat climate change. Climate change committee called for 45,000 miles of hedgerow by 2050. Sharp contrast to grubbing out of hedgerows post war. Why? Carbon sequestration. I kilometre of hedgerow 5,6 megatons of co2. 4.5% of these. Countryside stewardship data. 1,800 miles planted 2022. £20 per meter paid by defra. Paid for creation and management. Corridors for wildlife. Biodiversity. Shelter.
Bps wound down by 2027. From 2024, no longer comply with cross compliance. Eg 2 meter buffer strip.
Hazel hawthorn blackthorn, gilder rose, all pioneer species. Grow a foot a year.
Link from Jamie Mac to Suffolk Hedgerows where I followed a link to John Sanderson, who I recall calling on the phone, after hearing he had ploughed up all of this field sown with GM seed. ‘Your courageous’, I said, well done. Since then I visited as they were divesifying the farm into a marriage venue. it does not surprise me he has continued to re-naturalise- his farm, reinstating the old deer park boundaries.
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