Policy paper

Environmental Land Management update: how government will pay for land-based environment and climate goods and services

How farmers and land managers will be paid to deliver important outcomes for the climate and environment, alongside food production.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 26 January 2023
• Last updated: 21 June 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

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Environmental Land Management (ELM) update: how government will pay for land-based environment and climate goods and services

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Environmental Land Management (ELM) update: how government will pay for land-based environment and climate goods and services [PDF version]

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Details

This policy paper sets out how government will pay farmers and land managers to protect and improve the environment alongside food production, and how Environmental Land Management schemes will be delivered.

This includes information on:

• the full range of actions we will pay for through the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship
• when we plan for each action to be available through the schemes
• the payment rates for the actions

It also includes more detailed information and payment rates for the new actions that will be available in the Sustainable Farming Incentive in 2023.

Published 26 January 2023
Last updated 21 June 2023 + show all updates

1. 21 June 2023

   Added links to the SFI Handbook for the SFI 2023 offer in the 'New SFI standards for 2023' section.

2. 15 February 2023

   Added an accessible PDF version of the Environmental Land Management update.

3. 3 February 2023

   Annex - under 'Boundaries' table, amended 'per m’ to ‘per 100m’ due to typo in: - Maintain drystone walls in good condition - Maintain stone-faced hedgebanks in good condition - Maintain earth banks in good condition

4. 26 January 2023

   First published.