Farming in Protected Landscapes

St Brendon's Church, Brendon

Farming in Protected Landscapes funding (FIPL) supports sustainable farming businesses, diversification and nature recovery projects. It can help slow climate change and improve people’s access to Exmoor’s landscape and heritage.

On Exmoor we are delivering Defra’s Farming in Protected Landscapes programme.

It is open to all farmers and land managers within a National Park or National Landscape in England as part of the Government’s Agricultural Transitional Plan, which sets out how Defra’s support for farmers and land managers is changing over the next few years.

Please get in touch with our FIPL officers if you have a project idea or would like to find out more:

email conservation@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk

Here are just some of the projects we’ve supported

Creating a thriving ecosystem and abundant food, to be shared with the local community

Wood pasture is acknowledged by ecologists as being a diverse and rich habitat for wildlife, Cattle and sheep farmer Mark from Great Nurcott Farm near Winsford explains why it can be a boost to food production, rather than a compromise.

Supporting Access improvements on Exmoor's Coast

Working to secure the future of the iconic Exmoor horn Sheep

What the programme will pay for

Farming in Protected Landscapes is a programme of funding for one-off projects, not an ongoing agri-environment scheme. It will support farmers and land managers to carry out projects that:

support nature
mitigate the impacts of climate change
provide opportunities for people to discover, enjoy and understand the landscape and its cultural heritage
support nature-friendly, sustainable farm businesses

For example, the programme might support:

promoting connectivity between habitats
replacing stiles with gates on public footpaths, to promote easier access
conserving historic features on a farm, such as lime kilns or mining heritage
supporting a locally branded food initiative that promotes the links between the product and the landscape in which it is produced
action to reduce carbon emissions on a farm
gathering data and evidence to help inform conservation and farming practice

Tractor

To see the projects that we have funded so far please see our Transparency of Funding documents

Year 1 Transparency of Funding

Year 2 Transparency of Funding

Year 3 Transparency of Funding

To demonstrate what the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme has delivered nationally, National Parks England have produced a publication including case studies from projects funded across England.

Year 1 programme achievements here

Year 2 programme achievements here

Year 3 programme achievements here