What lessons does the Knepp Rewilding project have for other farms in the UK? Knepp is a terrific project. But it is NOT a model for every farm. Everything depends on the local context: location, landform, ecology, hydrology, agricultural land value, potential and much else. The argument of this video is that every farm needs an Integrated Landscape and Agroforestry Management Plans (iLaMP). Such plans are necessary for (1) national landscape character areas (2) local landscape character areas (3) individual arms.
With regard to financial support from the exchequer the key principle is 'public money for public goods'. Since every farm will yield a different mix of public goods in different quantities, the appropriate level of public support for individual farms will vary.
Tom Turner believes that the landscape profession has a key role in preparing these plans. There is a great need for the Landscape Institute to publish a second policy paper on the landscape of agriculture. The first paper was written by Merrick Denton-Thompson and published over 40 years ago. Since then he has been President of the Landscape Institute.