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<blockquote data-quote="N.Yorks." data-source="post: 7423107" data-attributes="member: 46426"><p>It's a tough one as there needs to be a system that has 'high integrity' to ensure everyone is doing what they should, because as we all know there are plenty willing to tick boxes and not actually make a change. So to that end there'll be audits and monitoring - which we'll just have to accept and get on board with. That all has to be paid for...... but it isn't acceptable to have brokers/intermediaries sitting there creaming off large %'s.</p><p></p><p>The markets will be supply and demand driven and it'll be government regulation that compels business and individuals to operate in certain ways eg. C net zero, biodiversity 20% net gain, clean water through nature based solutions. Regulation will drive the demand as will 'consumer education' - making consumers aware that their purchases of goods are environmetally better for them and everyone else. Who knows, there may well be a tax that is taken from everyone that goes towards supplying a sustainable stable environment that gets paid back to farmers/land managers - that's what ELM probably is going to be.</p><p></p><p>So I'm thinking we'll have a number of opportunities on farms:</p><p>- sustainable food output</p><p>- fibre production (wood/wool/hemp)</p><p>- SFI/ELM payments</p><p>- tradeable Carbon (forestry/woodland/soil)</p><p>- direct payments from businesses needing green credentials/biodiversity net gain</p><p>- direct payments from businesses wishing to protect their future (f**ked up planet doesn't guarantee future consumers!)</p><p></p><p>Different farms will pick and choose what works best for them........ if you've got Grade 1 land in arable producing 12t/ha and wheat is a good price then you may well not be putting that land into woodland to earn from carbon credits.</p><p></p><p>The farmer will have a significant degree of choice and can reject doing something if the price isn't right, the thing that was needed still needs to be done so the price will rise until someone deems it worthwhile. We probably won't be mega rich but we'll have a decent living - ultimately who needs anymore than that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="N.Yorks., post: 7423107, member: 46426"] It's a tough one as there needs to be a system that has 'high integrity' to ensure everyone is doing what they should, because as we all know there are plenty willing to tick boxes and not actually make a change. So to that end there'll be audits and monitoring - which we'll just have to accept and get on board with. That all has to be paid for...... but it isn't acceptable to have brokers/intermediaries sitting there creaming off large %'s. The markets will be supply and demand driven and it'll be government regulation that compels business and individuals to operate in certain ways eg. C net zero, biodiversity 20% net gain, clean water through nature based solutions. Regulation will drive the demand as will 'consumer education' - making consumers aware that their purchases of goods are environmetally better for them and everyone else. Who knows, there may well be a tax that is taken from everyone that goes towards supplying a sustainable stable environment that gets paid back to farmers/land managers - that's what ELM probably is going to be. So I'm thinking we'll have a number of opportunities on farms: - sustainable food output - fibre production (wood/wool/hemp) - SFI/ELM payments - tradeable Carbon (forestry/woodland/soil) - direct payments from businesses needing green credentials/biodiversity net gain - direct payments from businesses wishing to protect their future (f**ked up planet doesn't guarantee future consumers!) Different farms will pick and choose what works best for them........ if you've got Grade 1 land in arable producing 12t/ha and wheat is a good price then you may well not be putting that land into woodland to earn from carbon credits. The farmer will have a significant degree of choice and can reject doing something if the price isn't right, the thing that was needed still needs to be done so the price will rise until someone deems it worthwhile. We probably won't be mega rich but we'll have a decent living - ultimately who needs anymore than that? [/QUOTE]
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