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Joe Harrison

Joe is a policy adviser in the Tree Health team, within the Future Farming and Countryside Programme.

The team is responsible for developing grants that support land managers in dealing with tree health issues across the treescape.

Preparing for the Tree Health pilot

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Trees give us oxygen. They store carbon. They help the soil and provide a habitat for wildlife.  For these reasons and many more, protecting them from pests and diseases is important. With tree and woodland managers, we are designing a new range of grants as part of a future Tree Health scheme. I'll share more in this post.

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For equipment, technology and infrastructure

For research and innovation

To improve animal health and welfare

To improve tree health

To support parks, AONBs and Broads

To leave farming  (closing 30 September)

Ongoing payments

To improve soil health

To better understand moorland

To manage habitats, woodlands, flood risk and water pollution.

To make space for nature

To restore landscapes and ecosystems at scale 

To restore peatlands

To plant trees and manage woodland

To join farming (trial coming in 2022)

BPS and delinked payments

Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in England will be replaced with delinked payments in 2024.

Learn how they’re calculated and who’s eligible.

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