On the eve of the next vote on the contentious law in the European Parliament to Tuesday , not every farmer is against the idea of the nature restoration law or rewetting their land.
One of the most helpful aspects he has found about being part of the FarmPEAT project is the farmer-led approach, which project manager Caroline Lalor says is a key aspect. “But at the same time, the figures show us that something needs to be done because intensively managed grassland on peatland emits 20 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per hectare per year. That’s around the same as four cars in a year.”
Earnings from dairy and tillage farming make any perceived threat to their current use of land, such as the nature restoration law, appear as a threat to their livelihoods. To date, farmers feel the Government has not done enough to assuage those fears.