Access to nature ‘should be a factor’ in payments to England’s landowners

Conservation manager Jake Fiennes says Norfolk's Holkham estate shows how fragile ecosystems can support huge visitor numbers

The government should factor in access to nature in its new payments strategy for farmers and other landowners in England, a leading land manager has said.

Jake Fiennes, who sits on the board for Natural England's national nature reserves, has advised the government to incentivise farmers to put better paths in place and educate the public about what they grow, and what nature lives on their land.