The Royal Society calls for the delivery of a UK-wide land-use framework to clear up confusion.
The government has committed UK land to meet new targets on housebuilding, renewable energy, woodland and foodThe UK government risks "overpromising" finite land with its multiple ambitions on farming, nature and renewable energy, according to a report from scientific academy The Royal Society.
"The UK does not have enough land for any of it to be non-productive," said the report's steering group chairman, Sir Charles Godfray, who is director of Oxford University's Oxford Martin School.The government has ambitious plans for the UK's land, from increasing biodiversity to providing more homes. It aims to:scale up crops for energy to 23,000 hectares a year by the mid-2020sbuild 300,000 new homes a year in England, by the mid-2020s.
Emily Norton, head of rural research at Savills, said: "Every time the government sets a new environment target, the question is, where is that going to come from. But Tom Bradshaw, deputy president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales , said its members were still struggling to understand where they should focus their efforts.
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