News
The latest news related to our work and Commons.
Brexit and opportunities for commoning
Julia Aglionby recently gave a presentation on "Commoning: Change & Resilience" to 45 Commoners from Shropshire, Herefordshire, Wales and Worcestershire.
Foundation attends Public Inquiry to hear MOD's attempt to deregister Hilton, Murton, Burton and Warcop Fells
We attended the first day of the Public Inquiry into the application by the Ministry of Defence to deregister 10,000 acres of common land in the Pennines, Cumbria.
Beating the bounds of Gidleigh Common - Dartmoor
Every 7 years the boundary of Gidleigh Common is walked and the marked boundary stones are re-found and cleaned. Adrian Coulston attended and recorded the day in his Dartmoor Blog. It's well worth a read and the photos are marvellous.
Proposal to test and trial future Environmental Land Management Schemes on commons
Last Friday we submitted a proposal to Defra to test and trial future Environmental Land Management Schemes on commons.
FCL's response to Health & Harmony Consultation
FCL's response to the Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit consultation.
FCL gives EFRA commitee evidence on RPA's impact on common land and commoning
Read more for the evidence we submiited to the EFRA Inquiry into the work of the Rural Payments Agency.
HRH The Prince of Wales becomes Patron of Foundation for Common Land
The Foundation for Common Land is delighted and honoured to announce that HRH The Prince of Wales has become our Patron.
Foundation for Common Land position statement on Natural Flood Management
Considerable interest has been shown in the potential of Natural Flood Management (NFM) to contribute to a reduction in flooding across the UK in recent months.
The New Forest Point to Point
The New Forest point-to point marks the end of the commoning year, a day when commoners come together with the wider Forest community and celebrate the Forest and its traditions.
The Birds and Bees at the Oxford Farming Conference
Julia Aglionby our Executive Director gave the following talk the Oxford Farming Conference 2018.