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The project works in collaboration with the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thousandyeartrust.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Thousand Year Trust<\/mark><\/a><strong> and partners connected to the Atlantic Temperate Rainforest on Bodmin Moor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, future land use is under unprecedented pressure with infinite demands on finite space to provide food, renewable energy, recreation, livelihoods, and wild spaces. In the context of climate change, economic uncertainty and changing policy. This project explores what future and current land management, and farming looks like as businesses diversify beyond traditional agricultural approaches and engage in landscape recovery projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We aim to understand <\/strong><strong>how farmers and landowners are adapting to environmental and economic change, how nature restoration fits within farming systems, and how communities, organisations, and policymakers can work together to support resilient landscapes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project studies how environmental, economic, and social factors shape land use and recovery. 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