What efforts are farmers making to cooperate with other conservation groups?
Making new partnerships is important to the farming community. Many farmers are members of the NFU or CLA as well as FWAG. Through these partnerships farmers gain and exchange knowledge and experience. The RSPB has developed its Farmer and Volunteer Alliance. The scheme was developed to help reverse the decline of farmland bird populations by working together with volunteers and farmers. Since the project began in 1999, we have undertaken 3,350 surveys, with the help of nearly 2,000 volunteers.
