Natural England - Making the most of ELS options

Making the most of ELS options

If you are an agent or adviser providing advice on Environmental Stewardship to farmers and land managers, this part of our website will enable you to help your clients choose the right Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) options and put them in the best places to achieve the greatest benefits.

We have identified the ELS (including UELS) options that have the most benefit for the environment, and which we want farmers to choose. These include the options that contribute to the Campaign for the Farmed Environmentexternal link.  We particularly want farmers to choose these options in the areas where they are a high priority.

Which are the priority options?

The options are listed in a summary of priority options: (84kb)pdf document and in a summary of priority options (uplands): (51kb)pdf document.  You may find it useful to print copies of these for future reference.

The options are grouped according to the particular environmental benefits that they can help achieve.  Please look at these groups of options, which (with the exception of 'Farming in the uplands for wildlife' and 'Farming and climate change') will direct you to further information about how important they are in your region:

What is important in my region?

If you wish you can go straight to pages that give details of the priorities in your region by clicking on the map below.

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