Farm Finance: How will the Nature Restoration Law affect farmer profitability?

It’s ironic that in a week when the EU went to some efforts to suggest that the regulatory burden on farmers would be reduced, the Nature Restoration Regulations were signed into law, writes rural accountant Kieran Coughlan.

It’s ironic that in a week when the EU went to some efforts to suggest that the regulatory burden on farmers would be reduced, the Nature Restoration Regulations were signed into law, writes rural accountant Kieran Coughlan.

The European Commission passed what is commonly referred to as Nature Restoration Regulations into law as of Tuesday, February 27.

The regulations include a requirement that EU countries must restore at least 30% of habitats in poor condition by 2030, 60% by 2040, and 90% by 2050, habitats include forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers, lakes and coral beds.