Dr. Andy Bleasdale:

If it does, then we should be happy. This is where the results-based payment schemes come into effect. If we can value the management of the land by virtue of its presentation of biodiversity, it does not matter how we get there. If the farmer gets there through controlled burning or light grazing by llamas, ducks or whatever, who cares as long as we get the habitat and heather in good condition? Rather than trying to create rules and regulations over all of that, let us focus on the outcome and give the farmer the flexibility and tools to achieve that through a variety of ways.