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This loophole is solved by making it that declaring the land as such status means the land is commited to that use for a minimum number of years that makes the
by have_faith 5y ago
This loophole is solved by making it that declaring the land as such status means the land is commited to that use for a minimum number of years that makes the conservation meaningful. Something like a decade minimum with a high bar for converting it for other usage afterwards. Farmers in the UK for instance already have some incentives to leave some fields alone.