{"id":1821,"date":"2023-03-30T14:53:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/nerc-nfm\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2023-03-30T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:53:21","slug":"policy-document-and-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/nerc-nfm\/policy-document-and-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Document and Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Green Alliance, along with the NFM programme, have created a policy summary report outlining some of the programme\u2019s main findings and suggesting what this might mean for future land use policy and NFM investment. 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