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<p>Following overwhelming support to our consultation last summer, which received
almost 9,000 responses, on 16 April the Government laid before Parliament new regulations
that will place management practices for hedgerows on agricultural land into legislation.
These practices include a cutting ban between 1 March and 31 August to protect nesting
birds during this period, and a 2m buffer strip around a hedge where green cover must
be established and maintained to protect the health of the hedge and the wildlife
that use it.</p>
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