The project implementation phase is when work on the ground will commence. Our aim is that as many first round projects as possible would progress from project development to project implementation. Our expectation is that project implementation agreements will be long term, for example 20 years plus, and that the projects will have long-term safeguards in place to protect them into the future, such as conservation covenants. Project implementation agreements will be bespoke, setting out the land management activity and/or outcomes that the project will deliver, and how this will be funded. Unlike for the Sustainable Farming Incentive or Local Nature Recovery schemes, we will not be setting out a list of activities that we will pay for and associated payment rates. Rather we will work with projects to negotiate bespoke agreements. Agreements will need to deliver good value for money by delivering significant outcomes and attracting private finance to support the project.