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Countryside Conservation - Land Ecology, Planning and Management (Paperback, 3rd Ed)
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Countryside Conservation - Land Ecology, Planning and Management (Paperback, 3rd Ed)
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The countryside and it's amenities of wildlife, landscape beauty
and recreational opportunity was created by traditional
agricultural practices. Modern farming techniques no longer supply
these amenities as an automatic, incedental by-product of food
production. If they are to continue to be enjoyed, then specific
provision must be made for them. Agricultural policy in Europe is
now beginning to do this by redirecting substantial agricultural
support to the promotion of enviromentally-friendly farming
practices. A wide variety of initiatives in forestry, conservation,
hydrology and other sectors are also developing to promote the
growing discipline of Countryside management to implement
coservation objectives in the countryside. These objectives are
themselves now being reassessed as principles from the new
discipline of landscape ecology are incorporated into landscape
planning and management, and the opportunities for redesigning the
countryside offered by overcapacity in agriculture are beginning to
be recognised and exploited.; A significant shift is taking place
fron the implementation of conservation objectives through planning
mechanisms focuses largely on designated protecte
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