Land management : the hidden costs /
Mature ecological criticism of agricultural policies is not easy: targets agreed in Biodiversity Action Plans must be achieved within a framework of agricultural and economic policies. Developing a balanced solution is the essence of sustainability. Until recently the hidden costs of high-production...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
British Ecological Society,
[1997]
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| Series: | Ecological issues series.
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Table of Contents:
- Land Management: The Hidden Costs; Contents; Key Issues; 1 . Introduction; 2 . Land-use intensification: the cost to the environment; 2.1 The drive for productivity; 2.2 Habitats and wildlife; 2.3 Overuse and neglect; 2.4 Pollution; 2.5 Soil erosion; 2.6 Loss offarm biodiversity; 2.7 Impact of land-use intensification on forest biodiversity; 2.8 Landscape effects of intensive forestry and farming; 2.9 Cultural effects; 2.10 Concluding thoughts; 3 . Biological conservation: gaps. overlaps and contradictions; 3.1 Complexity and simplicity in ecological interactions
- 3.2 Attempts to deal with the ecological effects of land-use intensification3.3 The phenomenon of landscape interactions; 3.4 The New Forest. Hampshire (UK); 3.5 The Avon Valley. Hampshire (UK); 3.6 Protection at a landscape scale; 3.7 An ecological approach to conservation and land-use management; 3.8 Spatial planning; 3.9 Strategic environmental assessment; 3.10 Policy integration; 3.1 1 Concluding thoughts; 4 . Traditional land use systems: sustainability, efficiency and biodiversity; 4.1 Sustainable land-uses; 4.2 Character of extensive land-uses
- 4.3 Farming efficiency and ecological complexity4.4 Habitat scale effects of optimising production within extensive systems; 4.5 Marsh Fritillary butterfly; 4.6 Red-Billed Chough; 4.7 Landscape scale effects ofoptimisingproduction within extensive systems; 4.8 Concluding thoughts; 5 . Land-use reform: a new harmony between human activity, economic forces and the land; 5.1 Agricultural support mechanisms; 5.2 Attempts to control the adverse environmental effects of subsidies; 5.3 Need for an integrated approach to conservation and land management
- 5.4 Reduction of support for intensive production5.5 Environmentally neutral support for agriculture; 5.6 Re-equipping a sustainable agriculture; Abbreviations; Further reading; Useful Web sites; Acknowledgements. Addresses of contributors