Land management [[electronic resource] ] : the hidden costs / / by Colin Hindmarch, Mike Pienkowski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144699203321
• Autore: Hindmarch Colin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : British Ecological Society, [1997]
• ISBN: 1-282-34864-7; 9786612348648; 0-470-69497-1; 0-470-69486-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (74 p.)
• Collana: Ecological issues series
• Altri autori (Persone): PienkowskiM. W
• Disciplina: 333.73; 333.76
• Soggetti: Land use; Sustainable agriculture; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 systems on biodiversity has been ignored. This booklet identifies some of the hidden costs of unsustainable production, and also considers examples where conservation management has failed. The authors argue that sustainable land management is possible, and that conservation and product