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- Open letter to the Rt. Hon. Michael Gove, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 11/10/2017
- The Unintended Consequences of George Monbiot. 11/10/2017
- Should Wolves and Lynx be re-introduced into the British Countryside? – Part 2: Lynx and Wolves – a Brief Biology and Discussion. 28/09/2017
- Should Wolves and Lynx be released into the British countryside? – Part 1: Introductions and Re-introductions. 18/09/2017
- How should we manage Predators and Prey? 04/09/2017
- Brexit – will it lead us into an economic abyss? 19/08/2017
- What is “conservation” and who is it for? 28/07/2017
- Is Theresa May an ‘Unelected’ Prime Minister? 04/03/2017
- The impact of upland farming – Part 4 of 4: Definitions and conclusions. 02/03/2017
- The impact of upland farming – Part 3a: A short walk upon Bodmin Moor. 01/03/2017
- The impact of upland farming – Part 3 of 4: Ecology of the uplands in transition. 14/02/2017
- The impact of upland farming: Part 2 of 4 – The invisible strands of culture. 06/02/2017
- The impact of upland farming. Part 1 of 4 – economics. 02/02/2017
Category Archives: Livestock
Open letter to the Rt. Hon. Michael Gove, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
NOTE: This letter was originally published in Country Squire Magazine here on 2nd October 2017. Dear Mr Gove, As you are aware, Lynx UK Trust has recently submitted an application to Natural England for a licence to release Lynx into … Continue reading
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Should Wolves and Lynx be released into the British countryside? – Part 1: Introductions and Re-introductions.
An integral part of the rewilding agenda is that of the release or encouragement of large predators back into environments where they have been absent for a long time. In the European scheme of things, this means Wolves, Lynx, Bears … Continue reading
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The impact of upland farming – Part 4 of 4: Definitions and conclusions.
In many ways, George Monbiot’s book Feral, is a curious amalgam of anecdote, ecological theory, polemic and autobiography. On two or three occasions, he seems to feel intimately and mystically connected to events (as he envisages them) in the distant geological past. … Continue reading
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The impact of upland farming – Part 3a: A short walk upon Bodmin Moor.
Yesterday, in a spirit of inquiry, I set off early to Camelford and then to the north side of Bodmin Moor. My aim was to walk up to the top of Rough Tor, which is just to the north of … Continue reading
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The impact of upland farming: Part 2 of 4 – The invisible strands of culture.
Culture is usually defined in terms of a higher understanding of the arts and other intellectual achievements – anything from opera at Glyndebourne to Morris Dancing and the Helston Floral Dance. But in this post, I use the term as … Continue reading
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The impact of upland farming. Part 1 of 4 – economics.
Upland farming has come under attack recently from a number of sources. Criticism is often levelled at hill farmers because they require large public subsidies to keep them going. Grumbling is also directed at hill farmers because they are perceived … Continue reading
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Farmers, Risk and Brexit – Part 3 (Tariff barriers and who loses)
The analyses in Part 1 and 2 of this series looked at the total tonnage of livestock products and dairy that was traded with both the EU and Non-EU countries. See here and here. The quantities were expressed in raw … Continue reading
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