Reconciling pastoral agriculture and nature conservation: developing a co-management approach in the English uplands
Reconciling pastoral agriculture and nature conservation: developing a co-management approach in the English uplands
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协调畜牧农业和自然保护：在英国高地制定共同管理方法
DOI：
10.1186/2041-7136-2-13
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发表时间：
2012
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J. Dwyer
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作者：
C. Short;J. Dwyer
本文评估了共同农业政策（CAP）对英格兰西南部国家公园牧区农业系统的影响，以及最近使用创新和参与式技术来协调牧区农业系统与野生动物管理的尝试。这篇论文证实了这样的证据：在英国，涉及牧区农业的农业企业的经济可持续性正在下降，以野生动物为导向的计划正在以一种可能不符合野生动物长期利益的方式改变传统的农业系统。收集到的数据引发了人们对当前环境措施的成本效益的质疑，这些措施是由政府管理的，与自然资源和野生动物有关的处方由中央决定。根据共同管理的概念，我们与农民和自然保育监管机构共同确定和探索了另一种方法。这种方法更加强调调整这种边缘耕作类型的传统耕作系统，使其与脆弱生态系统的可持续管理相一致。
The article assesses the influence of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the pastoral farming systems in a National Park within the south west of England and more recent attempts to use innovative and participatory techniques to reconcile pastoral farming systems with wildlife management. The paper confirms evidence that the economic sustainability of farm businesses in the UK involved in pastoral farming is reducing, and that wildlife-orientated schemes are changing traditional farming systems in a way that might not be in the long-term interest of wildlife. The data gathered raise questions about the cost-effectiveness of the current environmental approaches, which are government-run with centrally determined prescriptions relating to the natural resource and wildlife. Drawing on the concept of co-management, an alternative approach is identified and explored with both farmers and nature conservation regulators. This approach places more emphasis upon adjusting the traditional farming system of this marginal type of farming to align with the sustainable management of a fragile ecosystem.