(par 5.4.2.2.2) What is High Nature Value (HNV) Farming
What is High Nature Value (HNV) Farming? http://www.high-nature-value-farming.eu/what-is-hnv/ Bucegi (Romania) The concept of High Nature Value (HNV) farming developed in the early 1990s from a growing recognition that the conservation of biodiversity in Europe depends, among other, on the continuation of traditional low-intensity farming systems. Many of Europe’s most endangered habitat types and species are dependent […]
(par 5.4.2.2.2) Ethics of Wildlife Management and Conservation- What Should We Try to Protect
Ethics of Wildlife Management and Conservation: What Should We Try to Protect? http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/ethics-of-wildlife-management-and-conservation-what-80060473 By: Christian Gamborg (University of Copenhagen, Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning), Clare Palmer (Texas A&M University, Philosophy Department) & Peter Sandoe (University of Copenhagen, Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment) © 2012 Nature Education What should we protect when managing and conserving wildlife? There’s no single answer. Competing values, […]
(par 5.4.2.2.2) Do we still need nature reserves
Do we still need nature reserves? http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/aug/24/blakeney-point-coastal-nature-reserve-centenary Blakeney Point, a four-mile spit of shingle and sand in Norfolk, celebrates its centenary as Britain’s first coastal nature reserve this month. But in an era of cataclysmic climate change, are such places just a parochial irrelevance? Patrick Barkham, Friday 24 August 2012 22.01 BSTLast modified on Saturday […]