Ploughing a New Furrow - A Blueprint for Wildlife Friendly Farming

• Addresses the complex issue and inter-relationship between farming practices and wildlife
• Provides a blueprint for supporting farmers to produce quality food and a wildlife-rich countryside - a sustainable balance between food production and wildlife
• Showcases the achievements of farmers who are already increasing wildlife
• Examines controversial issues such as bovine TB and badgers, pesticides and insects and GM crops

Info autore

Malcolm Smith is a biologist, former Chief Scientist and Deputy Chief Executive at The Countryside Council for Wales and has been a Member of the Board of The Environment Agency (for England and Wales). He has had numerous features on wildlife, heritage and travel published in a variety of publications and is the author of the acclaimed Life with Birds, a Story of Mutual Exploitation; Back from the Brink and Gone Wild, Stories from a Lifetime of Wildlife Travel.

Riassunto

Addresses the complex issue and inter-relationship between farming practices and wildlife and provides a blueprint for supporting farmers to produce quality food and a wildlife-rich countryside - a sustainable balance between food production and wildlife.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Malcolm Smith
• Editore: Whittles Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781849953283
• ISBN: 978-1-84995-328-3
• Pagine: 230
• Dimensioni: 239 mm x 171 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 590 g
• Illustrazioni: colour throughout, 44 photographs, 33 charts/graphs; colour throughout, 44 photographs, 33 charts/graphs
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Agricoltura, giardinaggio; silvicoltura, pesca, alimentazione