Countryside in Trust: Land Management by Conservation, Recreation and Amenity Organisations
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Book Description
The development of agriculture has caused rapid changes to the rural environment. Today, with growing awareness and concern for environmental issues, there is a movement to stem further damage to the countryside and replace some of the values which have been lost. Voluntary non-profit organisations which own and manage land for countryside conservation are playing an increasingly important role in this movement. These are called CARTs - Conservation, Amenity and Recreation Trusts. Countryside in Trust explores the principles behind this movement and investigates the activities of the wide range of organisations involved, both large and small, including the National Trust, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the Scottish Tree Trust. The origins and experiences of CARTs are traced in a series of chapters which examine the different types of organisation, their land management activities and finances, and their close relationship with government agencies at all levels. Finally, the authors describe the role of public policy towards CARTs and assess the implications for the future. This is the first book to examine the large numbers of landholding environmental and amenity trusts in the UK, and is essential reading for students, voluntary organisations, conservation groups, land owners and local authorities.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Enormous areas of land are now owned collectively by voluntary trusts and their management objectives are primarily environmental or heritage conservation, protection of amenity or recreation. The book describes and analyzes the trusts' functioning, problems and objectives in a broad framework of national and EC policy. Divided into three parts, the first section describes the economic and social background to countryside trust and rural land management in Britain and Europe, the second section provides detailed studies of major and minor trusts, and the third section examines land management problems and their future potential, including financial and policy issues.
Countryside in Trust: Land Management by Conservation, Recreation and Amenity Organisations
Countryside in Trust: Land Management by Conservation, Recreation and Amenity Organisations,Janet Dwyer,Ian Hodge,John Wiley & Sons,0471948713,Business & Economics,Business/Economics,Development - Sustainable Development,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Great Britain,Land trusts,Landscape protection,Nature conservation,Politics/International Relations,Societies, etc,Use Of Rural Lands,Business & Economics / Sustainable Development,Charities & voluntary services,Conservation of the environment,Management of land & natural resources
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