Local area farming plans — a common reality for farmers and conservationists in the scottish highlands?

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-400

  Smyth, Karen ^b   Waterhouse, Tony ^a   Pollock, Meg L ^a  

^a Sustainable Livestock Systems Group   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Conservation; Fanning; Local area plans; Participative research

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FARMING SYSTEM; LOCAL PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; UPLAND REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745984547     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00369220518737246     Document Type: Article

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