creators_name: Watson, C A
creators_name: Chamberlain, D E
creators_name: Norton, L R
creators_name: Fuller, R J
creators_name: Atkinson, C J
creators_name: Fowler, S M
creators_name: McCracken, D I
creators_name: Wolfe, M S
creators_name: Walker, R L
editors_name: Atkinson, C
editors_name: Ball, B
editors_name: Davies, D H K
editors_name: Rees, R
editors_name: Russell, G
editors_name: Stockdale, E A
editors_name: Watson, C A
editors_name: Walker, R
editors_name: Younie, D
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-12-13
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:35:12
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title: Can organic farming deliver natural heritage goals in the UK uplands?
ispublished: pub
subjects: 9landscape
subjects: 7biodiversity
full_text_status: public
keywords: Organic farming, natural heritage, uplands, biodiversity, agroforestry
abstract: Policy support for organic farming in the UK is based in part on the ability of organic farming systems to deliver natural heritage benefi ts. Most UK research on the natural heritage benefi ts of organic farming has addressed lowland arable systems. A reanalysis of a subset of data from a MAFF-funded study of biodiversity in England and Wales suggests that organic systems in predominantly pastoral landscapes may show similar biodiversity benefi ts to ones in predominantly arable landscapes. Future research needs to address organically managed pastoral, hill and upland systems across the UK.
date: 2006
date_type: published
publication: Aspects of Applied Biology 79, What will organic farming deliver? COR 2006
publisher: Association of Applied Biologists
pagerange: 5-8
refereed: never
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citation: Watson, C A; Chamberlain, D E; Norton, L R; Fuller, R J; Atkinson, C J; Fowler, S M; McCracken, D I; Wolfe, M S and Walker, R L (2006) Can organic farming deliver natural heritage goals in the UK uplands? What can organic farming deliver? COR 2006, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 18-20 September 2006. In: Atkinson, C; Ball, B; Davies, D H K; Rees, R; Russell, G; Stockdale, E A; Watson, C A; Walker, R and Younie, D (Eds.) Aspects of Applied Biology 79, What will organic farming deliver? COR 2006, Association of Applied Biologists, pp. 5-8.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/10154/1/Can_organic_farming_deliver_natural_heritage_goals_in_the_UK_uplands.pdf