16 Feb 2016

Defra has today published a report by Eunomia on a pilot Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) project undertaken from 2014 – 2015 in the West of England. The project – one of five funded by Defra under its third round of PES Pilot projects – investigated the potential of changes in land management to tackle […]

26 Jan 2016

RELU Rural Economy & Land Use January Newsletter   Harnessing the social and natural sciences for sustainable rural development Three articles from the RELU Rural Economy & Land Use January Newsletter   Harnessing the social and natural sciences for sustainable rural development – A really useful source of information for those interested in land-use issues:  Farming and […]

27 Oct 2015

In 1965, concerned about the impact of development along the coast of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we launched our Neptune Coastline Campaign to help us raise money to buy and protect further stretches of the coast. That summer we commissioned the University of Reading to survey how land along the coast of England, Wales […]