Farmers 'should not restock some uplands'
Farmers 'should not restock some uplands'
- 2001
- Daily Telegraph 9 May 2001, 10(1) .
English Nature urges that some parts of the English uplands should not be restocked with sheep after the foot and mouth crisis but should be allowed to revert back to a natural state. It published a report, postponed because of the foot and mouth crisis, showing that up to 64% of upland commons were in poor condition due to overgrazing. Download the report "State of nature - the upland challenge" at the English Nature website at: www.english-nature.org.uk
ENGLISH NATURE
OVERGRAZING
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
UPLANDS
FARMING INDUSTRY
English Nature urges that some parts of the English uplands should not be restocked with sheep after the foot and mouth crisis but should be allowed to revert back to a natural state. It published a report, postponed because of the foot and mouth crisis, showing that up to 64% of upland commons were in poor condition due to overgrazing. Download the report "State of nature - the upland challenge" at the English Nature website at: www.english-nature.org.uk
ENGLISH NATURE
OVERGRAZING
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
UPLANDS
FARMING INDUSTRY