Sustainable land use research programme launched

Sustainable land use research programme launched - 2003 - Social Sciences (55) September 2003, 4(1) .

Research councils, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), have launched a £20m research programme, Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU), to develop future researched-based options for sustainable land use. They aim to create a programme over the next three years that will help to deliver modern, sustainable farming, protect the environment and achieve beneficial social and economic outcomes for people in rural areas. Full information is available on the RELU website http://www.esrc.ac.uk/relu/intro.htm.


SUSTAINABLE LAND USE
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SUSTAINABLE FARMING