In recent years, landscape and wildlife conservation has attracted increased attention from environmentalists and policy-makers. There have been policies within the European Union aimed at conserving wildlife and landscape in Europe for more than a decade and appraisal of these policies is opportune. A workshop was therefore held at the University of Hohenheim in September 1996, to examine critical issues associated with these policies. This workshop was one of a series, each focusing on a key theme as part of the EU Concerted Action, -Policy measures to control environmental impacts from...

While public anxiety about genetically engineered foodstuffs and BSE in cattle has developed in Europe, on the positive side there has been a rapidly rising demand for organic produce. As a result the organic sector has moved from a being marginal production fad to a serious subject of policy concern for politicians and public servants involved in European agricultural policy. In this book, three leading authorities on organic farming have produced a scientific overview for the layperson of the state of organic farming and policy towards it in Europe. Based on a review of a huge body of...

Das Buch ist ein Beitrag zur quantitativen Darstellung von Umweltqualitaten im Landschaftsmassstab und zur okologisch-okonomischen Bewertung von Szenarien. Obwohl am Beispiel der Landwirtschaft durchgefuhrt, sind die Methoden ohne weiteres auf andere Flachennutzungen anwendbar. Dem Massstab entsprechend werden Datenerhebungen vor Ort durch Regelwerke zur Interpretation vorhandener Daten ersetzt. Diese werden flachenscharf mit einer Auflosung von 50m x 50m wiedergegeben. Themen sind Nahrstofftransport durch Erosion, Stickstoffauswaschung, Vegetationsveranderungen durch Eutrophierung,...