Ploughing a New Furrow: A Blueprint for Wildlife Friendly Farming

by Malcolm Smith

Book Overview

Farmland wildlife has been decimated by intensive crop growing using pesticides, grubbing up hedges, ploughing heathland and draining marshes, etc. With too many sheep grazing our moors, hills and mountains, a range of upland plants, invertebrates and birds has been diminished and the land converted to closely-grazed turf, perfect for heavy rain to cause catastrophic downstream floods. Once common farmland birds have declined by 54% since 1970...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849953287
• ISBN13: 9781849953283
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Whittles
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.4"