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Landscape and Farming
The Centre has a number of ongoing projects
under the theme of a socio-economic approach to Hill Farming. Recently a
workshop was held to consider
Hill Land scenarios in order to determine activities that ICU-C can
undertake with Cumbria partners during 2006 and beyond.
Full workshop Report
Response to DEFRA:
Evidence and Innovation Strategy 2005-08:
DEFRA launched its Evidence & Innovation Strategy (E&IS) was released for
public consultation on 14 October 2005. It provided an in depth review of
the evidence and innovation needs to support DEFRA’s five year strategy.
Details of the consultation can be found at
www.defra.gov.uk/science/how/strategy.htm
The
International Centre for the Uplands-Cumbria responded to this consultation
because it provided an opportunity to comment on the need to take a
long-term holistic view that integrates scientific and social science
knowledge to achieve people friendly sustainable outcomes.
We responded to selected
questions only on the basis of evidence gained from the Centre's activities.
Full Response to the Consultation
Policy for the Delivery of
Public Goods in the Uplands: the Implications of the Social Capital of
Traditional Hill Farming.
The main
phase of this study was completed in April 2005 and included two components.
Downloadable reports include:
The conclusions are a major contribution to the
debate on the future of the Hill Farm Allowance and the new Rural Development
Regulation. The research recommends that public support for the uplands is
maintained but that it is aligned more closely with the provision of public
goods, including wildlife, landscape and social capital itself. more contentious
and present the views of the researchers. These recommendations are
controversial and are not necessarily supported by the Upland Centre or the
funders.
The work was commissioned
by the ‘International Centre for the Uplands – Cumbria’ and funded by the Fells
and Dales LEADER + Programme and Rural Regeneration Cumbria.
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