This paper evaluates the processes and mechanisms available for integrating different types
of knowledge for environmental management. Following a review of the challenges …

The impacts of vegetation fires on ecosystems are complex and varied affecting a range of
important ecosystem services. Fire has the potential to affect the physicochemical and …

This paper investigates the impact of broadband access on agribusiness in rural Wales and
the resulting implications on entrepreneurial activity. Despite attempts by Government and …

Farm businesses face increasing challenges in the face of policy reform which envisages
multifunctional rural economies with objectives which span the environmental, the social as …

As reflected in the ecosystem approach, conservation strategies for the natural environment
are responding to society's needs and the changing climate. Ecosystem assessments …

The ecosystem services framework has enabled the broader public to acknowledge the
benefits nature provides to different stakeholders. However, not all stakeholders benefit …

The governance of ecosystem services (ES) has been predominantly thought of in terms of
market or state-based instruments. Comparatively, collective action mechanisms have rarely …

Conflicts between the conservation of biodiversity and other human activities occur in all
habitats and can impact severely upon socio-economic and biological parameters. In a …

In this viewpoint we draw on insights from participatory agri-environmental policy making,
spatial planning and collaborative approaches to environmental management. We propose …

Global concerns such as climate change and food security have focused renewed attention
on the future of rural space. Although the direct engagement of rural geographers with …