Viable livestock systems for positive environmental management
LSIRD Workshop 3 - Tour du Valat 6-7 March 1998

Programme

INTRODUCTION

09.00                   Chairman's address        John Milne

09.05                  The role of livestock in environmental management
                            Thiérry Lecompte & Francois Mesléard

INTEGRATING CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES INTO VIABLE ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

09.20                  The nature conservation value of low-intensity farming systems
                            Mike Pienkowski European Forum for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism

09.40                   Integrating nature conservation into practical farming systems
                            Jean-Jacques Blanchon Ligue Pour La Protection Des Oiseaux (LPO), France

10.00                  Cultural landscapes - regional identities and sustainable husbandry in highland pastural ecosystems
                            Gebhard Aschenbrenner (ÖKL) - Österreichisches Kuratorium für Landtechnik und Landentwicklung.

10.20                  The environmental role of traditional farming systems in the Basque Country
                             Roberto Ruiz CIMA -Granja Modelo Arkaute Spain.

10.40                  Break for coffee / tea

11.00                  Francophone/anglophone discussion groups:

POLICY IN PRACTICE - ASSESSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF LIVESTOCK AND AGRI ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN LFAS

11.30                 The relevance of agrienvironmental measures for animal production and the environment in Brittany: the example of the Parc                             Naturel Régional d'Armorique
                            M Guillon   Parc Naturel d'Armorique

11.50                  Factors affecting the uptake of beef cattle extensification premium in a less favoured area (LFA) - a case study in Shropshire,                             England
                            Graham Tate - Harper Adams College UK

12.10                   Extensive livestock farming and environmental management in Greece
                             Spiros Sokos, PASEGES, Greece

12.30                   Francophone/anglophone discussion groups

13.00                   Lunch

"MARKETING" ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

14.30                   Marketing the products of traditional low-intensity livestock systems.
                             France Drugmant - Reseau Espace, France

14.50                   Environmental management of abandoned land and the marketing of its products
                             Arthur Letzelter, Parc Naturel Vosges du Nord, France

15.10                   Francophone/anglophone discussion groups

15.50                    Tea/Coffee

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN LAND USE IN LFAS

16.10                    Reporting back from discussion groups and general discussion

17.30                    Workshop conclusions/ summing up
                              John Milne, LSIRD Coordinator, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, UK

17.45                   End

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