′A Disgrace to a Farmer′: Conservation and Agriculture on a Nature Reserve in Islay, Scotland

′A Disgrace to a Farmer′: Conservation and Agriculture on a Nature Reserve in Islay, Scotland

This article is an investigation into contestations about the landscape of Loch Gruinart, a nature reserve managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) on the Scottish island of Islay. Farmers argued that the low-lying areas of the reserve should have been farmed more intensively...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitehouse Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Conservation & Society
Subjects:
anthropology
contestation
farming
Islay
landscape
local communities
RSPB
Online Access:http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2009;volume=7;issue=3;spage=165;epage=175;aulast=Whitehouse

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http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2009;volume=7;issue=3;spage=165;epage=175;aulast=Whitehouse

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