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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 5892788" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>I am well aware of the ecological value of scrub and recognise that it is a necessary step in the evolution of a patch of land as it returns to a fully reverted habitat. I'm not complaining about that. I am criticising it because it it does not take someone with a PhD in ecological science to know that suddenly leaving a huge area of countryside completely alone will result that land becoming species rich by hook or by crook- anyone can do it, it is not a mystery process and I suspect most people can pin-point a patch of said land in their own locality. If I magically let my 3500 acre garden go feral I would not be expecting money for it, a book deal or a Nobel prize.</p><p></p><p>Why in the world is public money being used in this way, there is no justification for it and I dispute the overall value of it since it clearly cannot be carried out on such a large scale everywhere. As I said: if the country is serious about reducing the impact of farming on the environment and maintaining the countryside we have today, efforts must recognise that historically, the landscape is as it is as a by product of farming practice. Asking arable farmers to abandon huge areas of land just is not a workable solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 5892788, member: 54866"] I am well aware of the ecological value of scrub and recognise that it is a necessary step in the evolution of a patch of land as it returns to a fully reverted habitat. I'm not complaining about that. I am criticising it because it it does not take someone with a PhD in ecological science to know that suddenly leaving a huge area of countryside completely alone will result that land becoming species rich by hook or by crook- anyone can do it, it is not a mystery process and I suspect most people can pin-point a patch of said land in their own locality. If I magically let my 3500 acre garden go feral I would not be expecting money for it, a book deal or a Nobel prize. Why in the world is public money being used in this way, there is no justification for it and I dispute the overall value of it since it clearly cannot be carried out on such a large scale everywhere. As I said: if the country is serious about reducing the impact of farming on the environment and maintaining the countryside we have today, efforts must recognise that historically, the landscape is as it is as a by product of farming practice. Asking arable farmers to abandon huge areas of land just is not a workable solution. [/QUOTE]
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