EFNCP publications 1991 - 2000
In addition to the newsletter La Cañada, publications arising from the work of the Forum from 1991-2000 include (in reverse chronological order):
2000
Bignal, E.M. & McCracken, D.I. 2000 The nature conservation value of European traditional farming systems. Environmental Reviews 8 149-171
CEAS/EFNCP 2000 The environmental impact of dairy production in the EU: practical options for the improvement of the environmental impact. Commissioned report to DG Environment (Download)
EFNCP/ARPA 2000 The environmental impact of olive oil production in the EU: practical options for improving the environmental impact. Commissioned report to DG Environment (Download)
Hindmarch, C. & Pienkowski, M.W. 2000 Land management: the hidden costs. Blackwell Science for the British Ecological Society, London. (Download)
1999
Bignal, E.M. 1999. Agenda 2000: the Common Agricultural Policy reform proposals. British Wildlife, 10: 172-176.
Bignal, E.M.. 1999 The agri-environment challenge: agriculture and environmental interactions. Commissioned report for DG Agriculture
Bignal, E.M., McCracken, D.I. & MacKay, A. 1999 The economics and ecology of extensively reared Highland Cattle in the Scottish LFA: an example of a self-sustaining livestock system. In: Livestock Production in the European LFAs: Meeting Future Economic, Environmental and Policy Objectives Through Integrated Research, eds. J.P. Laker & J.A. Milne, 145-154. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the LSIRD Network, Bray, Dublin, Ireland. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.
Bignal, E.M. & Pienkowski, M.W. 1999. Metapopulation dynamics and grazing systems: the nature conservation importance of management using natural processes in a cultural landscape (the Scottish Highlands and Islands). (Paper presented at a symposium on Landscape effects of different farming systems at the 5th World Congress of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Snowmass Village, Colorado, U.S.A., 29 July to 3 August 1999). EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 22.
McCracken, D.I. & Liro, A. 1999 Workshop 1: identifying and categorising high nature conservation farmland and farming systems. In: Managing High-Nature-Conservation-Value Farmland: Policies and Practices, eds. M.W. Pienkowski & D.G. Jones, 146-149. European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism, Isle of Islay, Argyll.
Pienkowski, M.W. (ed.) 1999. Conservation of biodiversity by supporting high-nature-value farming systems (Symposium organised by the European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism at the International Congress of Ecology, Florence July 1998. Proceedings published in Journal of Applied Ecology 35 (1998): 948-990; and summary to be published in the Congress proceedings.) EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 20.
Pienkowski, M.W. & Bignal, E.M. 1999. The historical and contemporary importance of herbivores for biodiversity. (Paper presented at a symposium Préserver la biodiversité par le pâturage extensif, organised by the Fédération des Parcs Naturels Régionaux de France, at Paris - La Villette, France, 23 June 1999.) EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 21.
Pienkowski, M.W. & Jones, D.G.L. (eds) 1999. Managing high-nature-conservation-value farmland: policies, processes and practices (Proceedings of the Sixth European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism 6 - 10 June 1998 Luhacovice, Bile Karpaty, Czech Republic). European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism, Islay.
1998
Beaufoy, G. 1998. The Reform of the CAP Olive-Oil Regime: What are the Implications for the Environment?. (EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 14). February 1998.
Beaufoy, G. 1998. The EU Habitats Directive in Spain: can it contribute effectively to the conservation of extensive agro-ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35: 974-978.
Bignal, E.M. 1998. Conservation of biodiversity by supporting high-nature-value farming systems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35: 949-954.
Bignal, E. 1998. Low-Intensity Livestock Systems: Defining Ecological Attributes: paper presented at The European Policy Evaluation Network (ELPEN) Workshop 1, Institute of Mountain and Rural Economics, Greece, 22-24 January 1998 (EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 15). January 1998.
Bignal, E. (ed.) 1998. La nature de l’agriculture: Les systèmes d’agriculture à grande valeur naturelle – L’agriculture extensive dans neuf pays européens. European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism, in association with the Institute for European Environmental Policy, February 1988.
Bignal, E., McCracken, D. & MacKay, A. 1998. The economics and ecology of extensively reared Highland Cattle in the Scottish LFA: an example of a self-sustaining livestock system. (Paper presented at a conference on Livestock Production in the European LFAs organised as part of the programme European Network for Livestock Systems and Integrated Rural Development at Bray, Ireland, on 3-5 December 1998.) (EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 19). (Download)
Goss, S., Bignal, E. & Pienkowski, M. (eds) 1998. Agenda 2000 and Prospects for the Environment: report of the seminar organised by the European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism at COPA, Brussels on 3 February 1998. EFNCP Occasional Publication 16.
Jones, G., Bignal, E. & McCracken, D. 1998 Ecological effects of changes in mixed farming on the Hebridean island of Tiree (Scotland) between 1960 and 1997. (Reprinted from Mixed farming systems in Europe: workshop proceedings, Dronten, The Netherlands, 25-28 May 1998, eds. H. Van Keulen, E.A. Lantinga & H.H. Van Laar. 1998. APMinderhoudhoeve-reeks nr. 2 (1998), Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen, pp. 53-60) EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 18.
Luick, R. 1998. Ecological and socio-economic implications for livestock-keeping systems on extensive grasslands in south-western Germany. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35: 979-982.
McCracken, D.I. & Bignal, E.M. 1998 Applying the results of ecological studies to land-use policies and practices. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35, 961-967
McCracken, D.I., Pienkowski, M.W., Bignal, E.M., Baldock, D., Tubbs, C., Yellachich, N., Corrie, H. & van Dijk, G. 1998 The importance of livestock farming for nature conservation. In: Mountain livestock farming and EU policy development, eds. A. Poole, M.W. Pienkowski, D.I. McCracken, F. Petretti, C. Bredy & C. Deffeyes, 19-28. European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism, Isle of Islay, Argyll.
Ovenden, G.N., Swash, A.R.H. and Smallshire, D. 1998. Agri-environment schemes and their contribution to the conservation of biodiversity in England. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35: 955-960.
Ostermann, O.P. 1998. The need for management of nature conservation sites designated under Natura 2000. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35: 968-973.
Pienkowski, M. 1998. The nature conservation value of low-intensity farming systems. (Paper presented at the Workshop on Viable livestock systems for positive environmental management organised as part of the programme European Network for Livestock Systems and Integrated Rural Development at Tour du Valat, Camargue, France, on 6-7 March 1998) EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 17. (Download)
Pienkowski, M.W. & McCracken, D.I. 1998 European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism: report on developments and activities since the Forum’s meeting in 1994. In: Mountain livestock farming and EU policy development, eds. A. Poole, F. Petretti, M.W. Pienkowski, D.I. McCracken, F. Petretti, C. Bredy & C. Deffeyes, 14-18. European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism, Isle of Islay, Argyll.
Poole, A., Pienkowski, M., McCracken, D.I., Petretti, F., Brédy, C. & Deffeyes, C. 1998. Mountain livestock farming and EU policy development (Proceedings of the Fifth European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism, 18-21 September 1996, Cogne, Valle d’Aosta, Italy). European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism. Islay.
Webb, N.R. 1998 The traditional management of European heathlands. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35:987-990.
Zervas, G. 1998. Quantifying and optimising grazing regimes in Greek mountain systems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35: 983-986.
1997
Beaufoy, G. 1997. Environmental Considerations for the Reform of the CAP Olive Oil Regime. (EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 3). January 1997. (Download)
Bignal, E., Bignal, S. & McCracken, D. 1997. The Social Life of the Chough. British Wildlife 8(6) 373-383. August 1997.
Goss, S., Bignal, E., Beaufoy, G. & Bannister, N. 1997. Possible Options for the Better Integration of Environmental Concerns into the Various Systems of Support for Animal Products. Report to the European Commission DG XI by CEAS Consultants (Wye) Ltd Centre for European Agricultural Studies and the European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism (EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 9). March 1997. (Download)
Jones, G. 1997. Report of a Study Tour by a group from the Argyll Region of Scotland to the Basque Country. (EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 13). November 1997. (Download)
Pain, D.J., Hill, D.A. & McCracken, D.I. 1997 Impact of agricultural intensification of pastoral systems on bird distributions in Britain 1970-1990. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 64 19-32
Mitchell, K., Hart, L., Baldock, D. & Partridge, K. (eds) 1997. Agriculture and Nature Conservation in central and eastern European countries: Proceedings of a seminar held at Debe, Poland, 12-14 May 1996. Institute for European Environmental Policy, London.
Tubbs, C. 1997. The Ecology of Pastoralism in the New Forest. British Wildlife 9(1) 7-16. October 1997.
Tubbs, C. 1997. A Vision for Rural Europe, reprinted from British Wildlife 9(2) 79-85. December 1997.
1996
Bignal, E.M. & McCracken, D.I. 1996. Low-intensity farming systems in the conservation of the countryside. Journal of Applied Ecology, 33, 413-424.
Bignal, E.M. & McCracken, D.I. 1996 The ecological resources of European farmland. In: The European environment and CAP reform: policies and prospects for conservation, ed. M. Whitby, 26-42. Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, Wallingford.
Bignal, E., Baldock, D. & Tubbs, C. 1996. The EU’s Agri-Environment Regulation No. 2078/92: Examples of Environmental Benefits. (EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 8). September 1996. (Download)
Bignal, E., Eden, P. & Viera, M. 1996. Report of a Visit by a Group from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the Alentejo Region of Portugal. (EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 2). January 1996. (Download)
Mitchell, K. (ed.) 1996. The Common Agricultural Policy and Environmental Practices (Proceedings of the seminar organised by the European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism at COPA, Brussels on 29 January 1996.) (EFNCP Occasional Publication Number 1)
Pienkowski, M.W., Bignal, E.M., Galbraith, C.A., McCracken, D.I., Stillman, R.A., Boobyer, M.G. & Curtis, D.J. 1996. A simplified classification of land-type zones to assist the integration of biodiversity objectives in land-use policies. Biological Conservation 75 11-25.
Tubbs, C. 1996 Wilderness or Cultural Landscapes: Conflicting Conservation Philosophies. British Wildlife 7(5) 290-296. June 1996
The Forum was established as a organisation in its own right during 1995. Prior to this, many relevant concerns and issues were raised through the activities of a number of its Founder Members while they were employed by the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Indeed, the European Forum on Nature Conservation & Pastoralism initially referred simply to a JNCC-supported Forum of interested individuals who met at a conference every two years and who kept in touch in the interim through the use of a newsletter.
1995
Bignal, E.M. & McCracken, D.I. 1995 Workshop: low-intensity farming systems in the conservation of the countryside. In: Proceedings of the National Trust Centenary Countryside Conference, 25-28 September 1995, ed. M. Liniado, 30. The National Trust, Cirencester.
Bignal, E.M., McCracken, D.I. & Corrie, H. 1995. Defining European extensive farming systems: the nature of farming. In: Farming on the edge: the nature of traditional farmland in Europe, eds. D.I. McCracken, E.M. Bignal & S.E. Wenlock, 29-37. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
McCracken, D.I., Bignal, E.M. & Wenlock, S.E. eds. 1995. Farming on the edge: the nature of traditional farmland in Europe. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. 216 pp.
1994
Beaufoy, G., Baldock, D. and Clark, J. 1994 The Nature of Farming: Low-Intensity Farming Systems in Nine European Countries. Institute for European Environmental Policy, London 66pp. (Download)
Bignal, E.M., McCracken, D.I. & Curtis, D.J. eds. 1994. Nature conservation and pastoralism in Europe. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. 156 pp.
Bignal, E.M., McCracken, D.I., Pienkowski, M.W. & Branson, A. 1994. The nature of farming: traditional low intensity farming and its importance for wildlife. World Wide Fund for Nature International, Brussels. 8 pp.
Curtis, D.J., Bignal, E.M. & Moos, C.J. 1994 Habitat-types, land-classes and the implications of scale. Nature Conservation and Pastoralism in Europe, eds E.M. Bignal, D.I. McCracken & D.J. Curtis, pp. 96-103. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
McCracken, D.I., Stillman, R.A., Bignal, E.M., Baldock, D. & Beaufoy, G. 1994. Extensive farmland in Europe: examples of sustainable landscapes of high nature conservation value. In: Fragmentation in agricultural landscapes, ed. J.W. Dover, 38-45. International Association for Landscape Ecology, Preston.
McCracken, D.I. & Bignal, E.M. 1994. Introduction, overview and recommendations. In: Nature conservation and pastoralism in Europe, eds. E.M. Bignal, D.I. McCracken & D.J. Curtis, 1-8. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
1992
Bignal, E.M. & McCracken, D.I. 1992. Prospects for nature conservation in European pastoral farming systems. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. 8 pp.
1991
Curtis, D.J. and Bignal, E.M. 1991 The Conservation Role of Pastoral Agriculture in Europe. Scottish Chough Study Group, Argyll, 8pp.
Curtis, D.J., Bignal, E.M. and Curtis, M.A. (eds) 1991 Birds and Pastoral Agriculture in Europe. Scottish Chough Study Group, Argyll and Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 137pp.
Curtis, D.J., Bignal, E.M., Drewitt, A., Moos, C.J. & Wilson, M.J. 1991 Agricultural use, vegetation and bird assemblages in low-intensity agricultural land in northern England. Birds and Pastoral Agriculture in Europe, eds D.J. Curtis, E.M. Bignal & M.A. Curtis, pp. 80-91. Scottish Chough Study Group, Argyll and Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
Wilson. M.J., Bignal, E.M., Curtis, D.J., Drewitt, A.J. & Moos, C.J. 1991 The extent and distribution of low-intensity agricultural land in Britain. Birds and Pastoral Agriculture in Europe, eds D.J. Curtis, E.M. Bignal & M.A. Curtis, pp. 25-31. Scottish Chough Study Group, Argyll and Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough
