These moors are fascinating to me in part because (though I don't know if it applies to this particular example) many of them are anthropogenic and yet have unique conservation value - but I'd assume the "natural" moors are given special attention in that respect?
Yes, the NYM are very much anthropogenic. The landscape is the outcome of hundreds of years of human activity in tune with the natural environment. There are very few totally natural landscapes in the UK - most reflect the interrelationships between man and nature. Thank you for subscribing.
Thanks for subscribing as well! I've come across some info on restoring temperate rainforests there - I'm not sure how much of the moors originally supported them (mostly in the West?) but is there much or any general debate about native forest restoration in those ecosystems? Some competing goals involved.
I don't know much about that... definitely in the west rather than the east, and maybe in southern Scotland?? No, there isn't much debate on the issue here.
These moors are fascinating to me in part because (though I don't know if it applies to this particular example) many of them are anthropogenic and yet have unique conservation value - but I'd assume the "natural" moors are given special attention in that respect?
Yes, the NYM are very much anthropogenic. The landscape is the outcome of hundreds of years of human activity in tune with the natural environment. There are very few totally natural landscapes in the UK - most reflect the interrelationships between man and nature. Thank you for subscribing.
Thanks for subscribing as well! I've come across some info on restoring temperate rainforests there - I'm not sure how much of the moors originally supported them (mostly in the West?) but is there much or any general debate about native forest restoration in those ecosystems? Some competing goals involved.
I don't know much about that... definitely in the west rather than the east, and maybe in southern Scotland?? No, there isn't much debate on the issue here.