Search Results - "Mid Wales"

Impacts of land use changes and land management practices on upland catchment sediment dynamics: Pontbren, mid-Wales by Henshaw, Alexander J.

“…However, recent evidence from a research catchment at Pontbren in mid-Wales indicates that the implementation of a more sustainable livestock farming strategy could help to mitigate some of these impacts, raising the possibility that strategic land use planning could be used as a cost-effective, multi-functional river management option. …”
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Landscapes of power: the cultural and historical geographies of renewable energy in Britain since the 1870's by Gardner, Zoë

“…The second traces the history of the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), a practical demonstration of alternative energy technologies established in rural mid-Wales during the early 1970s. In a discussion centred on 'alternativeness', the exploration of alternative energy technologies in the early 1970s was the preserve of an emerging counter-culture which sought to implement new visions of Environment and Society. …”
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A study of the breeding biology of a pied flycatcher population in Wales by Hesp, Jon

“…This study concerns a population of the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) living in nestboxes in an area of woodland in Mid-Wales. The occupants of 180 nestboxes were monitored during 1988 and 1989. …”
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