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Intro -- Contents -- Preamble and Introduction -- An overview of the book -- Contributions include chapters on the following topics: -- Chapter 1 -- Issues and Problems for the Conservation of Heritage and Archaeology in Ancient Woods -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Woodlands as Cultural Landscapes -- Woodlands as Leisurely Landscapes -- Growing Awareness -- Methodologies -- A Brief Consideration of British Treescapes and Woodland History -- Woods -- Wood-Pastures -- Scrub -- Woodland Vegetation Ecology -- Ecological Architect Species Both Present and Absent -- British Woodland and Forest Management -- Working Woods and Other Treescapes -- Site Management in Relation to Ecology, Archaeology and Heritage -- Results: Case-Studies of Woodland Management and Heritage Issues -- Case-Study 1. Greno Wood, Sheffield (SK33 95) -- Case-Study 2. Whitwell Wood, North Derbyshire (SK52 78) -- Case-Study 3. Hardwick Wood, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire (SK63 76) -- Case-Study 4. Moss Valley Woods, North Derbyshire (SK37 80) -- Case-Study 5. Rough Standhills, Whirlow, Sheffield (SK2983) -- Some Observations from the Case-Studies -- The Woodland Archaeology and Heritage Resources -- Woodland Heritage Timelines -- Woodland Heritage Conservation and Management -- The Lessons of History and Their Relevance to Eco-Cultural Heritage -- Lost Woods, Ghosts, and Shadows -- A Question of Balance -- Identification of Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Features -- Marking of Features -- Implementing Management Operations -- Natural Regeneration, Non-Intervention, and Rewilding -- To Intervene or Not -- Conclusion -- On-Going Issues and Problems -- Disclaimer -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Ancient Woodland in England: Historical Perspectives on a 'Natural' Habitat -- Abstract -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Origins of Primary Woodland -- The Impact of Management.

"This book provides an introduction to peatlands for the non-specialist student reader and those concerned about environmental protection. Peat is formed when vegetation partially decays in a waterlogged environment and occurs extensively throughout both temperate and tropical regions. Interest in peatlands is currently high due to the degradation of global peatlands which is disrupting hydrology and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. This book opens by explaining how peat is formed, its properties and worldwide distribution, and defines related terms such as mires, wetlands, bogs and marshes. There is discussion of the ecology and wildlife of peatlands as well as their ability to preserve pollen and organic remains as environmental archives. It also addresses the history, heritage and cultural exploitation of peat, extending back to pre-Roman times, and the degradation of peatlands over the centuries, particularly as a source of fuel but more recently for commercial horticulture. Other chapters discuss the ecosystem services delivered by peatlands, and how their destruction is contributing to biodiversity loss, flooding or drought, and climate change. Finally, the many current peatland restoration projects around the world are highlighted. Overall the book provides a wide-ranging but concise overview of peatlands from both a natural and social science perspective, and will be invaluable for students of ecology, geography, environmental studies and history"--

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reference -- Contents -- 1 An Introduction to the Concept of Recombinant Ecology -- Global Ecological Crisis -- Setting the Scene-Ecological History, Aliens, Exotics and Invasives -- Setting the Scene-Ideas of Recombinant Ecology -- Novel Ecosystems and Recombinant Communities -- Novelty and Recombinance -- Eco-Fusion -- Examples of Recombinant Ecologies -- Urban Riverside Vegetation -- Urban Commons 'Meadows' -- Urban Water-Bodies -- Urban Woodlands -- Plantation Forests -- References -- 2 An Historical Perspective of Ecological Hybridisation -- The Cultural Facilitation of Ecological Invasion -- Hybrid Ecologies -- Examples of the Historic Cultural Drivers of Recombination -- References -- 3 The Impacts of Urbanisation -- Urbanisation and Recombinant Ecology -- Urban Centres and Novel Ecologies -- Ecological Strategies and Urban Recombinants -- Polluting the Air -- Polluting the Waters and the Land -- References -- 4 The Impacts of Globalisation and Cultural Severance -- The Impacts of Cultural Severance -- Global Empires, Acclimatisation and Wild Gardening -- A History of Animal and Plant Importations -- References -- 5 Climate Change and Ecological Hybridisation -- References -- 6 Future Nature and the Consequences of Recombination -- The Mechanisms of Change -- Landscapes Transformed -- Transformed Ecologies -- Recombinant Ecologies -- The New Wild: Science, Politics, Environmental Democracy and Managing the Land -- Some Concluding Thoughts on Perceptions and Attitudes -- Emerging Paradigms and New Concepts -- Wilder Futures in a Recombinant World -- References.

The Lost Fens is the history of the cultural landscape of the Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire Fenlands from the Humber to the Vale of York, to Norfolk. The book draws together the story of changing landscapes, lost cultures and ways of life, and the wildlife that has gone, too. This story of destruction is the most dramatic example of ecological destruction in our history. Between 6,000 and 10,000 square kilometres of wetland present in the 1600s, was almost entirely obliterated by 1900. Gone are the vast flocks of wetland birds that filled the evening skies in winter, the frozen wetlands and the fen skaters of the winter, and the abundant Black Terns or breeding wading birds of the summer months. This is the history of a landscape of a region, and of its people, long since passed away. It is a remarkable tale and, above all, a history of a lost ecology.

This book examines issues of landscape change and the eco-cultural nature of the environment. It looks at how widespread landscape abandonment, rural depopulation, and urbanisation effects the environment and appropriate protection and conservation measures.