The future belongs to landscape level conservation. National parks and other wildlife reserves are Ok, but they should never be seen as an end by itself. Many parks across the globe are becoming islands of isolation amidst teeming masses. Managing fragments will not deliver what wildlife requires in the long run.
Realizing the importance of landscape level conservation conservationists in UK are moving in a new direction, with reserves at the centre of a wider, landscape scale approach to protecting wildlife. At the focus is RSPB’s Futurescapes programme. Within each Futurescape conservationists are working in partnership with farmers, landowners, local authorities and the community to ensure a living space for wildlife.
This effort by RSPB in association with other like-minded people and the local community is worthy of emulation by others.
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