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Consideration of landscape in the framework documentation during the evolution of the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) in the Republic of Ireland.
Whelan, Jackie Fry, John green, stuart
Whelan, Jackie
Fry, John
green, stuart
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2010
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J. Whelan, J. Fry and S. Green. (2010) Consideration of landscape in the framework documentation during the evolution of the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) in the Republic of Ireland. RERC Working Paper Series PUT 10-WP-RE-08
Abstract
This paper looks at the changing concept of landscape during the evolution of REPS. It
reviews and groups definitions of landscape and identifies their agri-environmental relevance.
Descriptions were devised to amplify each grouping with reference to an Irish context and
were used as an analytical framework to categorise each landscape reference in REPS
documentation. There was an increase in the use of the term landscape with each version of
the scheme and expansion in the range of different landscape categories to which this
apparently applied. However there has been no coherence in its use. This paper makes
recommendations to improve the framework for the treatment of landscape issues in REPS
and its future evolution.