Abstract
The overall aim of the project is to identify opportunities for coupling semi-habitat restoration with recreation and tourism. Biodiversity restoration is typically tied to traditional land use and particularly to farming and forestry. The UK Government makes significant investments in habitat restoration through farming schemes, which are by their nature, short-term and dispersed. Larger, longer-term restoration is more secure in the face of the changing climate. Studies of re-wilding, for, have generally identified limited opportunities in the managed landscape of the UK. However, managed landscapes of high nature value, such as the New Forest or Norfolk Broads generate significant business opportunities linked to tourism
United Kingdom