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The Conservation Movement in Norfolk: A History

The Conservation Movement in Norfolk: A History

Wade Martins, Susanna

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ISBN10: 1783270071
ISBN13: 9781783270071
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: May 21 2015
Pages: 204
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.60 Width: 9.60 Depth: 6.50
Language: English
Norfolk played a unique role in the development of conservation. This book narrates the story of the movement, from its origins five hundred years ago to the present day.

Rare and beautiful Norfolk, as described by the artist John Sell Cotman in 1841, with its rich wildlife habitats, historic buildings, diverse landscapes and archaeological sites, has long been a focus of interest for both naturalists and antiquarians. It has also been at the forefront of the modern conservation movement. The Norfolk Archaeological Trust, still the only local trust of its kind, was founded in 1923; the Norfolk Naturalist Trust, (later the Norfolk Wildlife Trust), founded in 1926, was the first county wildlife trust; while Blickling Hall was the first property to be accepted by the National Trust under its Country House Scheme. By the 1970s traditional marsheswere seen as particularly under threat and it was proposals to drain part of the Broadland marshes that led to the introduction of conservation schemes which have transformed much of British agriculture.

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