Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is a leading UK charity conducting conservation science to enhance the British countryside for public benefit. GWCT’s research is used to provide training and advice on how best to improve the biodiversity of the countryside.
Partner Contributions
Conservation of Farmland Birds
Resource
Guide outlining the three pillars to a successful conservation approach; created to support a 'Conservation of Farmland Birds' workshop held at Peppering Farm in Sussex.
Encouraging Habitat Management and Conservation Methods that Positively Impact Farmland Biodiversity
Research Project
Collaborative project between Agricology, GWCT and the Duke of Norfolk’s Peppering Farm in West Sussex, which aimed to demonstrate that food production and conservation can successfully co-exist, and it is possible to reverse species decline; particularly when farmers consider the needs of wildlife and adjust their farming methods accordingly.
Demonstrating the habitat management & conservation techniques that have increased farmland birds & biodiversity at Peppering Farm
Event
Agricology is delighted to offer a tour of Peppering Farm - for farmers and farm advisors in the county of Sussex - to explore the three pillars of successful farmland bird conservation: Habitat, Food Source, and Predation Control.
A National Network of Agroforestry Farms
Research Project
This 'Farming the Future' A Team Foundation - funded project aims to promote agroforestry as a way of farmers and landowners simultaneously and sustainably growing food, transitioning into the new ELM Scheme and contributing to ‘public goods.’ It showcases farms and initiatives across the UK successfully balancing these objectives to share knowledge and evidence of the value of agroforestry...
Regenerative agriculture – a new silver bullet for agriculture and the environment?
Blog Post
In 1992 I started my career as a newly fledged post-doc working on the Integrated Farming Systems project and so have been intrigued to see the rising interest in regenerative agriculture. But what is it, and is it any different to integrated farming that has been promoted by organisations such as LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) since its establishment 1991?
Future of Land Management: webinar series
Blog Post
A huge range of rural organisations have got together to organise a series of Zoom webinars for everyone involved in land management, which we, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), are excited to be part of! For anyone involved in farmer-led landscape scale conservation, this affords an opportunity to match up group with ideas, funding, and emerging markets.
Filling the Hungry Gap – Agricology Vlog
Blog Post
In this vlog, Dr Alastair Leake talks about why it's important to consider using unproductive farm land to sow a winter mix of bird food.
Multi Species Leys – Agricology Vlog
Blog Post
Dr Alastair Leake discusses why they are trialling taking an arable field out of crop production and have sown it with mixed species leys.
Transition to agroecological approaches
Resource
A case study focusing on Douglas Christie, a farmer in Scotland, who has been experimenting with direct drilling and growing cover and companion crops in his quest to reduce inputs and improve soil health and biodiversity.
Combining sticky traps & technology to monitor cereal aphids & predict BYDV risk
Blog Post
John Holland discusses using monitoring tools to predict aphid levels and assist management techniques
Agricology Discussions @ Groundswell!
Blog Post
A summary of the discussions to be held in the Agricology Discussion Tent at Groundswell 2019
Organic Management Techniques Project
Research Project
This project investigated the viability of transferring agroecological practices more widely across UK agriculture. Agroecological techniques are not exclusive to organic systems and are increasingly being applied by progressive farmers in the non-organic sector...