Added 30/06/2010
A recent study demonstrated the importance of commons graziers working together across the country, to exchange information and to make sure that policy makers fully understand common land and the management challenges.
Over 50 commons graziers and their association or federation representatives were consulted, as well as other key stakeholders across the UK and Ireland.
The need for more collaborative communications was clear, although unfortunately, the current set up of Rural Development Programme Funding means that this programme is not available to support a fully UK wide project.
For anyone interested in more detail about the study, the appendices to the report are available by contacting Andrew Humphries.(andrew@humphries.co.uk)
This report documents a capacity building/learning visit to northern Spain by farmers from Cumbria and Dartmoor accompanied by people working on common land issues from within the UK. A major purpose of the visit was to promote and foster a sense of community amongst commoners, widely dispersed and yet facing similar challenges, so that we can take on our responsibility as a community for advocacy and care of a unique and precious approach to landscape and farming.
Added: 22/05/2009
This booklet aims to raise awareness of the proposed Foundation and its potential benefits among all who are interested in securing and shaping a positive future for common land in Britain and Ireland. We would appreciate your input and ideas for how best to take the Foundation from proposal into practice.
This report was commissioned by Natural England to provide an understanding of the extent, role and significance of pastoral commoning in England and to identify trends from which likely future scenarios can be predicted. The findings will be used by Natural England, Defra and others when considering environmental policies and the development of management schemes suitable for protecting public interests on common lands.