scholarly journals The grey partridge in the UK: population status, research, policy and prospects

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Aebischer ◽  
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J. A. Ewald ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Population Status ◽  
Predator Density ◽  
Grey Partridge ◽  
Habitat Creation ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Cost

Numbers of grey partridges (Perdix perdix) have declined catastrophically over the last 50 years in the UK. By contrast, the Partridge Count Scheme of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) shows an 81 % increase on participating UK sites since 2000. We explore the background and reasons for this conflicting picture. GWCT research has led to scientifically proven recommendations for improving the UK partridge environment, ranging from habitat requirements to predator density. The research has influenced UK government policy, which now includes one of the most conservation–oriented and flexible agri–environment schemes in Europe, allowing land managers to recover much of the cost of grey partridge habitat creation. Culling common predators is not covered by agri–environment schemes, so it is primarily shooting estates with private gamekeepers that have implemented the full package of management measures. The future fate of the grey partridge in the UK rests on the balance between the economics of agricultural production, agri–environment measures and shooting.

scholarly journals Restoration of a wild grey partridge shoot: a major development in the Sussex study, UK

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-369
Author(s):  
J. A. Ewald ◽  
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G. R. Potts ◽  
N. J. Aebischer ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Birds Of Prey ◽  
Grey Partridge ◽  
The Past ◽  
Major Development ◽  
Pair Density ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Important Habitat

The scientific basis of wild grey partridge management has been known for a generation. This includes controlling nest predators, providing nesting cover, having sufficient insect food for chicks and appropriate rates of shooting. More recently, measures such as providing food for adult birds and habitats for protection from birds of prey have also been considered important. Habitat provision can be expensive, but in the UK costs can be partially recovered through governmental agri–environment schemes. The landowner still needs to pay for the essential gamekeeper. Since 2003/04, one part of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) Sussex Study area has put these principles of environmental management into practice with the aim of restoring a wild grey partridge shoot to this part of Southern England. Results have been impressive, with the spring pair density increasing from 0.3 pairs/100 ha in 2003 to nearly 20 pairs/100 ha in 2010 on an area of just over 10 km2. Over the past two years a wild grey partridge shoot has taken place, and the landowner and his team have gained national recognition for their conservation work.

scholarly journals Restoration of a sustainable wild grey partridge shoot in eastern England

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-398
Author(s):  
R. A. H. Draycott ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Supplementary Feeding ◽  
Perdix Perdix ◽  
Grey Partridge ◽  
Habitat Creation ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Predation Control ◽  
National Decline

Eastern England has been a stronghold for grey partridges Perdix perdix, but in common with the rest of Britain, numbers declined from the 1950s onwards. Partridges within a 40 km2 study area in the county of Norfolk have been monitored in conjunction with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) since the 1950s. Since 2001 a programme of habitat creation, supplementary feeding and predation control was undertaken by the landowner, farmers and gamekeepers to restore partridges. Numbers increased from 4.7 pairs/km2 in March 2001 to 54 pairs/km2 in March 2011. These densities are comparable with those before the national decline in grey partridge stock. In the last three winters, between 13 and 74 birds/km2 were harvested and spring stocks continue to increase.

Automated Control of the Microclimate in the Premises of Pig-Breeding Complexes

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-108
Author(s):  
Viktoriya Yu. Ukhanova
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Feed Consumption ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Pig Farming ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Cost

In the pig breeding, a large share of the production cost is accounted for by the cost of electricity and heat. Reducing energy costs is one of the important tasks of the industry. It is important to identify and study modern technologies and equipment for pig farming due to the constant increase in electricity tariffs, significant energy costs for creating and maintaining a microclimate. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in an analysis of modern available technologies and equipment for agricultural production, including pig farming, allowing to reduce the cost of production. (Materials and methods) Authors used a method for determining the standard indicators of energy consumption of energy resources in the pig industry, based on the calculation and analytical method. The article presents an analyze of automated microclimate management systems in pig breeding complexes, taking into account the individual characteristics of farms produced by OWEN. (Results and discussion) Automated microclimate management systems can improve the productivity of pig farms; reduce the cost of electrical and thermal energy, reduce the number of diseases of animal from hypothermia, high humidity or temperature in the room, feed consumption; monitor the chemical composition of the air. The article considers three options for creating a microclimate in rooms with animals, taking into account the individual characteristics of enterprises. (Conclusions) The profitability of pig production depend on the level of technical equipment of farms, automation, and the use of energy-saving technologies and equipment. The use of innovations in agricultural production makes it possible to increase labor productivity up to three times, and savings due to reduced feed costs can reach several million rubles a year.

Neither Victors nor Victims

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Whetham
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
High Street ◽  
National Survival ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Military Relations ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Realistic Goal

Between 2007 and 2011, Wootton Bassett, a small Wiltshire town in the UK, became the focus of national attention as its residents responded to the regular repatriations of dead soldiers through its High Street. The town’s response came to symbolize the way that broader attitudes developed and changed over that period. As such, it is a fascinating case study in civil–military relations in the twenty-first century. Success may be the same as victory, but victory, at least as it has been traditionally understood, is not a realistic goal in many types of contemporary conflict. Discretionary wars—conflicts in which national survival is not an issue and even vital national interests may not be at stake—pose particular challenges for any government which does not explain why the cost being paid in blood and treasure is ‘worth it’.

scholarly journals Characteristics of the cost of electricity consumption in agricultural production

2021 ◽  
Vol 677 (3) ◽  
pp. 032087
Author(s):  
G S Kudryashev ◽  
A N Tretyakov ◽  
S V Batishchev ◽  
V A Bochkarev ◽  
V D Ochirov
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Cost Of Electricity ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals ‘Rising demand and decreasing resources’: Theorising the ‘cost of austerity’ as a barrier to social worker discretion

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
CIARÁN MURPHY
Keyword(s):  
Social Worker ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Child Protection Services ◽  
Radical Reform ◽  
Critical Realist ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Effective System ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Cost

Abstract The Munro Review of Child Protection asserted that the English child protection system had become overly ‘defensive’, ‘bureaucratised’ and ‘standardised’, meaning that social workers were not employing their discretion in the interests of the individual child. This paper reports on the results of an ethnographic case study of one of England’s statutory child protection teams. The research sought to explore the extent of social worker discretion relative to Munro’s call for ‘radical reform’ and a move towards a more ‘child-centred’ system. Employing an iterative mixed methods design – encompassing documentary analysis, observation, focus group, questionnaire, interview and ‘Critical Realist Grounded Theory’ – the study positioned the UK Government’s prolonged policy of ‘austerity’ as a barrier to social worker discretion. This was because the policy was seen to be contributing to an increased demand for child protection services; and a related sense amongst practitioners that they were afforded insufficient time with the child to garner the requisite knowledge, necessary for discretionary behaviour. Ultimately, despite evidence of progress relative to assertions that social worker discretion had been eroded, the paper concludes that there may still be ‘more to do’ if we are to achieve the ‘child-centred’ and ‘effective’ system that Munro advocated.

scholarly journals The cost-effectiveness of screening for ovarian cancer: results from the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)

2017 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 619-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usha Menon ◽  
Alistair J McGuire ◽  
Maria Raikou ◽  
Andy Ryan ◽  
Susan K Davies ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Ovarian Cancer Screening ◽  
Collaborative Trial ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals PIN54 THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NEW PNEUMOCOCCAL 13-VALENT CONJUGATE VACCINE (PCVI3) FOR CHILDHOOD AND ADULT VACCINATION IN THE UK

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. A427 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Patel ◽  
B Stoykova ◽  
AC Lloyd ◽  
J Willingham ◽  
R Hollingsworth
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Conjugate Vaccine ◽  
Adult Vaccination ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Cost
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