Land management system ''must adapt to climate change''
Louise Border
Date posted: 27 Feb 2010
The country's land management system will be required to adapt to a number of different challenges in the coming decades, new research suggests.
Climate change is just one issue that will need to be taken into account as the 21st century progresses, Foresight's Land Use Futures report claims.
The project's director Professor John Beddington suggests that certain aspects of the current land management system may be out of date.
The country''s land management system will be required to adapt to a number of different challenges in the coming decades, new research suggests.
Climate change is just one issue that will need to be taken into account as the 21st century progresses, Foresight''s Land Use Futures report claims.
The project''s director Professor John Beddington suggests that certain aspects of the current land management system may be out of date.
"A land management system fit for the 21st century needs to draw on the latest science and evidence on how changes in the use and management of land interact," commented the expert, who also acts as chief scientist for the government.
The Foresight research was backed by the government''s Communities and Local Government department, in collaboration with its Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Meanwhile, Friends of the Earth''s senior food campaigner Vicki Hird recently suggested that a sustainable approach will be required when it comes to land use in the agricultural sector. 
