Environmental change in rural areas- East Anglia
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- environmental change in rural areas- East Anglia
- facts
- east Anglia is defined as Norfolk and Suffolk
- East Anglia is leading agricultural region
- 72% of region is cropland
- increased use for recreation and lesuire
- £3.5 billion contributed from tourism in east England
- cultural heritage and natural beauty
- Norfolk and Suffolk boards are most extensive wetland in England
- since 1998 they have had conservation status
- large stretches of coast are AONB's
- Mudflats and saltmarshes have international importance, protected as Ramsar sites
- historic places Eg Norwich castle and Framlingham castle
- farming change
- during 1970's and 80's EU's CAP gave financial incentives to increase production of arable crops
- farmers increased production by- using more in organic fertilisers and increasing are under cultivation
- hundreds of small farms were unable to keep up with economic changes and absorbed by large businesses
- to increase space hedgerows were removed
- use of pesticides has reduced biodiversity
- ancient woodlands and saltmarshes were turned into arable land.
- chemicals and fertilisers polluted water
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