Session: #282

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The work of the EAA and EAC Working Group on farming, forestry and rural land management in recent years has focussed on the potential impacts of rural land-uses on the archaeological heritage, in particular intensive agriculture, restructuring of rural land holdings, and forestry expansion and management, and the capacity and limitations of the more widely established mechanisms for archaeological impact assessment, avoidance or mitigation, to address these concerns. Examinations have also been made, in the context of the European Union’s legal framework and financial support mechanisms for agriculture and forestry, most notably the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), of policy prioritisation and formulation mechanisms at a European level to help mainstream heritage management considerations in these areas.
With reference to the second and fourth themes first discussed at the Conference held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1995, namely Managing the archaeological heritage and Landscaping Archaeology, this year the Working Group wishes to convene a session to act as a forum for archaeologists working in the area at national, regional or local levels, to present short papers on the following themes:
• Models of organisation of and co-operation between heritage agencies and other public bodies for the protection of the cultural heritage in farmed and forested landscapes;
• The protection of cultural heritage in changing rural landscapes and in areas where there is significant ongoing rural land-use change; and
• Major restructuring programmes or projects within rural landscapes and the integration of cultural heritage considerations.

The latter theme is intended to attract presentations from archaeologists within public agencies or private companies working on major projects potentially impacting on the historic character of rural areas.

Session: #282

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