An archive is an accumulation of historical records or the physical place they are located.[1] Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism",[2] and are distinguished from documents that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity.
The UK Agroforestry Forum held its 2001 annual meeting at the University of Leeds from 25 to 27 June. During the meeting those participating enjoyed a half-day field visit to see trees in the landscape. The photographs were taken by Tom Dutson and Alan Sibbald.
Theme: Policy Support for Agroforestry in the European Union
Background:
The e-mail based conference was initiated as Single Farm Payments were being introduced across the European Union. It also took place before the national implementation of the new Rural Development Regulation (2007-2013), which includes an Article (44) allowing payments for establishment of new agroforestry systems, and the possibility of new agro-environment and forest-environment payments.
The conference aimed to cover three topics.