This book is about managing land to enrich it for wildlife and provide places
of beauty and inspiration for people. Habitat management is often perceived
as merely seeking to conserve, or 'preserve', habitats and species assemblages
created through past, so-called traditional land management. Whereas there
will inevitably be an element of maintaining existing assemblages of species and
landscapes, managing habitats for conservation is really a process of managing
inevitable change. This should involve maintaining the best of what we have
inherited, while also making the most of future opportunities.