Author Archives: Katharine Rist
WuT you like to know about Tree Preservation Orders?
Every week our Woods under Threat team gets a variety of questions about Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs). So in this post I will endeavour to answer some of the most frequently questions I’m asked. How does a TPO protect trees and woods? Our … Continue reading
WuT you like to identify unmapped ancient woodland?
A common question that we get in the Woods under Threat Team is “how can you identify if a wood is ancient?” The Ancient Woodland Inventory was created in the 1980′s and it shows most ancient woodland that is over two … Continue reading
WuT you like an update?
I have just completed a bi-monthly update of our Woods under Threat cases, and with all my recent posts I thought you all might like to see a brief overview of the threats that vulnerable ancient woods are currently facing, or have fought off (sometimes … Continue reading
WuT you like to help
We know we are not being told about all of the planning applications that are destroying and damaging ancient woodland in the UK. As you will have seen from my previous two posts, WuT you like to know and WuT … Continue reading
WuT you like to see?
With the creation of the new Woods under Threat (WuT) database that has been mentioned in my previous post it has meant that we are now able to analyse the data that we have collected over the last 10 years across the … Continue reading
WuT you like to know
Over the years we have been made aware of an increasing number of planning applications which threaten woods and trees, or worse cause direct loss to our precious and vulnerable ancient woodland. The Woods under Threat (WuT) team was created in the … Continue reading
