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Category Archives: Ancient semi natural woodland
6% native woodland is not enough!
Big welcome to Plantlife’s report, Forestry Recommissioned, on revitalising the woodlands of Wales. There is a lot we can agree with, especially all their collection of targeted solutions, ranging from more productive management of some native woods; some non-intervention woods, more open … Continue reading
High Speed 2 – We need answers!
I wonder if the irony is lost on ‘the greenest Government ever’ when an environmental NGO is forced to dispute a ‘green transport’ concept – a position it was put in because of that government’s poor decision-making. We would have loved to have been able to … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Campaigning, High Speed 2, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Woods Under Threat
Tagged Ancient woodland, BBC news, biodiversity, Climate Change, department for transport, Destruction, green transport, high speed 2, High Speed Rail, HS2, Justene Greening MP, Planning, rail, secretary of state, woodland trust, Woods Under Threat, Woodwatch
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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
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Climate Change, England, Local campaign, Northern Ireland, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Scotland, Wales, Woods Under Threat, WuT you like to
Tagged Ancient woodland, ancient woodland indicator species, ancient woodland inventory, Development, history, mapping, mapping history, maps, threat, Woods Under Threat, WUT
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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
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Ancient trees, Campaigning, Climate Change, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Woods Under Threat, WoodWatch, WuT you like to
Tagged Development, Housing, mineral extraction, NPPF, Planning, vulnerable ancient woodland, Woods Under Threat
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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
Posted in Woods Under Threat, Climate Change, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Planning, Ancient semi natural woodland, Policy, Campaigning, High Speed 2, Oaken Wood, WuT you like to
Tagged Woods Under Threat, high speed 2, Microsoft Access, database, planning application, chemical drift
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Yew turn – a year on
Twelve months after a spectacular halt to the public consultation around the future of the public forests in England. It was late October 2010 when the first emails arrived from supporters, worried about a newspaper article which had revealed plans … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Campaigning, Climate Change, community groups, England, Government Affairs, Inspiration, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Policy
Tagged #saveourforests, 38 degrees, Defra, disposals, forests, Independent Panel on Forestry, public forest estate, Save Our Woods
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Localism Acts Up!
Although it didn’t grab as many headlines, the Localism Act is no less important than the Draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The NPPF will form new planning guidance; the Localism Act sets out the legal framework and as such it represents … Continue reading
Forest Regulations report ready
Following the setting up of the Farm Regulations Task Force last year, there was talk about the possibility of mirroring the process in Forestry so as to deal with ‘red tape’ issues in this sector, too. After much discussion, the Forestry … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Climate Change, Conservation, England, Forestry management, Government Affairs, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS)
Tagged "Challenging Assumptions, Changing Perceptions", farming, Forest Regulations Task Force, forestry, Gordon Pfetscher, PAWS
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