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Category Archives: Wales
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
Wales’ gnarled and wrinkly need you
Imagine that you are like Nerys Jones who is lucky enough to own or manage an ancient tree. Nerys is the proud owner of the Rhandirmwyn oak, Carmarthenshire, a majestic hollow tree that must be many hundreds of years old. She … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient trees, Campaigning, Conservation, Protection, Wales
Tagged ancient, Ancient Tree Forum, Carmarthenshire, Coed Cadw, heritage, Legislation, National Trust, Nerys hughes, petition, protection, rhandirmwyn oak, save our trees, single environment body, tree, tree council, tree preservation order, veteran, Wales, Welsh Assmebly, Welsh Government, woodland trust
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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 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
Campaigning with inks, chalks and oils
The ‘Creative’ corner on our website has been quietly amassing an impressive body of work. There are lots of ways to make a change for the better – from simply raising an alarm and building awareness of an issue, to directly influencing … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Campaigning, Climate Change, community groups, England, Health, Inspiration, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Woodland creation, Woods Under Threat, WoodWatch
Tagged abstract, Ancient woodland, animation, charcoals, creative writing, film, haiku, Jay Wooldridge, Jim Crumley, John Macdonald, Juliet Wilson, Michael Frankland, oils, painting, Pippa Chorley, poetry, realism, Trees, Woodland
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Still woodwatching at Stansted
It took ten years of campaigning and a change of Government before the plans which threatened 6 ancient woods on the outskirts of Stansted airport were finally put to bed. The Coalition’s ‘Programme for Government’ stated there would be no … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Campaigning, Climate Change, Conservation, England, Government Affairs, Health, Northern Ireland, Policy, Scotland, Wales, Woods Under Threat, WoodWatch
Tagged Airplot, Airport Watch coalition, Ancient woodland, Appleplot, Greenpeace, HACAN, heathrow, planning changes, red tape challenge, stansted airport, Trees
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More woods, more social and community benefits?
The votes are in and counted and it’s now clear that Wales will have a Labour-led government over the next five years. But what will this mean for Wales’ woods and trees? The good news is that all main parties … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Climate Change, Elections 2011, Wales, Woodland creation, Woods Under Threat
Tagged Welsh Assembly
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