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Wood Wise: conservation grazing
The Woodland Trust’s latest Wood Wise publication focuses on conservation grazing by a range of species. There are a number of case studies from different organisations to show best practice and share experiences. Cattle, sheep, goats, ponies and pigs can all be used … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Forestry management, Wood Wise
Tagged archaeology, bats, best practice, biodiversity, bog, browsing, case study, cattle, coed cymerau isaf, conservation, dunwich forest, goats, grassland, grazing, habitat, herbivores, Little doward, management, Marden park, meadows, mire, natural regeneration, Neroche project, open space, pigs, poaching, ponies, restoration, rooting, scrub, sheep, structural diversity, suffolk wildlife trust, tree, wildflowers, Wood Wise, Woodland, wyre community land trust
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Management of our woods
The Woodland Trust was built on the foundation of our woodland estate and, although we now deliver our charitable aims in a range of ways, the woods and open ground we manage remain an important part of what we do. … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Ancient trees, Biodiversity, Conservation, Forestry management, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Urban
Tagged access, ancient, benefit, biodiversity, conifer, enjoyment, estate, habitat, inspiration, management, open, PAWS, public, secondary, space, SSSi, tree, understanding, urban, wildlife, Woodland
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Wood Wise – open space habitats
Our Spring 2012 issue of Wood Wise focuses on open space habitats in woodland. Natural woods and forests can be seen not just as an expanse of densely packed trees, but a mosaic of areas with varying canopy cover, structure and … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Biodiversity, Conservation, Forestry management, Wood Wise
Tagged Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust, archaeology, best practice, coppice, creation, forest of flowers, Forestry Commission, glades, habitat, heathland, mosaic, news, open space, Plantlife, rides, tree, wildflowers, wildlife, wood, Wood Wise, Woodland, woodland trust
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Biodiversity: the meaning of…
June will see the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, at which the Convention on Biological Diversity was presented. This has driven much of the current thinking on biodiversity conservation, biodiversity action plans and targets to … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation
Tagged #Rioplus20, 1992, bacteria, biodiversity, biodiversity action plans, biological diversity, conservation, convention, Earth Summit, ecologist, ecosystem, genetic, habitat, life, meaning, nature, Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Rio+20, species, target, wildlife, Woodland
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Small is beautiful above the treeline
There’s something ecologically fascinating about edges. We tend to put our habitats into separate boxes – woodland, moorland, heathland, wetland – and draw lines around them. But often it’s the fuzzy bits between them that are most interesting. Unfortunately, these … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Forestry management, Scotland
Tagged Action for Mountain Woodlands, alpine sowthistle, bilberry, Forestry Commission, Galloway, Galloway Forest Park, Glantrool, globeflower, habitat, Heritage Lottery Fund, Highlands Birchwoods, juniper, Merrick, montane, mountain, muirburn, native, planting, rock, rowan, Scotland, scrub, tree, treeline, willow, Woodland
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Austin’s blog: Back to my roots…?
Spring often feels like the right time for new challenges and a fresh look at the world – and now it’s beginning to feel a bit like spring, for once, I feel that I am comfortably in-step with a sense … Continue reading
Posted in Austin's blog, Conservation
Tagged air quality, austin, brady, carbon, Climate Change, conservation, ecosystem services, environmental, flooding, fragmentation, Government, green, habitat, head, isolation, organisation, policy, recreation, shade, spring, tree, water, wildlife, wood, woodland trust
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Habitats Regulations Review
The announcement in last year’s autumn budget statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that there was going to be a review of the Habitats Regulations was a bit of a shock to everyone (including Defra it seemed). There was … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Protection
Tagged autumn, budget, chancellor of the exchequer, conservation, Defra, EU, george, habitat, Habitats regulations, Natural England, Osborne, red tape challenge, review, statement, wildlife, Woodland, woodland trust
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Woods are worth repeating yourself for
Less than a week to go to have your forestry conversation! Remember the controversy earlier in the year around the Government’s plans to sell off the public forest estate? Widespread public outrage and several national and local campaigns saw them swiftly … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Campaigning, Climate Change, Community groups, Conservation, England, Forestry management, Government Affairs, Health, Inspiration, Local campaign, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Policy, Uncategorized, Woodland creation, Woods Under Threat
Tagged #speakup, ancient, Bishop of Liverpool, call for views, conifer, habitat, Independent Panel on Forestry, National Trust, protection, rainforest, Ramblers, Save Our Woods, twitter, wildlife
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