Tag Archives: threat

Wood Wise: invasive species

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

The latest issue of Wood Wise looks at the problem of invasive species managment in woodland habitats, with a number of best practice case studies. The species covered are American skunk cabbage, deer, floating pennywort, giant hogweed, Himalayan balsam and … Continue reading →

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WuT you like to identify unmapped ancient woodland?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

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 , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

WuT you like to see?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

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 →

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