How and Why We Restore Ancient Woodland | Woodland Trust
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- Опубликовано: 29 фев 2016
- Following the planting of non-native conifers in the 20th century, many of our remaining ancient woodlands are damaged and in need of restoration. Our approach to restoration involves gradually thinning the existing canopy over several years. This slowly increases the dappled light that can reach the woodland floor, providing the perfect habitat for our more sensitive native woodland plants to grow and thrive. We continue to gather research and evidence from our own estate to build on how we restore these irreplaceable woodlands.
Thanks to generous funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, we are working with landowners across the UK to restore their ancient woodlands. To find out more visit www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/prot...
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Super natural beauty gods made.amazing place.
Woodlands are a garden of trees they need to be cleanup and cared for , to prevent them becoming a fire trap , if nothing else !
This is true for some woodlands. Not all, however. It's a big world with many types of forests. Some need fire.
Not in the uk. Woodlands in the uk are not fire hazards, in some places they can be but that is for many different reasons, most of them nothing to do with humans.
So WHY is the woodland trust cutting down ancient woodland trees n the name of health and safety 🙄
Why are you destroying the forests now?
Hello Mike, the recent felling work being carried out at Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw is to manage the impacts of ash dieback disease.
Ash dieback is a fungal disease that affects ash trees and is unfortunately present in this woodland and prevalent across Kent and the wider UK countryside. Trees with ash dieback are annually inspected to check on advancement of the disease. A significant number of ash trees at Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw are in an advanced stage of decline and were felled to ensure public safety.
Felling has concentrated on affected trees adjacent to paths, public rights of way, and roads. Diseased ash trees growing away from paths and roads are left, giving areas of the wood the time and space to naturally decline.
We have not felled any healthy trees as part of this work.
You can read our full statement for more information on our Facebook page: facebook.com/thewoodlandtrust/photos/a.220516845158/10159194493900159/