A better future for our woodlands:12 ideas to help British forests grow
12 ideas to help British forests grow
1. Create a coherent plan to support nature across government
2. Bring agriculture and forestry together into one ecological unit
3. Deliver funding to turn policy into practice
4. Value productive woodlands in creating good quality timber
5. Grown in Britain policy for all timber used in public buildings
6. Funding for 19% canopy cover by 2050
7. Control grey squirrel numbers to protect young trees
8. Implement a carbon tax to incentivise local production
9. Always plant improved trees when planting trees for timber
10. All school age children to have access to forest school
11. Prioritise woodland restoration over tree planting
12. All funded tree planting to be accompanied by a long term management plan
"In 2019 there was a lot of talk about how tree planting could solve many of the environmental problems we are facing. We wanted to explore the issues around this by starting a series of interviews with woodland experts from different perspectives and backgrounds. We called the series Wood for the Trees, and asked our guests about about their hopes and fears for the future for British forests. We asked every participant to tell us what one policy suggestion they would give to the UK government. This short film presents those ideas and suggestions."
Wood for the Trees is a series by Tom Barnes and Charly Le Marchant, find out more at woodforthetrees.uk.
Many thanks to our guests:
Dr Jo Clark, Future Trees Trust,
Dr Gabriel Hemery, Sylva Foundation,
Jez Ralph, Timber Strategies
Doug King Smith, Hillyfield Woodland Farm
Alastair Driver, Rewilding Britain
Dougal Driver, Grown in Britain
Suzi Martineau, Tree Sisters & The Tree Conference
Graham Taylor, Pryor & Rickett Silvaculture
Chris Smaje, Small Farm Future & Vallis Veg
A number of themes have come up during the series that we are looking to explore through a second series. Please comment below if there are any issues that you feel we should look at in more depth.
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00:00 Introduction - 12 ideas to help British forests grow
00:16 How are the trees we are planing today going to cope with climate change? - Dr Jo Clark.
00:28 Government needs to create a coherent plan to support nature across government departments - Dr Gabriel Hemery
00:37 We need to bring agriculture and forestry together into one ecological unit - Jez Relph
00:59 There needs to be recognition that forestry is more than the cutting and planting of trees - Doug King-Smith
01:15 Government needs to deliver funding that turns policy into practice - Alastair Driver
01:25 We need to value the creation of quality timber products that lock up carbon - Dr Jo Clark
01:42 There needs to be a grown in Britain policy for all timber used in public buildings - Dougal Driver
02:12 Government need to provide funding and information to support a 19% canopy cover by 2050 - Suzi Martineau
02:43 We need investment to reduce the damage caused by grey squirrel to protect young growing trees - Graham Taylor
03:12 The government needs to implement a carbon tax to incentivise local production - Chris Smaje
03:35 We must create a law that states that landowners always plant improved trees when planting trees for timber - Dr Jo Clark
03:48 The Education Department need to make sure that all school age children have access to forest school - Dr Gabriel Hemery
03:55 We need the government to prioritise woodland restoration over tree planting and recognise that all funded tree planting must be accompanied by a long term management plan - Doug King-Smith
04:14 Summary of the 12 Ideas to help British forests grow
04:32 Information about Wood for the Trees Series
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I think the 19% Canopy idea is the top idea with everything else working up to it.
Interesting post... I'm going to pick out these for comment:- I like Item 12 but it is incomplete. Here's why: Aftercare and management need . No mention of this - historically there has never been the dosh to 'encourage' the authors of planting schemes to do aftercare. This includes the National Trust, Councils and the Woodland Trust as well as private landowners. Aftercare also needs to be monitored. As a practicing ecologist who travels around southern England, I have lost count of the number of plantings I have seen which are un-thinned, still with guards in place, ties biting into trunks and stakes flapping off the trunks and no longer attached to the ground. Or brittle old tubes littering closed-canopy woods because the trees have died (due to lack of light?) and no-one could be arsed to beat up or even clear away/re-use the tubes and stakes. Number 11. Everyone bangs on about planting. Planting is a deeply flawed tactic which should be part of a wider strategy towards a sustainable future including carbon capture by woodlands and by other habitats which beat woodlands from the 'carbon sequestration' standpoint. Number 3. Yes, funding is an absolute necessity. Also a properly formulated policy, currently distincly lacking. Other issues. No mention (as usual) about coppicing. Huge historical/cultural value, but now-detached from the consciousness of the general population. As well as the divorced from the perceptions of the experts seen here, despite being vastly superior to planted trees in terms of growth rates (carbon capture rates), not mentioning nature conservation value. No mention (also as usual) for deer. Deer populations are far higher now than they have ever been in recorded history. and not just the native roe, but sika, fallow and muntjac. (Red deer are not present in my usual stamping grounds). Go into any woodland in the south and southeast of England and if you open your eyes you will see the huge effects they have. Deer are part of the equation and are a potential resource, so why is there never any mention of this 'elephant-in-the-room'? Coppice and plantings and natural regeneration schemes all need protecting from deer to be efficient and successful. Number 9: Not going there: There is so much wrong with this...... Shutting up now....
The tech thats been used on me & others tells me the public is working a lot harder than th ey have too to balance the environment. its just so advanced many don't know it exists annd afraid of using it because its so advanced.
Grey Squirrels solutions discourage breeding or interbreed with another type that breed less &or teach them to eat differently
Warming 🤣 Not in the UK it isn't
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wasnt the uk just 30 degrees