Photo credit: Keith Hulbert and Paul Zarucki
Action Ideas[]
- tree planting
- Community orchards
- Community woodlands
- Nature trails
- VisitWoods
Apps for sustainability[]
Tip: click on the category links to find more examples throughout this wiki: UK, global / Guidelines for listings
- MyView, Woodland Trust web pages in support of their 'More trees, More good', campiagn, which enable citizens to upload photos of streets or parks, drag and drop trees to these pictures, then add a message and send straight to local councillors. A sort of visual petition for more trees.
Why it matters
According to a Woodland Trust report [1], creating and protecting woodland leads to significant gains in urban regeneration, employment, health, rural development, biodiversity, clean air, recreation, carbon sequestration, water quality improvement, flood prevention, and education.
Diary UK November 2007[]
- 21 - 2 December National Tree Week, The Tree Council
Campaigns[]
Wanted pages and external links
- The Big Tree Plant, launched December 2010
- More Trees, More Good, new (July 2010) campaign that aims to encourage everyone to plant more trees. [2]
- Northern Ireland Tree Campaign, Northern Ireland
Random facts[]
- 72% of the public agree the UK needs more trees. Source: woodlandtrust.org.uk, June 2010
- The UK has around three million hectares of forest and woodland, or 12 per cent of the land area. Source: Defra, 25 November 2009
- Approximately 28 million people in England live within 4km of a publicly accessible wood. Source: Natural England, May 13 2009, and the Woodland Trust.
- Forestry in Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland fares badly with a mere six per cent woodland cover, compared to the UK average of 12 per cent. Source: Woodland Trust
Related[]
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Wanted pages and external links
- Jubilee Woods project, The Woodland Trust
- WoodWatch, aims to enable and empower local communities to take effective action and save ancient woods
- Trees of Our Future
- Green Light Trust Run the 'People Planting' scheme to help communities grow and manage their own working woodlands
- Community Woodland Network
- Ancient Tree Forum
References
- ↑ Making woodland count: its contribution to our quality of life, March 2004. The Woodland Trust report in pdf format available via their website
- ↑ woodlandtrust.org.uk, June 2010