Author Tony Whitbread There is a new threat to tree health which has appeared in Great Britain, the highly destructive Chalara dieback of ash trees, caused by the Chalara fraxinea fungus. Forestry Commission has produced a briefing note about this … Continue reading
Author Petra Billings ‘Oak Trees in Decline’. ‘Ash Trees Suffering Dieback’. ‘Woodland at Risk from Asian Longhorn Beetle’. These are some of the recent headlines. Sussex is one of the most wooded counties in the UK. We love our trees … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread Government has now committed to keeping the public forest estate in public hands. This, however, is not the end of the matter. There are many good recommendations in the Independent Forest Panel report and we need to … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread The Independent Panel on Forestry’s report was published today and I have now had a chance absorb its contents. The headline is that, despite concerns to the contrary, the report clearly states that the forest estate should … Continue reading
Tony Whitbread takes you around Friston Forest in East Sussex, where Sussex Wildlife Trust are working in partnership with the Forestry Commission. Read Sussex Wildlife Trust’s response to the Forestry Panel Report There’s plenty of content about woodlands on the … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread We await the report of the Independent Forest Panel, due to be published on 4th July. Earlier in 2011, the government announced its consultation to look into the disposal of the Public Forest Estate – the land … Continue reading
Author Kevin Lerwill The Friends of St Leonard’s Forest have recently spent three task days, led by the Gatwick Greenspace Project, expanding the network of small ponds in St. Leonard’s Forest, a Forestry Commission site just to the east of … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread It’s good to be wrong sometimes! I mentioned, in a previous blog, that the proposed forestry panel was going to comprise just five people. This turns out not to be the case – in fact it will … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread The sale of public forests may have been delayed and the consultation on the future of the estate has been closed, but the future of the Forestry Commission is still unsure. The government is now very aware … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread The problem with the current debate about the public forest estate is that it started in the wrong place. Admittedly it did attract a great deal of public interest, but instead of asking “how can we dispose … Continue reading
