The Woodland Trust, is a conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the protection and sympathetic management of native woodland heritage.
Contents |
History
It was founded in Devon, England in 1972. It is now based at Autumn Park on Dysart Road in Grantham in South Kesteven, south Lincolnshire. It employs around 200 people at its Grantham headquarters. A new eco-friendly headquarters is to be built adjacent to the current headquarters and will open in 2010. The Chief Executive is Sue Holden.
Function
The Woodland Trust uses its experience and authority in conservation to influence others who are in a position to improve the future of native woodland. This includes government, other landowners and like-minded organisations. It also campaigns to protect and save ancient woodland from destructive development. Its current president is Clive Anderson.
Woodland Protection
It looks after more than 1,100 woods and groups of woods covering 190 square kilometres (73 sq mi). Nearly 350 of its sites contain ancient woodland of which 70 per cent is semi-natural ancient woodland – land which has been under tree cover since at least 1600. It also manages over 110 Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Woodland Creation
It has also created new woodlands: over 32 km2 (12 sq mi) have been created, including 250 new community woods in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Its largest current project is the 41.7 km2 (16.1 sq mi) Glen Finglas Estate in the Trossachs. It owns 20 sites covering 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi) in the National Forest and has sites in all 12 Community Forests in England. Its projects also include the Nature Detectives youth program.
External links
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
