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Woodland
National lead organisation: Forestry Commission
Local lead organisation: Bedfordshire Woodland Forum
The term ‘woodland’ includes mixed deciduous woodland: woodland of various broadleaf species. It also includes scrub and plantations of exotic trees like pine on ancient woodland sites.
Woodlands in Bedfordshire and Luton
There are roughly 7700 ha of woodland in the county. Between 1980 and 1998 woodland cover rose by more than 1300 ha. Our most wooded areas are the Greensand Ridge and the very north of the county. However much of our new woodland is being created in the Marston Vale, south of Bedford. By 2030 3000 ha are due to be planted in this area.
Check out these links to learn more about woodlands:
National action plan for lowland mixed deciduous woodland Bedfordshire & Luton action plan for woodland Ancient woodland (Woodland Trust) Ancient woodland: guidance material for local authorities (Natural England) The value of farm woodlands (Natural England) European significance of British woodland types (Natural England) Long term ecological change in British woodland (1971-2001) (Natural England) Space for nature: landscape-scale action for woodland biodiversity (Woodland Trust) Creating new native woodlands: turning ideas into reality (Forestry Commission) The restoration of replanted ancient woodland (Natural England) Using natural colonisation to create or expand new woodlands (Forestry Commission) Restoration of neglected hazel coppice (Forestry Commission) Restoration of native woodland on ancient woodland sites (Forestry Commission) Natural regeneration in broadleaved woodlands: deer browsing and the establishment of advance regeneration (Forestry Commission) Woodland Trust Conservation Practice series of publications BTCV handbooks online: woodland An approach to a woodland monitoring framework (Natural England) A review of the effects of recreation on woodland soils, vegetation and fauna (Natural England)
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