The 2008 publication of the Woodland Heritage Manual (Rotherham et al., 2008) providedfor the first time, a coherent guidance and approach to the assessment of ancient woodedlandscapes. The methodology marries field ecology, archaeology, pedology, cartographicanalysis, and historical and archival ...
woodland-friendly decisions.It will also support environmental activists in their campaigns to save precious sites where development is being allowed.Despite gradually improving legal and planning protection, and stronger policy guidance in Wales and Scotland, the Trust said it is still far too easy ...
woodland edge plants, such as honeysuckle, dog’s mercury, red campion, wood anemone, violets, primrose and bluebell. Hedgerows are important for invertebrates, including butterflies and moths, and farmland birds such as grey partridge, tree sparrow and song ...
Sylvan offers strategy and planning for ancient woodland and historic landscapes based on the combined expertise of Julian Forbes-Laird and Alistair Baxter.
We conclude that use of floristic AWIs alone in defining ancient woodland should be reviewed, especially where status links to planning policy and conservation prioritisation. We suggest species on AWI lists be reviewed under expert and local guidance and a system of weighting species based on their...
woodland-friendly decisions.It will also support environmental activists in their campaigns to save precious sites where development is being allowed.Despite gradually improving legal and planning protection, and stronger policy guidance in Wales and Scotland, the Trust said it is still far too easy ...
6 How does it relate to existing guidance? 8 How should it be used? 9 How is it organised? 11 Chapters Chapter 1: Woodland assessment & monitoring 13 Chapter 2: Management planning 16 Chapter 3: Woodland structure 18 Chapter 4: Tree species composition 26 Chapter 5: Restocking 30 Chapter ...