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Her Majesty The Queen plants a tree for Jubilee Woods
On February 3, 2012, Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Princess Royal together planted symbolic trees at Sandringham to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee and the Woodland Trust’s Jubilee Woods Project.
Her Majesty is creating a new 20 acre woodland on the Sandringham Estate as part of the project.
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Green light for HS2 set to destroy ancient woodland
The decision by Transport Secretary Justine Greening to go ahead with the chosen route for the High Speed Two rail link between London and Birmingham, will condemn 21 ancient woodlands to the threat of potential destruction.
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Could spring be sprung early?
The Trust is asking the public to report observations of the effects of the milder winter weather on native trees and flowers across the country. This follows a number of anecdotal reports of flowers blooming and native trees bursting their buds weeks ahead of schedule.
The Trust is gathering data to assess the arrival of spring in comparison to previous years, to analyse whether the trend of native flora appearing earlier will continue in 2012.
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Trees and woods face greatest turning point in 100 years
Twenty of the UK's leading forestry and wildlife bodies have, for the first time, joined together to draw attention to the challenges and opportunities faced by forests, woods and trees, which they say are greater now than at any other time in the last 100 years.
The consortium of groups, led by the Woodland Trust and representing a range of interests from timber production, to woodland conservation, to community participation, has collaborated to produce 'The State of the UK’s Forests, Woods and Trees', a report to mark the International Year of Forests in 2011. It draws on the latest available evidence, looking at the current state, as well as the future potential, of the UK’s tree and woodland resource, urging government to shift up a gear in order to secure a robust future for it.
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