Speak up for your woods and trees
The Woodland Trust campaigns to protect ancient woods and trees, for a doubling of native woodland cover and to make the UK a greener, healthier place for all of us to enjoy.
From engaging communities in local democracy to promoting climate change adaptation; from strengthening laws and government policy to challenging threats to ancient woods by development... the Trust lobbies and campaigns to give a voice to the UK's native woodlands and trees.
Your woods need need YOU: take action now!
Read about our campaigns, past and present.
Did you know...
Ancient woodland is our richest wildlife habitat and is scarce, covering less than 2% of the UK’s land area. The need to protect what is left is paramount - unless urgent action is taken now, vast areas of what little ancient woodland remains are in danger of losing their wildlife value forever. And yet, less than 15% is protected by law.
Nowhere else in Northern Europe can you find as many large ancient trees and in such remarkable concentrations as in the UK. They help give our countryside a unique character. We all have a special responsibility to protect them and to create new generations of ancient trees for the future.