Policy Publications

These documents deal with current environmental issues and include public affairs research, discussion papers and guides to action to protect woodland.

 

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  Woodland Challenges for England.
Growing England's Future - a greenprint for sustainable development
 
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  Adapt or die.
Climate change and woodland
 
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  Conserving the past - ensuring the future. A planner’s guide to ancient woods and trees in England. This guide aims to help local authorities put policy into practice with regard to ancient woods and ancient trees  
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  Woodland - its contribution to sustainable development and the quality of life

Making woodland count. Its contribution to our quality of life (summary)
 
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  Ancient trees in the UK- Securing their future  
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Making woodland count: its contribution to our quality of life - everybody's lives can be improved by creating and protecting woodland.
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  Summary and full report available.  
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Flight path to destruction - The impact of UK airport expansion proposals on ancient woodland.
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Flight path to destruction - UPDATE
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Reclaiming our forgotten inheritance - The Woodland Trust unveils first comprehensive study into the ecological and economic implications of restoring planted ancient woods (click here for relevant technical reports and conference proceedings).
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From wildwood to concrete jungle - a report commissioned jointly by the Trust and WWF-UK showing that ancient woods are still being lost to development, that there is no monitoring of ancient woodland losses and that local authorities attitude to these issues vary. 
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Summary and full report available.
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Turning over a new leaf in the countryside - discussion paper on the future of the countryside.
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Is your local wood under threat? - the UK version of this publication has been replaced with the woodsunderthreat.info website  
Northern Ireland version of this booklet
176k N. Ireland
Welsh language version of this booklet
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A Greener Future - a Woodland Trust manifesto. Read what the Trust asked all parties to do during the election to enhance our woodland heritage and the wider environment.
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Welsh language version of this booklet
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A Midsummer Night's Nightmare? - the future of UK woodland in the face of climate change.
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Why the UK's ancient woodland is still under threat - outlines the main threats that the UK's ancient woodland faces at the end of the 20th century and provides a vision to protect it.
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