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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
Isn’t cutting trees down bad ?
Wood fuel on your doorstep
6th March 2010
Nick Heasman
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
Key dates of human influence on the landscape
• Pre 4,500 BC – first settlers small areas cleared of wildwood
• 4,500 BC – Neolithic man begins large scale clearance
• 500 BC – Half of the wildwood gone
• 43 AD - Roman introduction of sweet chestnut and large scale management of coppice
• 600 AD – Anglo Saxon charters indicate parcelling of land with formation of hedges, boundaries and ownership
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
Key dates of human influence on woodland
• Post 1066 – Norman laws passed protecting the woodland resource, Royal hunting forests established. 15% woodland cover
• 1349 – Black Death, formation of secondary woodland on agricultural land
• 1543 – Henry VIII Act to establish protection of mature timber trees
• 1664 – John Evelyn publishes Silva, positive political action saw widescale plantations established, though natural in their form
• 17th c to 19th c – Introduction of productive timber trees, formation of landscaped parks and gardens
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
Key dates of human influence on woodland
• 19th c – Decline of woodmanship, Industrial revolution
• 20th c – World Wars, formation of Forestry Commission. Planting of non agricultural productive areas
• Formation of conservation movement
• End of the cold war
• Increase in tree cover once again
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
Man shaping the landscape
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
Woodland cover in the UK
1895 1947 19981895 1947 1998
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
Wood for the trees!
Woodland >2ha = 33,305 ha (20% land cover)
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
THE CYCLE OF MAN IN WOODLAND
Light is life
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
Ideal woodland structure
• Mature trees• Young trees• Canopy of the wood• Understorey of shrubs• Ground flora
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY OF WOODFUEL HEATING SYSTEMS
EMPLOYMENT
EDUCATION
SECURITY
CHEAPER
CLEANER
SAFER
CARBON CYCLE
LANDSCAPE AND
WILDLIFE PRIDE
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Working in Partnership to Protect the South Downs
The Future ‘…..be part of the
solution’