https://toot.wales/@CoedCadw/113000787801578289 CoedCadw@toot.wales - Ancient Woodlands have been compared to coral reefs but of the land. Now only 7% are in good ecological condition!

The Bunce survey documented 50 years of change in Britain's broadleaved woods.

https://www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-08/Final-Bunce-report-50-years-of-change-in-British-broadleaved-woodlands_08082024.pdf

Britain's woods have had it tough for the last 50 years.

  • Woods are shadier

  • Increased storm damage & climate impacts

  • Some plants have declined

  • Pests & tree diseases proliferate

  • Dear are preventing tree regeneration

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/research-and-evidence/bunce-survey/

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