Woodlands

Law & Regulations.

• Tree Felling - Getting Permission.
• The Forestry Act 1967
• The Forestry (felling of trees)(amendment) regulations 1987

Organisations

• The Forestry Trust for Conservation and Education.
• The Forestry Commission of G.Britain  
• The Royal Forestry Society
• Small Woods Association
• Englands Community Forests

Publications.      See also AIE page for Forestry Commission Publications

• Exploring Woodlands in the South East. Booklet. Available from The Forestry Trust for Conservation and Education.
• The Foresters Companion by N. D James.
• Planting and Managing Amenity Woodlands by D.R Helliwell. Available from the Arboricultural Association.
• Continuous Cover Forestry by R. Helliwell. Booklet.
• Journal of Forestry. Available from The Royal Forestry Society.
• Woodlands. Available free from Countryside Council for Wales - Publications.
• Woodland creation: needs and opportunities in the English countryside, responses to consultation. An analysis of the responses to the discussion paper issued by the Countryside Commission and the Forestry Commission on the Government’s commitment to see a doubling of England's woodland in the next 50 years. CCP 522 1997. Free. Available from the Countryside Commission.
• The UK Woodland Assurance Scheme. Forestry Commission UKWAS Briefing Note.
• Woodlands of Kent by G Roberts. Book. 216 pages. Available from Geerings of Ashford, UK. Tel. 01233 633366
• Amenity Valuation of trees and woodlands. Booklet. Published by the Arboricultural Association.
• Welsh Woods and Forests - A History.  Book. Available from Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion, SA44 4QL. Email. gwasg@gomer.co.uk
• Trees & Woodland in the British Landscape by Oliver Rackham.
• The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum (Nr Chichester, UK) offers a large number of books dealing with woodland crafts, etc.

Lantra Awards (NTO)

Offer woodland courses for the land based industries. Link to Lantra Trust information page.

• Woodland/Landscape
  • Drystone Walling.
  • Practical Hedge Laying.
  • Hedgerow management.
  • Planning a new woodland.
  • Care and maintenance of young woodlands.
  • Managing neglected woodlands.
  • Value of woodlands to farmers and land owners.
  • Marketing your woodland produce.
  • Harvesting of wood using farm resources.

The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum (Nr Chichester, UK) offers a number of courses including Coppice Management.

Journal Extracts (see AIE Abbreviations for abbreviations and links)

• Ancient Woodland Sites - thinning criteria.   QJF - Vol:92 -  No:3 - Jul 1998
• Coppice woodland products.   QJF - Vol:92 -  No:3 - Jul 1998
• Community forests in England and Germany - a comparison.   QJF - Vol:93 -  No:1 - Jan 1999
• Silviculture, Uneven aged: Common myths explored   QJF - Vol:94 -  No:2 -April 2000     
• Woodlands - evaluating conservation & amenity.       AJ - Vol:20 -  No:3 -  Aug 1996
• Woodland strategy - preparing a.      AJ - Vol:19 -   No:2 -  May 1995  
• Woodland policy - countryside info system.    AJ - Vol:21 -   No:2 -  May 1997
• Woodland expansion on damaged land.   QJF - Vol:92 -  No:4 - Oct 1998
• Woodlands, Access to. The Landowners Viewpoint.   QJF - Vol:94 -  No:3 -July 2000
• Woodlands,  Options for increasing access to.   QJF - Vol:94 -  No:3 -July 2000
• Woodlands,  Valuing and mapping access potential.   QJF - Vol:94 -  No:3 -July 2000
• Control of Coppice Regrowth in Roadside Woodlands by I.Willoughby. Forestry Commission Research Agency. ICF. Forestry, vol 72, No:4, 1999

Publication Extracts (books, handbooks & bulletins)

• Natural Selection. Wildflower planting within woodlands, short article.  Horticulture Week, May 10th 2001.

Suppliers & Services

• Woodland Improvement & Conservation Ltd.
• Charterhouse/Richmond. Surrey, UK. Mail order for Squirrel traps. Tel. 01428 643328  Fax. 01428 656787

AIE Links

• Main Subject Index
• Forestry, Forestry Commission Publications, Urban Forestry, Planting Grants

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