Yippee! Our forests are safe, for now

February 19, 2011 Good causes britain, consultation, forestry commission, forests, jonathon porritt, national trust, NGOs, old post, petitions, politics, public access, right to roam, rspb, save our forests, wildlife, woodland, woodland trust, wwf 0 Comment

Yippee! Our forests are safe, for now

Looking back at the Save Our Forests campaign Across the Middle East grassroots movements are toppling governments one after another like dominoes. Tunisia and Egypt are already down, and Libya and Yemen are next in line. Somewhat less momentously, but

Will the Coalition government protect the UK’s forests?

January 23, 2011 Good causes britain, forestry commission, forests, old post, petitions, public access, public footpaths, right to roam, rspb, save our forests, wildlife, woodland, woodland trust 0 Comment

Will the Coalition government protect the UK’s forests?

As a keen walker who spends many weekends walking and enjoying the UK’s network of public footpaths, many of which pass through woodland, I’ve been following with interest discussion of the Coalition government’s proposals to sell off 150,000 hectares of