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The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland conservation charity in the United Kingdom and is concerned with the creation, protection, and restoration of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 68 million trees since 1972. [ 4 ]
The Woodland Trust altered the format in 2016, introducing an additional round of voting to name a single tree of the year for the whole country. All four national winners were still entered into the European competition. [6] As of 2017, only the overall British winner is entered into the European Tree of the Year awards. [7]
The call to create a Charter for Trees, Woods and People was first made in January 2016. [6] The Charter for Trees, Woods and People was launched on 6 November 2017 [7] on the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest. The Tree Charter address different issues to the historic charter because society and priorities have changed so much.
The Survivor Tree is a rowan in Carrifran Valley in the Scottish Borders. It was named Scotland's Tree of the Year in the annual competition held by Woodland Trust Scotland, in 2020. [1] [2] The rowan is thought to be less than 100 years old, [3] [4] and used to be the only tree in a bare landscape. The Borders Forest Trust took over the land ...
Since 1996, the woodland has been under the ownership of the Woodland Trust, which manages it in partnership with a local community group. The area of the wood has been extended since then, including the acquisition of a further 17 acres (7 hectares) in 2009. Backmuir Wood is a diverse woodland, which is home to a variety of different tree species.
The woodlands of Bedfordshire cover 6.2% of the county. [2] Some two thirds of this (4,990 ha or 12,300 acres) is broad-leaved woodland, principally oak and ash. [3] A Woodland Trust estimate of all ancient woodland in Bedfordshire (dating back to at least the year 1600), including woods of 0.1 ha (0.25 acres) and upward suggests an area of 1,468 ha (3,630 acres). [4]
The Waverley Abbey yew is believed to be more than 500 years old.
On 9 December 2009, a Guinness World Record attempt was made for the BBC Tree O'Clock scheme, in association with the Woodland Trust to plant the most new trees as possible in one hour. Three woodland sites made the attempt: the Heartwood Forest, Hainault Forest and Gransha Park. The previous record was 18,124 trees in an hour, [4] held by the ...