Save ancient trees in Wales from the axe! URGENT closes end Oct 2012!
- al: Carolyn P
- destinatario: The National Assembly and Welsh Government
These silent, ancient,giant trees need to be preserved!
The Woodland Trust in Wales believes that Wales’ widest, stumpiest, hole-iest old trees form a part of our landscape as valuable and historically interesting as our castles and cathedrals. Each are part of our cultural heritage, forming living documents of past management practices and ways of life.
These ancient, veteran and heritage trees are very special survivors from the past, and yet strong enough to support life forms that can live nowhere else.
"God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools."
- John Muir
Pse open this link, and sign the Woodland Trust's Petition too!
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/why-woods-matter/protection/ancient-trees/Pages/ancient-trees.aspx
Thanks again. Diolch!
To the National Assembly - Welsh Government
We believe that the ancient, veteran and heritage trees of Wales are a vital and irreplaceable part of the nation’s environment and heritage.
We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to provide greater protection for them, for example by:
Placing a duty on the new Single Environmental Body to promote the conservation of such trees by providing advice and support for their owners, including the grant aid where necessary;
Amending current Tree Preservation Order legislation to make it fully fit for purpose in protecting ancient, veteran and heritage trees, in line with proposals by Coed Cadw (the Woodland Trust);
Incorporating the database of trees recorded and verified through the Ancient Tree Hunt project as a dataset in any successor to the Wales Spatial Plan, recognising these as ‘Trees of Special Interest’ and providing this information to Local Planning Authorities in Wales so that it can be incorporated into their GIS system, for information.
