Save Our Woods - A UK Initiative
The UK government is planning a massive sell off of their publicly owned, ancient forests. Around two-thirds of the UK woodlands are privately owned already. The remaining 33% is publicly owned, managed by the Forestry Commission (FC) and other public agencies. National treasures like the The Forest of Dean, Sherwood Forest and The New Forest could be sold off. Once they are gone, they will be lost forever. from save our woods credit: Pablo - Woodlife The UK public is widely against this and they have started a group called 'Save Our Woods' and a petition drive to force the government to rethink its plans. If they can prove how strongly the public is against this, then maybe the gov't will back down. Since some of my readers are from the UK I thought I should publicize this...so go to this site ( click on 'save our woods') and check it out: Save Our Woods from Save Our Woods This is what they write in their site: We believe our trees, woods and forests ar...