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	<title>Forest Policy Research &#187; UK</title>
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		<title>UK: Sudden Oak Death brings out the Chainsaws</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/12/13/uk-sudden-oak-death-brings-out-the-chainsaws/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/12/13/uk-sudden-oak-death-brings-out-the-chainsaws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infestation fanaticism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
A Tag at Forest Policy Research called: Infestation fanaticism focuses on all the excitement related to diseases that threatens trees. Too often the trees are not as vulnerable to disease as they are to people who claim logging of diseased trees is the solution.
SOD, or Sudden Oak Death was first found in coastal Northern California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Ancient woodland doesn&#8217;t need any more new bad neighbors</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/06/04/uk-ancient-woodland-doesnt-need-any-more-new-bad-neighbors/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/06/04/uk-ancient-woodland-doesnt-need-any-more-new-bad-neighbors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Read about all forest issues in the UK: http://forestpolicyresearch.org/category/eu-africa-mideast-tree-news/uk/


Ancient woodland is threatened by neighbouring development. Quarries, roads, housing, aviation and waste disposal developments are being built right up to the edge of ancient woods which means they suffer from:





Chemical pollution &#8211; including air pollution, polluted water run-off;
Disturbance including noise and light pollution and soil disturbance;
Fragmentation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIP: Thomas Berry (1914-2009)</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/06/02/rip-thomas-berry-1914-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/06/02/rip-thomas-berry-1914-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deep ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious forest defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Thomas  Berry, a Catholic priest and self-described “Earth scholar,” passed  away June 1 in Greensboro, N.C., where he was born in 1914. He was 94  years old.


From: http://www.grist.org/article/on-the-passing-of-father-thomas-berry-noted-ecological-thinker/
A member  of the Passionist order that was founded to teach people how to pray, Berry  went on to become an influential eco-theologian—though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: World famous artist David Hockney finds a &#8220;massacre&#8221; of a mighty 	group of trees he&#8217;s been painting in Yorkshire</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/29/uk-world-famous-artist-david-hockney-finds-a-massacre-of-a-mighty-group-of-trees-hes-been-painting-in-yorkshire/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/29/uk-world-famous-artist-david-hockney-finds-a-massacre-of-a-mighty-group-of-trees-hes-been-painting-in-yorkshire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land clearing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
World famous artist David Hockney has been left shocked by the &#8220;massacre&#8221; of a mighty group of trees he has been painting on the Yorkshire Wolds. Hockney has been painting the copse close to Warter, in the East Riding, for the last couple of years and had completed two studies in the summer and winter. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Imagine what the world would look like if we didn&#8217;t prune trees 	so much?</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/20/uk-imagine-what-the-world-would-look-like-if-we-didnt-prune-trees-so-much/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/20/uk-imagine-what-the-world-would-look-like-if-we-didnt-prune-trees-so-much/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survivor trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tree Pruning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban interface]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
In the Tree Garden of Kilravock Castle is what looks like a giant
octopus. Called a layering beech, its limbs snake out from a sturdy
trunk and bend to the ground where they have taken root before
twisting skywards.

More than 300-years-old, it is classed as &#8220;extremely rare&#8221; in the Forestry Commission&#8217;s list of Heritage Trees. It would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: 57 year-old climbs tree to stop needless destruction in Cripley 	Meadow allotments</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/17/uk-57-year-old-climbs-tree-to-stop-needless-destruction-in-cripley-meadow-allotments/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/17/uk-57-year-old-climbs-tree-to-stop-needless-destruction-in-cripley-meadow-allotments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/17/uk-57-year-old-climbs-tree-to-stop-needless-destruction-in-cripley-meadow-allotments/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A ONE-MAN protest temporarily halted work to cut back trees at a patch
of woodland in Oxford. Mike Hamblett, 57, scaled a willow tree at
Cripley Meadow Allotments, next to Port Meadow, at lunchtime today as
city council workers tackled about 20 trees. The allotment association
said the work was long-overdue maintenance that mainly involved
pollarding – a form of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Battle to save Longridge Woods &amp; Centre Square East from 	development continues</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/15/uk-battle-to-save-longridge-woods-centre-square-east-from-development-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/15/uk-battle-to-save-longridge-woods-centre-square-east-from-development-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Craig Hornby, a film-maker who has made short documentaries about Longridge Woods, also known as Site 44, and the lake in Centre Square East, rallied the crowd with a loudspeaker. He said: “The council is robbing its people of its green spaces. Why would an authority which achieved beacon status for tackling climate change want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: New Species of Whitebeam tree discovered and named after no-parking sign nailed to it</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/08/uk-new-species-of-whitebeam-tree-is-discovered-named-after-no-parking-sign-nailed-to-it/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/08/uk-new-species-of-whitebeam-tree-is-discovered-named-after-no-parking-sign-nailed-to-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credible science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new species discovered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The prosaically-named no parking whitebeam is one of 14 new species of tree just given names in a project led by the National Museum of Wales. Dr Tim Rich, the museum’s Head of Vascular Plants, led a group of botanists from Kew Gardens and Bristol, Bath and Exeter universities in the hunt for the new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Direct Action group &#8220;Plane Stupid&#8221; takes on Donald Trump&#8217;s 	Aberdeen airport expansion</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/uk-direct-action-group-plane-stupid-takes-on-donald-trumps-aberdeen-airport-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/uk-direct-action-group-plane-stupid-takes-on-donald-trumps-aberdeen-airport-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate policy forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nine anti-aviation activists with the group Plane Stupid Scotland shut
down an Aberdeen airport in protest of its plans for expansion. Twelve
flights were canceled due to the protest and all nine activists were
eventually arrested early this morning. Activists willingly left the
runway when police told them that a sick baby needed be flown to a
hospital.
Get full text; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Neighbors vow to continue to speak out for protecting Longridge 	Wood from development</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/03/uk-neighbors-vow-to-continue-to-speak-out-for-protecting-longridge-wood-from-development/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/03/uk-neighbors-vow-to-continue-to-speak-out-for-protecting-longridge-wood-from-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Campaigners have vowed to fight on to save a woodland from being
turned into a housing estate despite an independent inspector giving
the regeneration plans his full backing. Site 44 in Coubly Newham,
known to locals as Longridge Wood, is one of several areas acros
Middlesbrough earmarked for redevelopment.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/teesvalley/4158242.Fight_to_save_woodland_stalls_as_clearance_gets_green_light/

The town’s council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Cutting down centuries old trees in order to restore the natural 	environment</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/22/uk-cutting-down-centuries-old-trees-in-order-to-restore-the-natural-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/22/uk-cutting-down-centuries-old-trees-in-order-to-restore-the-natural-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bog ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Woodland near Crosby-on-Eden that includes 150-year-old oak trees and
is home to red squirrels could be felled in the name of nature
conservation. Natural England wants to cut down 45 oaks and 727 Scots
pines at White Moss, a designated site of special scientific interest
north of the A689 and west of Carlisle Airport. The 94-acre plot is
mostly lowland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: End of an era for Cuckoo trail rationalizations of 	overly-chainsawed management</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/17/uk-end-of-an-era-for-cuckoo-trail-rationalizations-of-overly-chainsawed-management/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/17/uk-end-of-an-era-for-cuckoo-trail-rationalizations-of-overly-chainsawed-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woodlot management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The district council said management of the woodland on the Cuckoo
Trail, which runs from Heathfield to Eastbourne Park, was essential to
preserve it. But residents, who said they were devastated, have
started a petition to get the work stopped. &#8220;It is far, far, too
drastic,&#8221; said spokesman Gary Paton. &#8220;People have no problem with
management, but what we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Judge rules that the smallest sapling was, legally speaking, a 	tree.</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/13/uk-judge-rules-that-the-smallest-sapling-was-legally-speaking-a-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/13/uk-judge-rules-that-the-smallest-sapling-was-legally-speaking-a-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court halts logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawsuit filed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban interface]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The judge thought it necessary to spell out the exact legal definition
of a tree because of confusion in the planning process. While trees
could obviously be the object of tree preservation orders, the
question remained about the status of saplings. For clarity the judge
ruled that size did not matter, and that the smallest sapling was,
legally speaking, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Stop Leach Homes cutting down trees in Chells Manor</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/12/uk-stop-leach-homes-cutting-down-trees-in-chells-manor/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/12/uk-stop-leach-homes-cutting-down-trees-in-chells-manor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Residents living in Chells Manor in Stevenage want to stop Leach Homes
cutting down trees in front of the Grade II listed manor house,
between Chells Lane and Hunters Close, and are looking for support to
make a temporary Tree Preservation Order permanent.

Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&#38;category=News&#38;tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&#38;tCategory=newslatestCMT&#38;itemid=WEED12%20Feb%202009%2011%3A44%3A53%3A703
They have delivered flyers to every home in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Dude, National Beanpole Week is the schiz&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/09/uk-dude-national-beanpole-week-is-the-schiz/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/09/uk-dude-national-beanpole-week-is-the-schiz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative forest resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protection culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stump sprouts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Organisers of National Beanpole Week 2009 April 25 – May 3 have called
on gardeners to support Britain&#8217;s coppiced woodlands by choosing
eco-friendly, locally-grown coppiced beanpoles instead of imported
bamboo canes.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://www.smallholder.co.uk/

By switching to British-grown coppiced beanpoles,
gardeners and growers will be doing their bit to support the
environment, wildlife, rural jobs, ancient [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/09/uk-dude-national-beanpole-week-is-the-schiz/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>UK: Vandalism in the Urban forest</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-vandalism-in-the-urban-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-vandalism-in-the-urban-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oak forests]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-vandalism-in-the-urban-forest/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I arrived home to find a mature oak that already had been pruned back
for the fence had been felled. Why? They cannot say this is not
vandalism. &#8220;Of course it could be that these trees have a commercial
value and if so who benefits?&#8221; said mr Matthews, who says any profit
made from the cut timber should be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Update on Wattling Wood forest defense</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-update-on-wattling-wood-forest-defense/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-update-on-wattling-wood-forest-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a forest is saved]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-update-on-wattling-wood-forest-defense/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Previous coverage of this issue is here: http://bit.ly/knOM 
People who live near Watling Wood in Leadgate, near Consett, opposed
plans to remove trees planted in the early 90s by schoolchildren and
Dr David Bellamy. The environmentalist added his voice to the chorus
of opposition to the creation of a double glazing factory and showroom
on the site. Derwentside District [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>UK: Park to lose streamside poplars, unneeded thinning planned too</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-park-to-lose-stream-side-poplars-unneeded-thinning-planned-too/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-park-to-lose-stream-side-poplars-unneeded-thinning-planned-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-park-to-lose-stream-side-poplars-unneeded-thinning-planned-too/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The trees – 23 poplars – line the stream which runs towards the
woodland area and are a landmark feature of the grounds. But they were
planted in 1961 and, as poplars only tend to live for around 50 years,
are approaching the twilight of their lifespan. Experts have deemed
them unsafe and recommend they are chopped down, as [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/uk-park-to-lose-stream-side-poplars-unneeded-thinning-planned-too/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>UK: Forests Defenders protest embassy on behalf of Tasmanian Forests</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/uk-forests-defenders-protest-embassy-on-behalf-od-tasmanian-forests/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/uk-forests-defenders-protest-embassy-on-behalf-od-tasmanian-forests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protection culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solidarity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/uk-forests-defenders-protest-embassy-on-behalf-od-tasmanian-forests/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[British activists marked Australia Day by climbing trees and hanging
banners in front of the Australian High Commission in London to
highlight the continued destruction of Tasmania&#8217;s old growth and high
conservation value forests. This action has coincided with British MP
Norman Baker&#8217;s decision to table an early motion in parliament
regarding recent roading operations in the Upper Florentine Valley. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/uk-forests-defenders-protest-embassy-on-behalf-od-tasmanian-forests/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>UK: Move to privatize woodland makes many march to keep it free</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/uk-move-to-privatize-woodland-makes-many-march-to-keep-it-free/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/uk-move-to-privatize-woodland-makes-many-march-to-keep-it-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/uk-move-to-privatize-woodland-makes-many-march-to-keep-it-free/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 people took part in a march through Stapleton as fears
grow about plans to privatise woodland next to the River Frome.
Walkers who use the woods next to Snuff Mills Park are worried that
the new landowner wants to fence off part of it for private use.
Temporary fences have been set up around the same [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/uk-move-to-privatize-woodland-makes-many-march-to-keep-it-free/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>UK: Destroyed lands need to be &#8216;restored&#8217; to the original state of 	destroyedness?</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/23/uk-destroyed-lands-need-to-be-restored-to-the-original-state-of-destroyedness/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/23/uk-destroyed-lands-need-to-be-restored-to-the-original-state-of-destroyedness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deane's Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/23/uk-destroyed-lands-need-to-be-restored-to-the-original-state-of-destroyedness/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I never cease to be amazed at how western mind can find so much virtue
in being caustic and hurtful towards an ecosystem. What&#8217;s even more
amazing is how often they claim that destroyed lands need to be
&#8216;restored&#8217; to the original state of destroyedness. It&#8217;s as if nature&#8217;s
natural way of forest recovery and soil replenishment is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: A Greenbelt forest much loved by Gypsies is destroyed without a 	permit</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/23/uk-a-greenbelt-forest-much-loved-by-gypsies-is-destroyed-without-a-permit/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/23/uk-a-greenbelt-forest-much-loved-by-gypsies-is-destroyed-without-a-permit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/23/uk-a-greenbelt-forest-much-loved-by-gypsies-is-destroyed-without-a-permit/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A farrier who is facing prosecution for illegally felling trees in the
Green Belt says he would do it again. Philip Gray, 37, cleared more
than 70 trees behind his home in Bridge Lane, Virginia Water, without
applying for planning permission. He intends to create a horse riding
centre with a public footpath on the site even though Runnymede
Council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Corrupt Countrycare cuts Oak forest heart out of Norton Heath 	Preserve</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/22/uk-corrupt-countrycare-cuts-oak-forest-heart-out-of-norton-heath-preserve/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/22/uk-corrupt-countrycare-cuts-oak-forest-heart-out-of-norton-heath-preserve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corrupt environmentalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thinning harms forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/22/uk-corrupt-countrycare-cuts-oak-forest-heart-out-of-norton-heath-preserve/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m absolutely furious. I can&#8217;t believe they have come and cut down
all the oak trees. They are absolutely tearing it to pieces. You can
see right through the woodland. They have annihilated it. They have
just gone in there and started cutting everything down and some of
those oak trees must be 80 years old. I remember them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Government &amp; Forest advocates unite to write a five-year action 	plan</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/uk-government-forest-advocates-unite-to-write-a-five-year-action-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/uk-government-forest-advocates-unite-to-write-a-five-year-action-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest protection purchased]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/uk-government-forest-advocates-unite-to-write-a-five-year-action-plan/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Forestry Commission and Natural England have joined forces with
more than 100 organizations, representing woodland owners, forestry
businesses, conservation and local communities to create a new
five-year action plan for trees and woodlands in England. A press
release from the Forestry Commission said that the ultimate goal of
the new partnership was to deliver a healthier landscape for wildlife
and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/uk-government-forest-advocates-unite-to-write-a-five-year-action-plan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>UK: How much can forests contribute to mitigation of climate change?</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/uk-how-much-can-forests-contribute-to-mitigation-of-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/uk-how-much-can-forests-contribute-to-mitigation-of-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate policy forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/uk-how-much-can-forests-contribute-to-mitigation-of-climate-change/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[17-minute video presentation, produced by FAO and the Forestry
Commission of the United Kingdom, shows how much forests can
contribute to the mitigation of climate change, stressing the
importance of reversing forest loss. Forests store more carbon than
all the world&#8217;s remaining oil stocks. Continuing deforestation and
forest degradation account for almost one-fifth of the world&#8217;s
greenhouse gas emissions – more [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/uk-how-much-can-forests-contribute-to-mitigation-of-climate-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>UK: Felling of the avenue of 28 historic trees on the Avebury estate 	in Wiltshire</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/16/uk-felling-of-the-avenue-of-28-historic-trees-on-the-avebury-estate-in-wiltshire/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/16/uk-felling-of-the-avenue-of-28-historic-trees-on-the-avebury-estate-in-wiltshire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infestation fanaticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/16/uk-felling-of-the-avenue-of-28-historic-trees-on-the-avebury-estate-in-wiltshire/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The avenue of 28 historic trees on the Avebury estate in Wiltshire
leads up to a world famous stone circle. But for the last five years
the 70-year-old trees, each more than 20ft tall, have been fighting an
infection of Phytopthora (or bleeding canker). The disease causes
black gum to ooze from the tree&#8217;s bark and eventually leads to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: 100 trees unnecessarily chopped ruins Suffolk village&#8217;s charm</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/13/uk-100-trees-unnecessarily-chopped-ruins-suffolk-villages-charm/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/13/uk-100-trees-unnecessarily-chopped-ruins-suffolk-villages-charm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/13/uk-100-trees-unnecessarily-chopped-ruins-suffolk-villages-charm/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A IDYLLIC Suffolk village has had its picture postcard image ruined
after nearly 100 trees were felled in two weeks. The woodland ran
along one side of the lane through Wixoe and was blocking villagers&#8217;
view of Wixoe Pumping Station. Villagers were upset and angry after
the willow trees were removed to make cricket bats and also avoid the
spread [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/13/uk-100-trees-unnecessarily-chopped-ruins-suffolk-villages-charm/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>UK: Unnecessary, botched and over-zealous maintenance in Oxhey Woods</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/uk-unnecessary-botched-and-over-zealous-maintenance-in-oxhey-woods/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/uk-unnecessary-botched-and-over-zealous-maintenance-in-oxhey-woods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[When a forest recovers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/uk-unnecessary-botched-and-over-zealous-maintenance-in-oxhey-woods/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is it about people with chainsaws who think that it&#8217;s ok to
disregard and even try and re-educate those who don&#8217;t think the places
they enjoy need the trees &#8220;managed,&#8221; as in logging? &#8211;Deane
Residents living near Oxhey Woods say unnecessary, botched and over
zealous council maintenance work has brought devastation to the
historic beauty spot. Three Rivers District [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/uk-unnecessary-botched-and-over-zealous-maintenance-in-oxhey-woods/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>UK: Twenty Acre Wood logging without telling those who use the area most</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/uk-twenty-acre-wood-logging-without-telling-those-who-use-the-area-most/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/uk-twenty-acre-wood-logging-without-telling-those-who-use-the-area-most/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/uk-twenty-acre-wood-logging-without-telling-those-who-use-the-area-most/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lack of transparency in the determination of which trees get cut
is a big problem when it comes to regrowing a healthy forest.
Transparency is essential because those who think they know how to
care for a forest too often haven&#8217;t a clue that deadwood, disease and
rot is essential to soil cycling, food chain stabilization, and
overall fecundity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Encouraging people to become outdoor scientists</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/07/uk-encouraging-people-become-outdoor-scientists/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/07/uk-encouraging-people-become-outdoor-scientists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eco-Education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/07/uk-encouraging-people-to-become-outdoor-scientists/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new project has been launched to encourage people to become outdoor
scientists. The Open Air Laboratories, set up in partnership by South
Hams-based charity Moor Trees and Plymouth University, aims to engage
with local communities and encourage them to take an interest in
native woodlands, plants and animals.

Over the past 10 years, Moor
Trees, which operates four native woodland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Plans submitted to turn Watling Wood in Leadgate into a factory</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/05/uk-plans-submitted-turn-watling-wood-factory/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/05/uk-plans-submitted-turn-watling-wood-factory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subdividing the forest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/05/uk-plans-submitted-to-turn-watling-wood-in-leadgate-into-a-factory/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A planning application to a replace a community woodland with a
factory and showroom is being recommended for approval &#8211; despite
objections from environmentalist David Bellamy. The eminent
conservationist backed the campaign to save three acres of Watling
Wood in Leadgate, near Consett, which he planted with school children
in the early 90s. Gary Hall Double Glazing and Conservatories, of
Blackhill, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Escaped Beaver terrorizes Cornwall in search for mate</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/31/uk-escaped-beaver-terrorizes-cornwall-in-search-for-mate/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/31/uk-escaped-beaver-terrorizes-cornwall-in-search-for-mate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/31/uk-escaped-beaver-terrorizes-cornwall-in-search-for-mate/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A hunt is under way for an escaped beaver that has left a trail of
felled trees during its search for a mate. It is described as docile
and &#8220;family-orientated&#8221; despite being able to fell trees with its
sharp teeth. The beaver weighs 40kg &#8211; about six stones, and was
brought to the UK five years ago from Bavaria, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK: 15 years after extinction declared the Pine Martin has returned</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/29/uk-15-years-after-extinction-declared-the-pine-martin-has-returned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PINE MARTENS have returned to Welsh woodlands 15 years after they were
declared extinct. Experts believed the cat-sized mammals had died out
in Wales and England in 1994, but DNA evidence indicates the
carnivorous predators are patrolling the Cwm Rheidol Valley, near
Aberystwyth, for the first time in 50 years.

A report also suggested
there are populations of the shy crea- [...]]]></description>
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