Robustness and the resilience of woodlands.
by Lewis, 28 September, 2018, 2 comments
Over the centuries, our woodlands have experienced (to a degree) a relatively stable environment - both in terms of climate and biological ‘incursions’. There have been occasional ‘perturbations’ some climate or weather related - such as the Great Storm of 1987 and some biological such as Dutch Elm Disease in the 1970’s.
Our woodlands have been managed largely on the basis of this stability - a relatively constant biological and physical environment. However now, climate change is an established fact and the number of biological threats to our native flora and fauna has increased significantly in recent times. Climate change has seen the advance of Spring and more ‘extreme weather’ [for example, drought, high winds] plus the large scale movement / importation of trees, timber and plants from many different parts of the world has lead to the introduction of various pathogens and pests. Read more...
