Wildland Bibliography
Wildland
Information
What
is Wildland?
KEEPERS OF TIME - a
Policy for England's Ancient Woodland
>A response to the consultation on England's Forestry Strategy
>Strategy for England Trees, Woods and Forests
- a commentary
Wildland Network News
MAKING
WILDLAND PAY - Knepp Estate, 6th Meeting
REWILDING MIDDLE ENGLAND: Cropston, 5th meeting
SCARY OR WHAT?: Cirencester - 4th meeting
WILDLAND IN WALES: Machynlleth, 3rd meeting
NATURE IN CHARGE: Newton Rigg & Ennerdale, 2nd meeting
WILDLAND IN BRITAIN:
Leeds, first meeting
ssenredliW
- what does it mean?
2008
"These animals disappeared for a reason,
because they were competing with our own needs"
Beavers to be reintroduced to Scotland - Conservationists believe the
mammals will help create a healthier and more varied habitat, but the
proposals are likely to be opposed by local farmers, Guardian, 18 August
2008
"learning the lessons of
successful moorland management from its neighbours and concentrating on
habitat management and predator control"
RSPB accused over birds on flagship reserve, Charles Clover, Daily
Telegraph 23 April 2008
"The lack of woodland
management has led to rapid declines in specialist woodland wildlife, like
the rare and beautiful Pearl-bordered Fritillary"
Help save vanishing creatures, Salisbury Journal, 20 March 2008
"Grey wolves in the
northern Rocky mountains are thriving and no longer need protection"
Howls of protest as America declares open season on grey wolves, Robin
McKie, The Observer, 24 February 2008
"The RSPB does not have
any axe to grind against any sport unless it affects the conservation
issues and then we would be very much against it"
RSPB criticised over shooting on reserve, Paul Eccleston, Daily Telegraph
11 January 2008
2007
"There's a deep cultural
resistance to the idea of land no longer being farmed"
Wilder parks can tame climate change threat, Ed Douglas, The Observer, 23
December 2007
"grazing animals manage
the land, keeping it cropped and tidy and attractive to visitors"
Walk in the enchanted forest, Anna Shepard, travel, The Times 17 November
2007
"Shoot a moose and you
have saved the equivalent of two long-haul flights"
Moose with wind are ‘worse than gas guzzlers’, Roger Boyes, The Times 23
August 2007
"Woodlands are managed in
such a way now that they are the shadiest they have been for thousands of
years
Bringing sunshine into the woods should stop decline of butterflies,
Valerie Elliot, Times 21 July 2007
"We must increase our
efforts to restore and manage lowland heathland
Woodlark population takes off, thanks to set-aside land, Lewis Smith,
Times 16 July 2007
"Detested the barren
hills of Scotland
Three million trees planted in largest native woodland plan, David Ross,
The Herald 3 July 2007
"Re-wilding, creating
woodlands and heathlands
The middle class have hijacked the English countryside for themselves,
Madeleine Bunting, The Grauniad 23 April 2007
"Naurally maintain one of
Britain's most sensitive eco-systems
Ethical Living, Lucy Siegle, The Observer Magazine, 4 March 2007
"Now we should fear for
the wild"
We used to fear the wild. Now we should fear for the wild......, Simon
Barnes, Wild Notebook, The Times, 3 February 2007
"A true British
wilderness"
Britain's forgotten wilderness - less than an hour from Norwich, John
Vidal, The Grauniad, 8 January 2007
2006
"This doesn't imply
fencing humans out and allowing vast tracts of countryside to revert to
wilderness"
The bigger picture, Martin Hodgson, The Grauniad 29 November 2006
"Dyfi Valley, Uluru and
Yellowstone"
Stunning valley's membership of an exclusive eco club hangs in balance,
Western mail 18th October 2006
"Born to be wild"
Trust’s edict leads to howls of protest, this is Hampshire 28 September
2006
"Do away with farming and
the countryside will be nothing - back to wilderness in no time at all"
Archbishop fears for future of countryside, Yorkshire Post Today 13 July
2006
"The anthem of summer -
more Romanticism"
Gordon Brown, death by droning, Times 12 June 2006 & Raise a glass (and
sound the flute) to the creators of our pastoral dream, Times 19 January
2006 - both Rachel Campbell-Johnston
"The modern version of
the pre-Romantic wilderness"
Return of the native - Indigenous trees rekindle the spirit of our
pre-industrial land, and are a big brother to birds, bulbs and bugs, Monty
Don, Observer, 5th February 2006
"Managed grazing prevents
most sites reverting to wild forest"
Return of the native - Green groups are increasingly buying farmland to
return it to vanished wilderness, Owen Bowcott, Guardian, 30th December
2005
2005
"But we cant call it
wilderness in Scotland"
Scotland 'to lead the way in attracting wilderness tourists', Fordyce
Maxwell, The Scotsman, 4th November 2005
"Forgetting how people
once felt about bears and packs of wolves"
Now in its 11th consecutive year! - Catherine Bennet, Grauniad (Guardian)
13th October 2005
"Without cattle the
countryside becomes an empty wilderness"
Vaccinated steak and chips, please - Magnus Linklater, The Times, 5th
October 2005
Conservation Speak NEW
Treeless Forests
Heroes
and Villains
MARINE
CONSERVATION SOCIETY AND THE NATIONAL TRUST, PEMBROKESHIRE
SCOTLAND AND WALES
>Wild
land or rewilding?
>How wild
should Wales be?
