New Forest Save Our Forest
Petition and Campaign to stop this sell off.
My New Forest Save Our Forests information and petition links helped Stop this coalition government from making yet another error.
Please don't be complacent - we have made them back down but the New Forest may still be in danger in the future. Commoning Rights and the historical management of the New Forest need to be maintained.
Please read the Woodland Trust latest information and sign their petition to safeguard the UK forests for the future from planning changes and other changes which may now be brought in.
The Government, (since failing in its sell off plans earlier) have now set up an Independent Panel on Forestry. Find out more about it from the latest
Woodland Trust Campaign
to see if you need to comment. As I have said before we can't be complacent about our ancient woodland - it is far too valuable!
My New Forest Save Our Forests information will allow you to vote in petitions which are running, just by clicking on the following
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Woodland Trust Save Our Forests
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38 degrees petition
is an organisation for "people, power, change" and so far has nearly 500,000 signatures against this proposal! Please add your vote to reach 500,000 now! Thank you
Here are just some of my reasons for concern over this latest government proposal. It only relates to my experience of living within the New Forest UK National Park.
- Much of the New Forest is ancient woodland
- If you view its environmental worth then it is on a par with a rainforest
- Biodiversity is threatened by private owners building more leisure and recreational facilities - if £100 million will be raised the future purchasers will want a good return for their investment
- Public access may be restricted
- The New Forest is shaped by the active conservation measures of the
Commoners
as well as the Forestry Commission and private land owners
- The animals who feely graze and roam are viewed as a nuisance to some residents in properties within the New Forest - this is one reason why there are so many "Hit & Run" accidents involving animals each year - tourists generally cause less fatal animal accidents
- The Forestry Commission costs the taxpayer £10million per year, roughly 30p a year per taxpayer - (yet over £1billion has been paid out in Housing Benefit overpayments last year). The Forestry Commission is close to being self financing through timber sales - then why change it????
- Defra has been quoted as saying maintaining the "status quo" was not an option - in other words it cannot remain as it has done for 1000yrs
- This is to allow a "Big Society" approach to managing our futures - how can this have got this far already? Does the Big Society have to accept what the "Big Government" brings in and just accept it??? I think not - we are and always have been a democratic country.
- If they know they will raise £100 million by this first sell off and a further £370million by 2019 have they already got buyers for these forests? Who are they? How did they hear about the possible purchases?
- Leave the New Forest in the capable hands of the Foresrty Commission, forget Big Society. It just the latest branding a whiz kid has thought up. The New Forest is up against enough pressure just to maintain its present status quo - remember that term? It is a national treasure and once gone is irreplaceable.
Please add your comments (and photos) to the New Forest Save Our Forests form below and share your thoughts with others.
New Forest Save Our Forest - have your say
New Forest Save Our Forest is your chance to have your say about the Government selling off 15% of Forestry Commission land. Don't forget to add your pictures to show why the New Forest should remain untouched by this dreadful sell off.
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I hope that if enough people make their views known, by signing all the various petitions that there are, we can ensure that the Save Our Forests vote is strong enough to make the government rethink and that the beautiful New Forest UK National Park can remain as it is today, with stunning ancient woodlands in which wildlife can thrive and animals and people can roam freely.
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