Proposed all-party parliamentary group for the protection of ancient woodland

[10 Bears]

Ancient woodland in the UK is more at threat from development at this time then at any time previously. There is a proposed all-party parliamentary group (APPG) looking to raise awareness of the value of ancient woodland in parliament, with a focus on trying to understand the threats and to take additional steps to protect it.

 

This proposed group is to be chaired by Rebecca Pow MP, the first meeting of the group will take place on Tuesday 20th October, however, for the APPG to work, it will need a wide show of support by MP's if the group is to be formalised and have any power.

 

So, this is where you come in. You just need to go to the following web page, fill out your details in a webform and write to your MP asking them to attend the meeting or show their support:

 

APPG Ancient woodland - Woodland Trust

 

As it says on the Woodland Trust website, "In order to establish the new group formally as an APPG, we need a strong turnout at this first meeting".

 

So, please write to your MP and try to encourage them to attend and help afford our ancient woodlands more protection from development...

[sandspider]

Done, for what it's worth. My MP is a bit useless.

[10 Bears]

Forgot to mention, using the webform to send the email takes a matter of seconds - no need for a long email, it's pre populated with a message.

[Gary Prentice]

Done.

[billpierce]

also done, the title of the thread "proposed all-party" caught my attention!

[David Humphries]

Will be interesting to know how many MP's actually do turn up to the meeting.

 

 

 

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[10 Bears]

Yes, I will do what I can regarding a follow up to see who actually goes...

[10 Bears]

Well, I have tried extensively to find a list of those who attended or sent their support - but I cannot get access to the information, short of paying for a freedom of information request.

 

Either way, the meeting turned out to be a success and the APPG was officially formed which should only be a good thing.

 

A bit more information on what happened is available here:

 

http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/our-campaigns/appg-ancient-woodland/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wt_govtaffairs_october2015

[daltontrees]

Well, I have tried extensively to find a list of those who attended or sent their support - but I cannot get access to the information, short of paying for a freedom of information request.

 

Either way, the meeting turned out to be a success and the APPG was officially formed which should only be a good thing.

 

A bit more information on what happened is available here:

 

APPG Ancient woodland - Woodland Trust

 

I missed all this first time around. Being in Scotland I am aware that Wetminster has scottish MPs but has no jurdistiction over scottish policy that might affect AV trees. So I could hassle my MP to get involved but it would be pointless, unless (and hopefully) someone can tell me otherwise.

[Island Lescure]

If you want to save some ancient woodland now:

Planning application Smithy Wood - Woodland Trust

 

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