Originally posted by Richard Tarleton
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I was only dealing, there, with the etymology of "forest". I am with you entirely, regarding grazing herbivores. An important issue is that of what tree species to plant if one intends to intervene in succession. A good friend used to farm a couple of miles west of the RSPB reserve to the west of Rhandirmwyn, Carmarthenshire. His own farm was quite small but he rented a large expanse of 'unimproved' rough hill pasture on which to graze his sheep. That land was owned by the Economic Forestry Group. Once they got round to planting it, he lost that foraging to a vast swathe of fast-growing conifers. That is not the ideal sort of tree-planting we need. A further spread of the oak woodland of the area would, I feel, have been far more advantageous in ecological terms. -
"Planting 2 billion trees in the next 20 years would be the equivalent of sowing 100 million a year, so Corbyn’s promise to plant more than that 10 years ahead of the target effectively doubles the requirement.
That is the equivalent of three trees planted every second, day and night.
While this sounds incredible, it is not beyond the bounds of possibility. One man in Northumberland who has launched a private woodland has planted more than 2 million trees in 12 years"
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The Labour plan is ambitious but not out of sync with expert thinking.
Talking about what is physically possible, if one man can plant 2,000,000 in 20 years (he actually did it in 12 years), 1,000 men could plant 2,000,000,000. Or 10,000 men would take half the time (not everyone is a fanatic!).Comment
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Brian Aldridge will be along in a minute to tell you otherwise .... mark my wordsOriginally posted by Andy Freude View Post"Planting 2 billion trees in the next 20 years would be the equivalent of sowing 100 million a year, so Corbyn’s promise to plant more than that 10 years ahead of the target effectively doubles the requirement.
That is the equivalent of three trees planted every second, day and night.
While this sounds incredible, it is not beyond the bounds of possibility. One man in Northumberland who has launched a private woodland has planted more than 2 million trees in 12 years"
Verdict
The Labour plan is ambitious but not out of sync with expert thinking.
Talking about what is physically possible, if one man can plant 2,000,000 in 20 years (he actually did it in 12 years), 1,000 men could plant 2,000,000,000. Or 10,000 men would take half the time (not everyone is a fanatic!).
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He'd better write to the Guardian then! I know nothing.Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostBrian Aldridge will be along in a minute to tell you otherwise .... mark my wordsComment
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He won't be around until Sunday morning at the earliest, and even then he'll just be repeating himself as a man on the Penny Hassett omnibus.Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostBrian Aldridge will be along in a minute to tell you otherwise .... mark my wordsComment
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Then there's this - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49151523Originally posted by Joseph K View PostComment
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[QUOTE=LMcD;765350]I can't claim any credit for that, it was Sidney Grapes what did the hard work! I was lucky enough to find a copy of the second collection of letters in a charity shop, and it sits on the bookshelf beside my desk ready to provide a bit of perspective and humour when necessary, especially Aunt Agatha's Postscripts. This is one I like - and not entirely irrelevant I think. "It's good to change your mind now and again - it keeps it clean"Originally posted by oddoneout View PostComment
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Any female tree-planters spring gracefully to mind?Comment
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In my experience it's an equal-opportunities, gender-neutral world in professional nature conservation, environmental and countryside management these days, if that's what you're askingOriginally posted by greenilex View Post
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I mentioned supply, and tree nurseries, above. A correspondent in today's Times reminds us of the biosecurity issues with tree planting. Of course all planted trees should be from native stock. Ash die-back disease comes from eastern Asia....Comment
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is the Woodland Trust still correct about 95% Ash lost? There was a recent story about Ash showing resistance more widely than expected - good news if it proves correct, indeed very little evidence of die-back of Ash on a friend's farm in Suffolk. Of course vigilance over bio-security remains top priority.Comment
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50420207 (also mentioned last week on BBC Look East)Originally posted by gradus View Post
If I may make a general point - one applicable to all parties and all pledges and policies: as long as politicians continue to promise not to increase taxes, the electorate will continue to vote for them and continue in the naive belief that everything - from policing, health and social care, defence and education to the planting of trees - can continue to be provided to a satisfactory level on the cheap.Last edited by LMcD; 01-12-19, 06:50.Comment
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And some people STILL want this evil little sh*t to be PM ?
And this ?
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And on the other side of the divide, this snivelling spineless little s*it would let them all out on the streets
Fewer Smart things. More smart people.Comment
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