Description of the Woodland Trust

Founded in 1972 by Kenneth Watkins, the Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and relies on the support of its many members and other supporters to continue its work. The Trust has four main aims:

1. Preventing further loss of ancient woodland

2. Restoring and improving woodland biodiversity

3. Expanding the area of new native woods

4. Increasing people's understanding and enjoyment of woods and their importance

Ancient woodland, small broadleaved woods, spinneys and copses had been plundered during the World War II as part of the war effort or subsequently planted with softwoods to meet the commercial needs of the country after the war, until only a small percentage of ancient woodland was left. What remains is still often under threat from road building, industrial and housing developments. The prevailing attitude in authority has been, and to some extent remains, that woodlands are expendable or that they are there to be exploited. Over the last 30 years the Trust has acquired more than 1,000 woodland sites covering over 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres).

Not only do the trust buy and protect existing ancient woodland, they also purchase land and plant new woods, especially where these can expand or link existing Trust woods.

The trust operates in England, Scotland, Nothern Ireland and Wales

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