Lancashire Woodlands Project

Actions

1.1 Landscape
Action Targets and Timescales Partners
1.1F Develop plan for managing landscape change due to loss of woodland and veteran trees through increased incidence of tree disease (e.g. Phytophthera ramorum, Chalara fraxinea).
Hold woodland management seminar/field visit
2014
Management plan developed
2015
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1.3 Habitats
Action Targets and Timescales Partners
1.3H Conserve and enhance native woodland through appropriate management (e.g. small-scale, traditional coppice techniques), aiming to maintain good structure and maximise biodiversity
Hold woodland management seminar/field visit
2014
Secure funding for at least 1 pilot woodfuel economy project
2016
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1.3G Support the creation of new native woodland in appropriate sites and the expansion of existing woodlands to reduce habitat fragmentation
Utilise woodland opportunities mapping to guide future woodland creation and expansion
2016 onwards
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2.1 Farming and Land Management
Action Targets and Timescales Partners
2.1H Support the development of local woodfuel economy, linked to improved woodland management and focusing on smaller and less-accessible sites
Commission research to collate evidence of existing and past traditional woodland management in the National Landscape
2014
Hold woodland management seminar/field visit
2014
Secure funding for at least 1 pilot 'woodfuel' project in the National Landscape
2016
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