“Where do people think our wood comes from?”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nWe cannot pretend that forest management operations do not have an impact on the environment, on wildlife, and on the landscape. \u00a0At least we know that here in the UK we operate under the highest standards. \u00a0What about the 1 million tonnes of hardwoods\u00a0we import every year into the UK. \u00a0Are they sourced under the same high standards? \u00a0What about the timber miles from importation? \u00a0What about the moribund condition of our woodlands because owners are disengaged with the need to manage, and the subsequent loss of woodland biodiversity?<\/p>\n
Is the public response one of NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard)? \u00a0Or is that people have never thought in any detail about where the wood, that every one seems to appreciate, comes from?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sylva’s letter in The Guardian is published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}