Community woodlands
Det her forklare faktisk hvad min drøm er og hvad det er jeg ønsker - men jeg ønsker ikke kun være medlem i et sådan fælleskab, jeg vil bo midt i det, jeg vil have indflydelse og deltage aktivt i området hvor jeg bor, så det dækker omtrent alt.
(This actually kinds of sums up my vision of our neighborhood (if I was to build), but I don't just want to be part of a community woodland, I want to live in one, I want to have a say in and participate actively in the area where I live)
Tools and Resources - Community woodlands
Somewhere on the sliding scale from dark green ancient semi-natural woodland to bright grey urban town centres, the community woodland is more than an attractive fringe greenspace abridging town and country.
Community woodlands deliver an array of social, economic and environmental benefits when appropriately located, designed and maintained. Improving neighbourhood appeal and community liveability, community woodlands also provide a place for recreation and a place for wildlife. Design is all-important - the right (native) tree in the right place, open sweeping pathways with good visibility ahead, and a mix of grassland, wildflower meadow and stands of trees, community woodlands offer a little something to everyone.
Community woods
If you want to get involved, here's our advice and guidance, from funding to planning for the future.
The Economic and Social Benefits of Native Woods
Community Woodlands Association https://www.communitywoods.org/native-woods-project
The CWA Native Woods project will liaise with 4 diverse Scottish community woodland groups to identify and showcase the economic and social benefits of native woodlands.
What is a community woodland?
Fundamentally, 'community woodland' (CW) refers to any woodland where the local community has some de-gree of control over how the woodland is run or managed.
Creating a new community woodland
When a community decides it wants to be more involved in taking care of a local woodland, it is embarking on a journey that will be immensely rewarding and at times very challenging.
Benefits of a community woodland
First and foremost is a sense of place - of connecting people to the land. When you walk into a community woodland with someone from the community you can feel that it is a special place, that it is important to them in a way that is different from a woodland managed by an agency or a landowner.
Taking on more responsibility for a woodland means a great deal of work, but it is also an opportunity to be creative, to bring families into the woods and to improve a valuable resource. Put simply, the benefits can be environmental, social and economic.
Undertake woodland management
Woodland management is vital for community woodlands - it's planning the future - As trees are slow growing and long lived then woodland management has to take both a long term and a short term view. Short term is usually five years whilst long term is forty or fifty years. Access - for people and wildlife, sight lines, density of woodland cover, likely rate of tree growth are all considerations in management planning.
Engage in education and training
Educating the public and providing training opportunities is important for many Community Woodlands.
Work with Volunteers & Staff
Volunteers, and work with the community, are essential elements for community woodlands.
Community Woodland Case Studies
Llais y goedwig https://llaisygoedwig.org.uk/resources/case-studies/
Each community woodland group is unique and has its own story to tell. Here is a wide ranging library of community woodland case studies, written by Llais y Goedwig members, the Community Woodlands Association in Scotland and Forest Research.