Community woodlands
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Community woodlands, eller lokalsamfundsskove, er skovområder, hvor selve lokalsamfundet har taget styringen eller deler ejerskabet og forvaltningen. Det centrale i konceptet er, at skoven ikke udelukkende betragtes som en kilde til tømmer eller økonomisk afkast, men som et værdifuldt fælles aktiv, der skal tjene dem, der bor i nærområdet.
I disse projekter er det typisk lokale foreninger, fonde eller borgergrupper, der står for beslutningerne om, hvordan skoven skal plejes og udvikles, hvilket sikrer en demokratisk medindflydelse, som statslige eller kommercielle aktører sjældent tilbyder. Formålet med sådanne skove er ofte multifunktionelt, da man forsøger at forene bevarelse af natur og biodiversitet med sociale behov som rekreation, udendørs undervisning og fremme af den generelle folkesundhed.
Fordi borgerne føler et stærkt ejerskab og medansvar, bliver skoven ofte et naturligt samlingspunkt for lokale begivenheder og fysisk aktivitet. Samtidig er der en løbende indsats for at opretholde en bæredygtig balance, hvor man sikrer, at den menneskelige brug ikke går på kompromis med beskyttelsen af dyre- og planteliv. Samlet set handler community woodlands om at forankre forvaltningen af naturen lokalt, så den udvikler sig til et fælles gode, der både gavner miljøet og styrker sammenholdet i lokalsamfundet.
Siden bærer titlen "Types of greenspace" og er en del af Forest Research. Indholdet fokuserer på at definere og beskrive forskellige former for grønne områder i by-miljøer. Siden forklarer, hvordan disse områder tilsammen udgør en vigtig "grøn infrastruktur", der kan forbedre miljøkvaliteten, fremme sundheden og skabe bedre levevilkår for lokalsamfundet.
Siden Community Woods er en del af organisationen Woodland Trust. Indholdet fungerer som en vejledningsportal, der hjælper lokalsamfund med at etablere, finansiere og forvalte egne skovområder. Siden tilbyder praktisk rådgivning om alt fra køb af jord og plantning til vedligeholdelse og fundraising.
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.