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PE01812: Protect Scotland's remaining ancient, native and semi-native woodlands and woodland floors

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PE01812: Protect Scotland's remaining ancient, native and semi-native woodlands and woodland floors

Petitioner: Audrey Baird and Fiona Baker on behalf of Help Trees Help Us

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Closing Date for Online Petition: 05 August 2020

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to deliver world-leading legislation giving Scotland's remaining fragments of ancient, native and semi-native woodlands and woodland floors full legal protection before COP 26 (UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow in November 2021.

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• Do you agree ancient woodlands are irreplaceable, national treasures that deserve the highest levels of legal protection in order that future generations are able to benefit from them?

• According to SNH’s website, Scotland has much less woodland than other European countries and less than half of Scotland’s woodlands are in good condition. This is due to problems of poor management and neglect, over and under-grazing, invasive species and pathogens, fragmentation and climate change. Do our ancient and semi-native woodlands need our help?

• The Scottish Government is currently consulting on its National Planning Policy Framework 4. This Framework will guide planning policy in our country until 2050. Should our remaining ancient and native woodlands be considered as priceless, irreplaceable assets and granted full legal protection?

• Our woodlands are threatened by new developments, over grazing, mountain bike trails, invasive species, pollution, climate change and others. Do our ancient and native woodlands, which have helped to sustain, inspire and console us for centuries, deserve full legal protection now?

• The natural world and ‘green spaces’ are increasingly recognised as having positive impacts on our physical and mental health and wellbeing. Is it acceptable that our most treasured ancient and native woodlands can be legally desecrated?

I firmly believe that the presence of green spaces open to the public are of great importance to the health of everyone, and we must fight for them to remain. It is ludicrous that some places are striving to create these kind of areas when other councils' planning committees allow the destruction of old or established woodlands.

Catriona Malan

14:51 on 07 Jul 2020

It may be that in damaging the environment we provided perfect conditions for Covid-19 to proliferate, having been dormant for decades. Protect the environment, stop the virus.

Adrian Stabler

10:06 on 07 Jul 2020

If we don't care for our planet, who will? I am a third-generation Scot living in the USA. I feel we must ALL do what we can to preserve our planet and ecosystems before it's too late. The human race could depend on it. Save the forests, otherwise, we develop our way to extinction.

Sandra J Wethy

9:18 on 07 Jul 2020

Scotlnd is a furward thinking country but with the longstanding climate crisis, the drastic effects on the environment it is vital to not only plant more trees but to protect the ancient, mature and beautiful woodland you already have. With the 3.5 billion promised today for green issues I hope Scotland and tree planting and protection with be a top prioity !!

ElizabethTyrrell

9:07 on 07 Jul 2020

Irreplaceable, do the right thing and protect us all immediately

Angela Forsyth

21:36 on 06 Jul 2020

I can not believe you would even contemplate taking away our green space all the local schools use this to learn about nature and wildlife all you are teaching them is how do destroy and displace There are plenty of other sites to use without harming our wildlife taking away their homes and moving the bulldozers in You should be ashamed

Nikki Slevin

15:27 on 06 Jul 2020

This is a timeous and excellent proposal which I support whole-heartedly. As a nation which purports to promote environmental sustainability and ecological stewardship, this type of progressive legislation is overdue. The logic and scientific argument in favour or establishing enhanced legal protection is sound. Landowners cannot be permitted to run roughshod, destructive and vandal-like over ancient, sensitive and unique local ecosystems. Ancient (and semi-native) woodlands and the floor habitats that support our indigenous species are 'irreplaceable' - that last word should worry us all with good reason. Now has come the point to show real action and true meaningfulness if we are to reflect the spirit of global environmental responsibility going forward. A modern, forward-looking 21st century country must view this as a obligation and not prevaricate on delivering these essential changes. It cannot be rationally contradicted or intelligently countered that Scotland has a duty to do this for present and future generations.

Alan John Campbell

13:56 on 06 Jul 2020

Woods are so good for our mental and emotional well being. So, in some cases they save the NHS from having to treat patients with CBT etc.

Pat Oliver

10:49 on 06 Jul 2020

We need to save our natural forests for the whole planet

Kathy Quinn Archambeau

23:34 on 05 Jul 2020

This is massively important

Mike Downing

21:30 on 05 Jul 2020

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