The Government, in its great and infinite wisdom, plans to sell off large tracts of the UK’s forests to private companies to raise some cash – thus reversing laws which have protected them since the 13th century or in some cases even earlier. This is a spectacularly stupid and shortsighted piece of ‘planning’ – the Conservative Government tried to the the same in the 1990s, but were stopped by public pressure.
Sign the petition at 38 Degrees http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/save-our-forests#petition and help prevent the loss of our – and our children’s – natural heritage.