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Ancient woods are many times scarcer in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK, yet are still (January 2007) being lost at an alarming rate, according to the results of a four-year project carried out by the Woodland Trust. ‘Back on the Map’, researched and recorded ancient and long-established woodland in Northern Ireland for the first time ever.

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  • Ancient woods are many times scarcer in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK, yet are still (January 2007) being lost at an alarming rate, according to the results of a four-year project carried out by the Woodland Trust. ‘Back on the Map’, researched and recorded ancient and long-established woodland in Northern Ireland for the first time ever.
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  • Ancient woods are many times scarcer in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK, yet are still (January 2007) being lost at an alarming rate, according to the results of a four-year project carried out by the Woodland Trust. ‘Back on the Map’, researched and recorded ancient and long-established woodland in Northern Ireland for the first time ever. The results of the project show that long-established woodland (that’s woodland dating back as far as 1830, but not proven ancient) now covers only 0.73 per cent of Northern Ireland. And only one-tenth of this, around 0.08 per cent of the Northern Ireland landscape, is ancient (land continuously wooded since at least 1600). By comparison, ancient woodland is thought to cover two per cent of Britain. Back on the Map involved four years of intensive research using old maps and records, as well as the field survey of 2,617 woods. Completion of the project puts Northern Ireland in line with England, Scotland and Wales, where similar inventories were produced around 20 years ago. In fact, the relatively small amount of old woodland remaining in Northern Ireland has enabled a more thorough and rigorous method of classification. The resulting inventory sets a gold standard for similar inventories elsewhere.
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