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Greening the grey areas

By: Language: English Series: Surveyor (PWW) ; 171(5026) 29 December 1988/5 January 1989, 1Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: Reports on the Countryside Commission `s attempts to persuade local authorities to consider a change of forestry policy from vast conifer afforestation in highland areas to a deciduous/coniferous mix in the lowlands. Advocates the establishment of fringe forests in and around major cities - urban forestry , and the planting of a new "New Forest" in the Midlands. Describes forestry initiatives already underway.

Reports on the Countryside Commission `s attempts to persuade local authorities to consider a change of forestry policy from vast conifer afforestation in highland areas to a deciduous/coniferous mix in the lowlands. Advocates the establishment of fringe forests in and around major cities - urban forestry , and the planting of a new "New Forest" in the Midlands. Describes forestry initiatives already underway.