Nature belongs at the heart of all the vital decisions, debates and discussions shaping our shared future. Let's use UN Biodiversity #COP17Armenia as the springboard to #AddBiodiversity to complete the conversation!

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That echoes the debate in the UK. Different stakeholders approach from different positions: some from a utilitarian angle, wanting usable timber, other from a habitat restoration angle, wanting more biodiversity: some view woodland as a resource, others view it as a natural/native habitat.

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Only yesterday I was speaking to an aspiring forest owner who had left a patch of land for natural regeneration and ended up with a thicket of rhododendron. Sometimes deliberate planting is the only way.

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Notably all the sites were adjacent to established woodlands, which increases colonisation rates. Without a nearby source of seeds the trajectory is unlikely to be the same.

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Which is better for woodland creation: planting native species, or natural colonisation? The answer depends on your measure of success. New paper by Hughes et al. 🧪🌲🌳🌍 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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