News links - 3rd Feb 2011

Some of today's links:

New Lakes Rally As Forest Sell-Off Plans Look To Cost Money

Westonbirt not a heritage forest according to govt

Senior Lib Dems call for rethink of forests sell-off plan

Peers seek assurances on access to privatised woodlands

Britain's forests are being sold off - and nature lovers are up in arms

Environment Secretary under fire over forest sale

Forest sale plan defended by PM David Cameron

Tory MP in warning on forests sale

Gloucester MP Richard Graham has confirmed that the Forest of Dean is not for sale

Seven Oxon forests could be sold

Horse riders add their weight to forestry fight

News links - 2nd Feb 2011

Forest sell-off plan becomes political battleground

Forest sell-off expected to make loss, government study shows

Forest sell off could cost taxpayer

Official: England's forest sell-off will cost more than it saves

Forest sell-off plan challenged

Poll: Is selling off England's forests 'fundamentally unsound'?

Wyre Forest Labour slam forest plans

''No cash benefit to selling off forests''

UK forests to be protected Labour plea urges county MP to rebel against plans to sell off county woodland The Northerner: Lake District sticks together over forest sell-off Fears over Cornwall forest sell-off Forest sell-off: how a private firm runs a wood Dalby Forest supporters urge people to fight sell-off National Trust opposes forestry sell-off

What is the press saying - Some Weekend news links- January 29 & 30 2011

Hi all

Apologies for the delay in posting these links - hope you will find them useful.  I try and post as many links as I can but this may not contain link to every news article.

Thank you, May, SBF.


Planned sale of Forestry Commission land causes stir


Monty Don: 'Why we must save our woodlands'

Paul Vallely: Stealing the common off the goose?

Green MP Warns of Growing Anger as 'reckless' Woodland Sell-off Plans Published

Don't let them plunder our forests

Investors find that money really does grow on trees

National Trust enters English forest sell-off row

National Trust could take over England's woodlands

National Trust ready to 'step in' and save English woodlands

Melvyn Bragg: sale of Lake District forests is 'vandalism'

Pressure mounts over forest sell off

Mixed reaction to Government plans for the Forest

PROTESTERS RALLY OVER FORESTS PLANS