HISTORIC DAY - 17 FEBRUARY 2011 - NEWS LINKS

HELLO!


I just want to say CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!! We have all done this together and we have come a long way :) You are all amazing! 


Going forward, I will try my best to keep posting news links here, twitter and Facebook. Today really has been quite an amazing day. I feel very happy and I am sure you too! Have a celebratory drink now :)


Below are some of many news links from today.

Government performs u-turn on forest sell off Forestry sell-off: public and political opposition forced U-turn Forest sell-off abandoned: I'm sorry, I got it wrong, says Caroline Spelman Defra's big issues: From forests and farming to badgers and biodiversity Caroline Spelman in 'humiliating' apology over forest sell-off Protesters celebrate forests U-turn Sale of forests in England scrapped UK forest sale plan scrapped after outcry Govt gives chop to forest rental scheme Government surrenders over forests Caroline Spelman: No one is too tall to be cut down to size by No 10's chainsaw Spelman takes rap for failed forest sell-off Spelman Axes Forest Sell-Off

News links - 15 Feb 2011

Some of today's news links:

National Forestry Sell-off - What's the real agenda?
Chris Ryan speaks up for Chopwell Wood campaigners
Campaigners in the Lake District warn that the battle for forests must continue
Sell-off 'threatens rare wildlife'
Government suspends forestry sale on “technical” issue
Defra's big issues: From forests and farming to badgers and biodiversity
It is the policy, not the trees, that is crashing down
Protecting the Public Forest Estate: Seizing the Moment
Brits to David Cameron: Save Our Forests!
Forests of course, but mostly a look back at set-aside

Monday - 14 February 2011

Some of today's links:


Chopwell Wood protest over sell-off plans
Thousands turn out to forest protest
Michael McCarthy: Our climate isn't the only green concern
Forest sell-off campaigners flock to wood
Forest sell off sparks furore
Hold on Forestry ‘sell off’ plans gives riders a boost
Businessman concerned about forest's future
Lewes MP refuses to throw "toys out of the pram" over forests sale
Petition started to protect woodland
Open Spaces Society brands forest sales halt a "tiptoe in the right direction"

News links - Sunday 13 February 2011

Some of today's news links:

Sell-off 'threatens rare wildlife'

MP’s pledge to protect wood access

Gallery: MP faces criticism at heated forest meeting

Government climbdown over plans to dispose of the New Forest

250 campaigners against forest privatisation attend protest meeting in York

News links - 11 February 2011

Some of the news links:

Forestry fighters dismiss 'U-turn'

Ministers halt some forest sales after public outcry

Government forced into embarassing u-turn on forest sell off

Ministers halt some forest sales after public outcry

'Panicking' ministers' forest retreat

Controversial sale of 15 per cent of England's publicly owned forests put on hold

UK postpones forest sell-off

Forest sales delayed amid review

Bid to protect Surrey's 'beautiful' woodland

Show your love for trees this Valentine’s Day

New Forest 'cannot be run by charity', says RSPB chief

Wildlife charity boss urges sale rethink

English forest sell-off on hold

English forest sell-off put on hold

Is the forests U-turn a victory for people power?

News links - 10 Feb 2011

Some of today's news links:

Charity fears for future of small forests

Forest sell-off full of holes says National Trust

MPs in opposition over sale of the New Forest

Council backs Thames Chase

Campaigners tell Government: Delamere Forest is NOT for sale

Forest sell-off plan ‘has lots of holes’

News links - 09 Feb 2011

Some of today's news links:

Plan to sell-off forests comes under spotlight

Dismayed by forests sell-off

David Cameron committed to forest sell-off plans

David Cameron 'busts some myths' on English forest consultation

Government scraps plans to sell off nature reserves

Greens appalled as MP backs talks on selling off our forests

MP gets hundreds of letters over forest sell-off plan

Bernard Ingham: Critics of forest ‘sale’ fail to see the wood for the trees

East Suffolk: Concern over forests grading

News links - 8 February 2011

Some of today's links:

Why forest sell-off plans are not in the public interest

Defra Secretary Spelman Signals Forestry Sale U-Turn

Is the Government about to wobble on forest sell-off?

Has the government done U-turns on forest and nature reserves sell-off?

Minister insists no "done deal" on forests

Forests sell-off is ‘a big mistake’, claims Nokes

'Insert name' letters make it hard to see wood from trees

Root and branch opposition to selling our green and pleasant land

Forests safe from sale

News links - 07 February 2011

Lost in the woods: The Tories' forest sell-off isn't all bad but pits them against an impassioned Middle England


Forest sell-off: why ministers are having trouble seeing the woods for the trees

Proposed sale of UK’s forests give KC the hump

Forest sell-off 'danger to rare wildlife'

Horse riding groups campaign against proposed forests sell-off

Caroline Spelman signals retreat on forest sell off

North East nature reserves saved from sell-off

Government confirms beauty spot sale is called-off

Green campaigners see red over plans to sell off forests

Woodland Protest Rally To Take Place in Lake District Forest

The real battle for our forests

Threatened forestry areas 'should be made wildlife zones'

News links - 04 February 2011

Some of today's news links. I am sorry for the delay.

Forest sell-off: MPs under pressure to vote down plans

Forests sell-off could mean parking chaos in New Forest

Burwash woodland under threat from massive forestry sell-off

Shropshire wildlife bosses warn over woodland sale plan

Government plans to sell-off public forests could affect future of Mortimer Forest

Allowing public land to be sold off is a threat to wildlife

Forestry shows us what is wrong with UK politics

A revealing fuss about forests

Ask MP to vote against plans

Forests can't be axed

Consultancy company buys our woodland

Tourism fears as Chase is left off ‘heritage’ list

Government's forestry plans threaten to fell biomass ambitions

Outdoor bodies pledge to fight ministers' land sell-off powers

GOVERNMENT TOLD TO 'GET ITS HANDS OFF' CUMBRIA'S FORESTS DURING BBC QUESTION TIME

Forest near Malmesbury to decide on future

Save our forests

Cyclists add to momentum against Government plan to privatise forests

Forests near Watlington, Nettlebed and Henley could be sold by the Government