Managing Existing Trees and Woodlands

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Write a management plan. This should be based on a field and literature survey. See ‘Making Biodiversity Happen’. You should record:

Decide on your management objectives. Biodiversity and amenity (rather than the production of timber) will probably be the main purposes of woods on a campus. Depending on the character of the wood, improving biodiversity may involve:

Apply general management techniques. These will apply to virtually all woodlands being managed with a biodiversity objective.