Un Happy Thread (tornado, record, 2013, world)

[P London]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Yes, I know. I never claimed they were native - just that conifers have been planted in areas. Does it matter if they're native species or not?

For what it's worth, I would welcome the introduction of previously extinct species, but it's easy to see why they went extinct in the first place, and it certainly wasn't stupidity, because there was a blatant disregard for anything back then - that was just the mindset. It was a period of exceptional growth and industrialisation, without which we would not be the country we are today.

Its very easy to see why the animals where extinct, true but its also quite easy (if the UK government puts its mind to it) to bring back the lost wilderness of the UK. Its very plausible to reintroduce animals. One example is the Lynx, they can easily be reintroduced into Most if not all large forested areas of the UK even in Southeast England!

The main problem with this Country is that we now associate the rolling generic farmland and Moorland with natural countryside which is the opposite of the truth. Virtually all used land needs to be converted to Forest and wetland but that will never ever happen if we don't have a balanced ecosystem. Lynx is perfect to balance the ecosystem by hunting the destructive red and roe deer.

“These animals mainly prey on deer and in many areas of the country deer numbers are out of control – they are holding back the regeneration of forest because of the damage they can do.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/10080527/Wild-lynx-to-be-brought-back-to-British-countryside.html

Originally Posted by nei

I've been Snowdonia National Park. Most of the land was used for sheep grazing, even the mountains. If a part was left wild, you could have a nice forest. An English man living here said British environmentalists don't push for pro-forest policies since the forests have been gone for so long that they think the lack of forests is natural.

Exactly they think brown moorland is natural. Even if they left a bit of the National park to just grow it wouldn't because the deer would simply eat all the small shoots which they are doing already. What they need to do is reintroduce an animal like the Lynx to control deer numbers.

[P London]

Originally Posted by owenc

No well since all the forests are importes trees I wonder what a native forest looked like.

Are you serious you don't know what your native forests look like? That's horrendous

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by P London

Are you serious you don't know what your native forests look like? That's horrendous

Its probably same in england.

[P London]

No...we still have large patches of native forest

[Mac15]

Have you actually beem to the countryside??

[P London]

Originally Posted by owenc

Have you actually beem to the countryside??

Of course I've been to Rockingham forest, south downs, forest of dean near the welsh border, Epping forest and the peak district near Sheffield.

[Mac15]

Good for you.

[Weatherfan7]

Always going on about his "conservative values" and "disrespectful young people". Pot, kettle, black.

[patrix542]

its cold and cloudy... still didnt even reach 26c this year...

[nei]

I hate landscapers and their noise. Why do they spend so much time making a racket to cut a lawn down to 0.1" and making it overmanicured? It's not even for a nice garden just grass.