The Potential Benefits and Challenges in Managing Hedges for Woodfuel

Mary Crossland
BSc Environmental Science

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1. The Potential Benefits and Challenges in Managing Hedges for Woodfuel Mary Crossland BSc Environmental Science
2. Past and Present
3. Over-Managed
4. Neglected
6. Rejuvenation and Revival
8. • Shelter • Food • Nesting and breeding sites • Sink /source populations • Wildlife corridors • Functional diversity Biodiversity Biodiversity Biodiversity
11. (Kotzageorgis, 1997) (Sparks et al., 1996)
12. Landscape
13. Regulatory Services • Water runoff • Erosion • Water quality • Air quality • Carbon storage
14. (Oreszczyn and Lane, 2000) Cultural Resistance
15. Conflict and Tension
16. Education
17. Advice and Guidance
18. (Wolton, 2012;2013) Economics
19. Suitable Hedges
21. Coppice and Chip Lay and Log
22. Incentives
24. References Kotzageorgis, G.C., Mason, C.F., 1997. Small mammal populations in relation to hedgerow structure in an arable landscape. Journal of Zoology 242, 425-434. Oreszczyn, S., Lane, A., 2000. The meaning of hedgerows in the English landscape: Different stakeholder perspectives and the implications for future hedge management. Journal of Environmental Management 60, 101-118. Sparks, T.H., Parish, T., Hinsley, S.A., 1996. Breeding birds in field boundaries in an agricultural landscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 60, 1-8. Wolton, R., 2012. The yield and cost of harvesting wood fuel from hedges in the Tamar Valley and Blackdowns AONBs, South-West England . European Cordiale Project. Wolton, R., 2013. Wood fuel from West Country hedges. Devon Hedge Group. Photos sourced from Hedgelink: www.hedgelink.org.uk