Woodland Trust

Woodland Trust
Formation1972
Legal statusNon-profit company and registered charity
PurposeWoodland conservation
Location
Region served
UK
Membership
300,000[1]
Chief Executive
Darren Moorcroft[2]
Main organ
Board of Trustees[3]
Budget
£82.5 million[1]
Websitewww.woodlandtrust.org.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland conservation charity in the United Kingdom and is concerned with the creation, protection, and restoration of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 50 million trees since 1972.[4]

The Woodland Trust has three aims: to protect ancient woodland which is rare, unique and irreplaceable, to promote the restoration of damaged ancient woodland, and to plant native trees and woods to benefit people and wildlife.[5]

The Woodland Trust maintains ownership of over 1,000 sites covering over 24,700 hectares (247 square kilometres; 95 square miles)Of this, 8,070ha (33%) is ancient woodland.[6] It ensures public access to its woods.[7]

  1. ^ a b Woodland Trust (February 2024). "Report and Accounts 31 May 2023". www.woodlandtrust.org.uk. Woodland Trust. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Our Chief Executive".
  3. ^ "Our Trustees". woodlandtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ^ "We Plant Trees". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ Woodland Trust. "What We Do". woodlandtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  6. ^ Woodland Trust. "The current state of ancient woodland restoration" (PDF). woodlandtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. ^ Woodland Trust. "Access to woodland - the Woodland Trust's position". woodlandtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2019.