Bel's Wood

The goals of creating Bel’s Wood have always been 3 fold Increase biodiversity on the land Increase carbon capture by the land Create open access to the land for future generations to enjoy in 21 years time With COP26 now taking place I thought I would set out where the project has got to with these three aims as they align (in a very small way) to the COP26 goals  https://ukcop26.org/cop26-goals/ Increasing Biodiversity Biodiversity in the Cumbrian fells has been damaged for decades with subsidy for farming leading to grazing and the creation of monocultures of grass. Trees cannot regenerate even where there are mature trees available to do this or seed stock in the soil. Bel's Wood was a woodland once. The evidence is the presence of some beautiful mature trees and bluebells growing not only under trees but also in open areas which would once have been wooded. The oldest map I have found is from the first OS map in 1858 and there is no woodland then so this does date ba...