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WHO'S TOP OF THE TREE?

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Vincent
Published date12 August 2022
Publication titleCoventry Telegraph
A shortlist of 12 trees has been compiled for the annual contest run by the Woodland Trust from the charity's "hall of fame" for very old and important trees, the Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI)

A panel of experts picked their favourites from hundreds of ancient and veteran trees, described as "cathedrals of nature", which have been recorded by volunteers since the pandemic began.

The public can now vote for their favourite tree to win the Tree of the Year title.

This year, the Woodland Trust is using the competition to highlight the importance of rare ancient and veteran trees, which they warn mostly have no legal protection.

The Woodland Trust is calling on UK governments to give legal protection to some of the most ancient and valuable trees by giving them heritage status, introducing strong, consistent policy protection for old trees and increasing support for land managers and farmers to care for them.

Woodland Trust head of campaigning Adam Cormack said: "We believe that now is the time to give these living legends the legal status they deserve.

"We all want to be able to help protect these wonderful old trees for centuries to come."

The trees were selected based on size and significance. The list is: ¦The Escley Oak, Herefordshire, thought to be at least 400-500 years old; ¦ The Flitton Oak, in Devon, around 700 years old, splays out eight enormous limbs dripping with moss; ¦Holly on the Hill, Hawnby, north Yorkshire, which stands out in the landscape, is an outgrown coppice; ¦The Burnbanks Oak, Haweswater...

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