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Forestry 1988 61(3):267-286; doi:10.1093/forestry/61.3.267
© 1988 by Institute of Chartered Foresters
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Forestry in the Region of the Chilterns

H.A.E. TILNEY-BASSETT

Forestry Commission, Upper Ick nield Way, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP22 5NF

The adjacent geographical areas of the chalky hills of the Chilterns and the clay plains occupying much of the rest of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to the north-west offer a contrast not only in geology, soils and landscape, but in the history and development of their woodlands. This has resulted in the Chiltern Hills having a much greater density of woodland than the plains with an embarrassing preponderance of mature and overmature age classes. In the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) the Chilterns Standing Conference has produced guidelines for managing these woodlands in the interest of their aesthetic value, by advocating limits to the size and frequency of felling coupes, and the perpetuation of a predominantly broadleaved woodland character.

The paper emphasizes this aspect of the Chiltern beechwoods, but considers briefly the effects on forest management generally of the Government's Broadleaved Policy, the influence of nature conservation, and the proximity of many large towns. Some reference is made to current silvicultural and harvesting practices.


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