Lost Rainforests of Britain

'The Lost Rainforests of Britain' is a campaign led by Guy Shrubsole aiming to explore, photograph, map and restore Britain's lost rainforests.

[Lost Rainforests of Britain @LostRainforests]

We're thrilled to share our campaign video for the #LostRainforestsofBritain 🌱🌳

Few people know Britain is home to temperate rainforest, even fewer know they're under threat and are in desperate need of protection.

Please watch and share. 📺👇

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

I’m delighted that the Prime Minister has today announced a new rainforests strategy for England: https://t.co/OZEBY3M1Hm

This is something I called for in my book & campaigned for with @SeahorseEnv. Thousands of you signed our petition calling for a strategy. Thread: 1/

[Seahorse Environmental @SeahorseEnv]

📢HUGE win for @LostRainforests today as the Govt. announces a new plan to recover England's temperate rainforests.

With the wonderful @guyshrubsole & our founder @IsabellaGornall we've been campaigning for the past 2 years for Govt. to protect & restore this unique habitat💚

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Spoke to BBC South West this evening about the planned regeneration & expansion of Wistman's Wood, one of Dartmoor's last remaining fragments of temperate rainforest - you can watch the segment here (13.55 in): https://t.co/acYMdZBhmp

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Hugely excited that the Duchy of Cornwall, working with their tenant farmer & @NaturalEngland, will expand the iconic temperate rainforest of Wistman's Wood through natural regeneration

I hope this inspires others to bring back Britain's lost rainforests

https://t.co/c2gzNP5HhW

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Wistman's Wood: ancient Dartmoor woodland to double in size - BBC News

It's wonderful to see gathering momentum for the restoration of temperate rainforest in Britain.

Next stop: expanding the Duchy's other rainforest at Black Tor Copse!

https://t.co/ICSggaTSeA

[Seahorse Environmental @SeahorseEnv]

20% of the UK has optimum conditions for rainforest to thrive, yet it covers only 0.5% of land.

On #WorldRainforestDay, we want to highlight the fantastic work by @LostRainforests to change this and restore the UK's natural temperate rainforests🌳🌲

📸creds: @Alice_Russell13

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Invasive rhododendron is choking our temperate rainforests. But groups like the @nationaltrust are working hard to eradicate it - such as at this site on the Exmoor coast (the purple swathes in the background). Great to visit it with local MP @SelaineSaxby today! 1/

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Useful to see this PQ response by Minister Trudy Harrison about support for temperate rainforests under ELMs. It's great that rainforest restoration is being supported in Landscape Recovery - but am speaking with landowners currently about gaps in CS.

https://t.co/exkhuq5gzu

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Second round of funding applications now open for Landscape Recovery pilots - excellent to see temperate rainforest specifically mentioned as a habitat type that could be restored via this funding: https://t.co/4s24x9rAgA

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Cornish farm launches project to triple UK’s temperate rainforest

Delighted to support farmer & landowner @MerlinHanbury's Thousand Year Trust, dedicated to the restoration of temperate rainforest in Britain:

https://t.co/3AIlL1j9ie

[Craig Bennett @CraigBennett3]

"Two temperate rainforests in #Wales and on the #isleofman have been named as the first to be restored by the @WildlifeTrusts, as part of a wider programme to help the rare habitat recover across the British Isles".

SOoooo excited about this!!!

https://t.co/2PSCpHCsAD

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Great to see the @WildlifeTrusts progressing their plans for temperate rainforest restoration & expansion!

This must be a spur to the UK Govt to act too - moving from acknowledging the importance of Britain’s rainforests to more protections & funding:

https://t.co/2PKe7rr0jC

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Invasive Rhododendron ponticum is choking Britain’s temperate rainforests.

But – astonishingly – there are still a handful of plant nurseries that sell it!

PLEASE HELP: Call on these firms to stop selling rainforest-killing rhododendron – contact details for them all below: 1/

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

There’s been huge momentum in recent months to protect & restore Britain’s lost rainforests.

From David Attenborough raising the alarm, to politicians voicing support, to landowners taking action, here’s a thread summarising developments: 1/

[Lost Rainforests of Britain @LostRainforests]

Today is International Day of Forests!

Britain is home to many different kinds of forests, including temperate rainforests.🌱🌿🌳🌲

You can see where your nearest remaining pocket of rainforest is using our map: https://t.co/IV3URE4vd3

#IntlForestDay

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

At a Saving Morvern’s Rainforests drop-in event at Lochaline community hub and the messages of hope from schoolkids on this cardboard rainforest tree are just wonderful 😭

[Lost Rainforests of Britain @LostRainforests]

Amazing to see temperate rainforests on @BBCOne #WildIsles last night!

Catch up on the woodland episode here 👉 https://t.co/lbK9qz36sR

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

"Atlantic oakwoods are one of our rarest kind of woodlands...These are temperate rainforests.

"They have now been reduced to a fraction of their original range across western Britain & Ireland"

David Attenborough on Britain's lost rainforests!
#WildIsles
https://t.co/XrZ0Pt4duk

[Lost Rainforests of Britain @LostRainforests]

So great to see the inclusion of temperate rainforests in the Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Fund, which has launched again this week!
🌱🌿🌳

Details here with the full criteria and how to apply👇
https://t.co/Mdj0J45na4

[Lost Rainforests of Britain @LostRainforests]

In case you missed it check out @guyshrubsole's appearance on @BBCCountryfile chatting all things temperate rainforest and catch up with the whole episode on @BBCiPlayer!👇

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

‘We’ve forgotten that we have rainforest here in Britain… it does a lot for us, from soaking up carbon to purifying water, & we need to do more to let it return.’

Was a delight to appear on ⁦⁦⁦@BBCCountryfile⁩ tonight alongside ⁦@aprilwindle⁩ to talk lichens!