Mark Fisher has once again produced an interesting and penetrating article on his excellent website. He speaks up eloquently for a wilder component to our landscape and for less emphasis on the over-prescriptive conservation of heathland. His latest piece draws attention to those often ignored wild flowers of woodland that just don't get prioritised in the same way as, say, flora and fauna of the artificial landscape of heathland. Two short quotes:
"It is clear that the loudest and most connected voices in Britain get to have their say on what is a priority in nature conservation – just look at the UKBAP process for confirmation of this, and the composition of the various advisory committees on species and landscapes "
"It is a tempting idea when you consider that pretty much all of the industrialised nature conservation going on around us is just gardening on a landscape scale! On the back of that suggestion, I could also make the case for leaving secondary native woodland regeneration uncleared and untouched on lowland heath since it is a natural reinstatement of what would be the rightful habitat for the May lily."
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