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I’m being interviewed on BBC Oxford this afternoon between 1315 and 1330. I will be talking about the Sylva Foundation’s latest initiative, TreeWatch, plus the OneOak exhibition currently open at Oxford Botanic Garden.
You can listen to the programme online (skip to 1 hour 16 minutes) for one week only.
Gabriel Hemery
I am a guest on BBC Radio Oxford this morning (0900-1000). The chief subject is likely to be the Government’s withdrawal of plans to sell or lease the public forest estate in England.
You can listen online – for one week only
Gabriel Hemery
I was interviewed last month for the Living Planet programme on German international radio Deutsche Welle, which was broadcast today.
The topic for the interview was the UK Government’s proposals, which were dropped in an announcement earlier today, to sell publicly owned forests in England. See more posts about this.
I met the journalist at Bernwood Forest; one of the few woodlands in Oxfordshire that is owned by the Forestry Commission. Bernwood Forest is home to the rare black hairstreak butterfly, which feeds on the flowers of blackthorn, and one of only 45 colonies in Britain. Of course there were no butterflies in evidence during my January visit but I intend to return when the adults will be on the wing: this is only between the end of June and mid July each year.
Listen to the Living Planet programme on the Deutsche Welle website
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Gabriel Hemery
I was interviewed for the BBC TV programme Newsnight to discuss the implications of the Government’s plans to dispose of the public forest estate in England. The programme will be broadcast this evening.
Gabriel Hemery being interviewed in Hainault Forest for BBC Newsnight - January 2011
The venue for my interview was Hainault Forest in Essex. This was an interesting choice by the BBC as the site is leased by the Woodland Trust from the London Borough of Redbridge. The site has a brutal history as the forest land, just a tiny fragment of the once magnificent Forest of Essex, was condemned as waste by an Act of Parliament in 1851. Both trees and deer were culled and the land divided up for building lots for an expanding London. After a vigorous public campaign 330 hectares of land, which included 100 hectares of woodland and grassland, was bought for public use in 1906. I walked to the forest from Hainault tube station, through the London suburbs, heading towards its distant dome of trees. I had a short time to explore (and get briefly lost!) among the wonderful ancient oaks and pollarded hornbeams.
Listen to the 10 minute interview [mp3 format]Note that this is my own recording and an unabridged version of the interview, which will differ from the edited version broadcast by the BBC. |
 Missed it?For seven days only you can watch the TV programmeon the BBC website. Skip to 26:04 minutes to watch the forestry film. |
Gabriel Hemery
Read more posts about the public sell-off
There will be a film broadcast, on the BBC2 Newsnight programme, about the proposed sale of the public forest estate in England. The film will feature a range of interviews from different stakeholders, including myself, prior to a studio debate.
Update … the film was broadcast on Wednesday 26th January. See here.
Gabriel Hemery
