Woodland Management Plans Cause Immense Economic Benefits
Woodlands are those habitats where trees dominate and there is an overlapping of tree canopies that are often interlinked and shade the ground. But, to say that woods are only trees would be full of mistakes. Wondering? Why it is so? Well, it is very simple to stop wondering and thinking why woods are not just trees? Have you ever visited the woodland? If yes, then, you must have observed there is an enormous amount of other species as well and they all together exist in a fantastic way. However, it is precisely because of this that woodland management plans are needed for various reasons. If these plans are guided by expert ecology consultants then it would yield more results than those of others.
One of the most important conditions in which wood management plans would needed are if to have a woodland is of economic value. For example, if the owners or anybody who wants to avail immense commercial benefits out of producing crop of trees for wood products or game birds for commercial shoots, methodical plans would be very important. Some woodland owners may choose to leave the woodland to its fate, but there are some who understand the importance of having solid woodland management plans. One can choose not to have a woodland management plan but then it would not yield the results that will be economically viable.
When owners do not want to have such plans, the purpose is that of conservation rather than management. But, if we talk about United Kingdom, it would not be exaggerating, if we say that there are virtually no woodland that are not affected by human activities and interests. The reason why the human interest lies in woodlands is because apart from having big, giant trees, woodlands also provide some essential materials for human life. When there is paster, animals such as sheep and cattle, they too would also come and use the woodland for grazing. In that woodland there would be acorns and beech mast in the autumn. These are favorites of other animals such as pigs and others.
Hence, it is very clear that woodlands need to be treated very seriously and carefully because they are major contributors in the economy of the country. As, Britain has tried hard to maintain the woodland, all other species are present in woodlands as they offer them the perfect habitat. Now, if there is no intervention of human efforts in the form of sound woodland management plans by expert ecological consultants, it would be a chaotic development of dense woods and that would benefit only a few of the species rather than being all pervasive. It is also possible if there is no method in managing such dense and dark woodlands, it would actually kick out those species that require more light or which are required to have other species for their survival. It is at this juncture that woodland management plans are required to have structure in terms of bio diversity or method in the woodlands.
