Only 13 per cent of the UK is now woodlands and forests with a mere 2.5 per cent being ancient woodland.11 Of that 13 per cent, only 7 per cent is considered to be in ‘good condition’,12 and half is made up of forestry plantations that support very little biodiversity. This is much lower than the average of 44 per cent in other European countries. Huge amounts of the forests of the UK have, over time, been cleared and replaced with grass pastures to feed artificially produced, selectively bred animals, all so we can produce what is an absurdly damaging product. Such a waste – of life, of
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