TY - JOUR
KW - Biocultural
KW - cultural heritage
KW - Cultural heritages
KW - Cultural knowledge
KW - cultural landscape
KW - cultural memory
KW - Cultural value
KW - Damage
KW - Eco-cultural landscape
KW - Eco-cultural landscapes
KW - Ecology
KW - evaluation
KW - Forest Products
KW - Forest landscape
KW - Forestry
KW - Historic preservation
KW - Management
KW - Resources
KW - Traditional management
KW - United Kingdom
KW - Woodland archaeology
KW - Woodland archeology
KW - archaeology
KW - cultural heritage
KW - cultural landscape
KW - forest product
KW - twentieth century
KW - woodland
AU - Ian Rotherham
AB - The eco-cultural nature of ancient woods and forest landscapes in the UK is well-established. Furthermore, the loss of cultural knowledge and memories as traditional management reduced and in many cases ceased during the twentieth century presents challenges for site conservation and that of the eco-cultural resources. Additionally, both tangible and intangible cultural heritage of these landscapes are seriously threatened and cultural severance is a major driver of ecological change and species loss. This paper takes a regionally-based case-study of these eco-cultural landscapes and their biocultural resources as evidenced by archaeology, archival sources, oral histories, and ecological field survey. This information provides detailed time-lines for specific sites from Domesday to the twenty-first century. Finally, site assessment and evaluation, and practical management implementation are considered. Issues of lack of recognition of biocultural heritage and hence of inadvertent or unknowing damage are discussed. Lack of accepted evaluation processes or effective kite-marking for sustainable forest products presents significant problems.
BT - Forest Ecology and management
DA - jan
DO - 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119756
N2 - The eco-cultural nature of ancient woods and forest landscapes in the UK is well-established. Furthermore, the loss of cultural knowledge and memories as traditional management reduced and in many cases ceased during the twentieth century presents challenges for site conservation and that of the eco-cultural resources. Additionally, both tangible and intangible cultural heritage of these landscapes are seriously threatened and cultural severance is a major driver of ecological change and species loss. This paper takes a regionally-based case-study of these eco-cultural landscapes and their biocultural resources as evidenced by archaeology, archival sources, oral histories, and ecological field survey. This information provides detailed time-lines for specific sites from Domesday to the twenty-first century. Finally, site assessment and evaluation, and practical management implementation are considered. Issues of lack of recognition of biocultural heritage and hence of inadvertent or unknowing damage are discussed. Lack of accepted evaluation processes or effective kite-marking for sustainable forest products presents significant problems.
PY - 2022
T2 - Forest Ecology and management
TI - Challenges for the restoration of cultural values in UK woodlands
VL - 503
SN - 0378-1127
ER -