Issue 39 Sept 23 - Journal - Page 96
Claudine Blamey, Group Sustainability Director, Aviva,
says: "It's brilliant the Devon Wildlife Trust can begin
restoring temperate rainforests in the South West of
England. Aviva is proud to play its part in creating new
areas of this important habitat that will help to tackle
nature loss and climate change. Rainforest restoration will
also benefit communities through education, access to
nature, employment and tourism opportunities."
Tree species include sessile oak, birch, rowan, holly, alder,
willow and hazel. They are home to stoats and pine
martens, and threatened birds like wood warblers,
redstarts, and pied flycatchers. Wet conditions support an
abundance of mosses, liverworts, lichens, and ferns - many
of which grow on the trees or cover boulders and ravines.
The dampness is ideal for fungi, including globally rare
species like hazel gloves fungus.
Rainforests of the British Isles are temperate rainforests,
which means they grow in areas that have high rainfall
and humidity, and a low annual variation in temperature.
They are also known as Atlantic woodland or Celtic
rainforest.
Find out more about Bowden Pillars Farm projects at
www.bowdenpillarsfuture.land
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