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Letters
from Marquess of Salisbury, Former
leader of the House of Lords and Lord
Privy Seal, Dowager Duchess of
Devonshire, Patrick Holden Director of
the Soil Association Dominic
Dromgoole, Artistic Director
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Ralph
Fiennes, Historic House Association HHA,
Neville Fay Ancient Tree Forum,
The Marchioness of Worcester
Environmental Campaigner, Hans
Kampf
Executive Director Large Herbivore
Foundation
....and many more
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Letter
from Isabella
Burrell 28th
August 2009
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Letter
from Theresa
Greenaway 26th August 2009
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Letter
from Seers Croft Veterinary Surgery 2nd
August 2009
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Article
in the West
Sussex Gazette 29th July 2009
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Letter
from the Sussex
Wildlife Trust Chief Executive
25th July 2009
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Letter
from Theresa
Greenaway Ecological Advisor,
Knepp
Castle Wildland Project 25th July 2009
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Letter
from the Woodland
Trust 24th
July 2009
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Letter
from Keith Kirby of Natural
England
24th
July 2009
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Comments
from Dr Frans Vera,
Dutch adviser to the Oostvardersplassen and
has changed the way we think about
grazing ecology and forest history. How can I help you? Is it sufficient to
tell that your project is the first of
this kind in Britain, that it is
exploring new ways of preserving and
restoring biodiversity by more natural
processes, an option that urgently needs
to be explored in the sight of all the
changes to which plant and animals
species are confronted with as a
consequence of changes in land use as
well as changes in climate. As
is known from Dutch experience, a
project like
yours
has the international attention as an
innovative way of preserving our
biodiversity, that enlarges our
traditional view on nature conservation,
which in the perspective of all the
changes ahead may alone not be
sufficient for conserving our natural
heritage. Dr. Frans Vera.
24th July 2009
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Comments
from Ted
Green MBE, founder member of the Ancient
Tree Forum and for many years nature
conservation consultant to the Crown
Estates at Windsor Great Park:
“The
oak treescape of Knepp is part of a
cultural heritage that goes back to the
days when iron ore was smelted in the
Sussex Weald for canons in the
Napoleonic Wars.
“The
oaks, many of them wonderful trees
hundreds of years old, have come under
unprecedented stress in recent years –
they’ve faced a barrage of nitrogen
from intensive farming, as well as
increased air pollution. They stood up
to the ‘87 hurricane. Many have since
suffered die-back, or ‘sudden oak
death’. Now they’re being hit by
North American mildew, a deadly invader
that could, if we’re not careful,
prove as devastating to our native oaks
as Dutch elm disease was to British
elms.
"The
added pollution from a landfill site
like the one planned at Thakeham will
increase aerial nitrogen deposition as
well as adding other harmful pollutants
to the surrounding soil and water
sources. This could very well
prove the last straw for many of the
Knepp oaks.” 24th July 2009
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Comments
from The Large
Herbivore Foundation
Besides its effect on the Sussex
landscape, it is even more grievous that
the plans for a new landfill negatively
affect the Knepp Wildland Project.
Here a private landowner is taking new
initiatives for the sustainable
management of his estate. What Charlie
is doing is an example for nature
conservation bodies and other
landowners. This project is particularly
important because of the relationship
between vegetation development and large
mammals, and because of that, it is an
example of international importance, as
proven last May at the Wilderness
Congress in Prague (a network of large
wilderness and wild land areas across
Europe), organized by the EU Presidency.
For Europe it is essential to show that
this kind of nature development is also
an economical and social advantage for
private landowners.
These
plans for the landfill bring the Knepp
Wildland project down and could result
in the loss of a new reliable and
sustainable development for this region.
Hans Kampf Executive Director 24th
July 2009
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Comments
from Professor
Paul Buckland 22ed
July 2009
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Comments
from Dr D Dell I've
just heard about the work you are doing
which will benefit the Purple Emperor
butterfly: excellent!
18th
July 2009
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Comments
from The
National Trust. The
National Trust strongly supports the
Knepp Castle Estate re-wilding project,
which we believe to be an experiment in
sustainable land use of national
significance.
In addition, the project is
making a massive contribution to
biodiversity in West Sussex.
Matthew Oates, Advisor on
Nature Conservation, National Trust Nov
2009
