During the 20th century there has been an increasingly rapid decline in woodland butterflies and moths. We are working with the Forestry Commission to reverse these declines on their key sites for butterflies and moths.
Conservation on Forestry Commission Land
Woodland provides the breeding habitat for three-quarters of all English butterflies. The majority of larger moths can also thrive in woodland if it is appropriately managed.
Aim
The Forestry Commission wants to raise awareness of the butterfly and moth sites on its land. Woodland management will be planned and targeted to conserve and improve populations of threatened butterflies and moths.
Actions
- Forestry Commission and Butterfly Conservation staff will be working more closely together
- They’ll be raising awareness of butterfly sites and the range of species which live there, so that all stages of woodland management has an understanding of native species
- Good management will be given priority alongside woodland activities, like timber harvesting and woodland restoration
- Increased surveying and monitoring will help target conservation work
- This is a 10-year programme and there’ll be mid-term review of its success in 2012
Contact
Email your comments or queries to Dr Caroline Bulman, Senior Species Ecologist.
Funders
Forestry Commission 
Strategy Reports to Download
Lepidoptera Conservation Strategy
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