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Jumping on the trend! 😂🌳 What's your #EppingForest name? Share in comments. 🍃#LoveEppingForest

💚Thanks to all who joined us on our Love Epping Forest Manifesto Launch Webinar yesterday! It was great to speak to incumbent and prospective candidates, as well as concerned members of the public, about the opportunities the pledges provide for local government to take action and protect Epping Forest for generations to come.

🌳Over the next few weeks leading up to the #localelections in London and Essex on 7th May 2026, we are asking candidates to commit to delivering nine pledges over the next four years.

These pledges have come out of our research and extensive engagement work with the Forest’s local #communities. They are all deliverable by local councillors and they centred around three key themes:

🌱Protecting Nature and Wildlife
🤝Working Together for the Forest
🥾Keeping the Forest Safe and Accessible

If you are a candidate in Epping Forest District, Essex County, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, and Newham, please sign-up to these pledges to demonstrate your love for the Forest and its communities.

If you are a resident local to the Forest, please ask your candidates to sign up to these pledges.#LoveEppingForest

🔗To sign up the pledgers online, or to find out more about our #LoveEppingForest awareness campaign, please visit link in bio, or via: tinyurl.com/LoveEppingForest2026

💚Thanks to all who joined us on our Love Epping Forest Manifesto Launch Webinar yesterday! It was great to speak to incumbent and prospective candidates, as well as concerned members of the public, about the opportunities the pledges provide for local government to take action and protect Epping Forest for generations to come.

🌳Over the next few weeks leading up to the #localelections in London and Essex on 7th May 2026, we are asking candidates to commit to delivering nine pledges over the next four years.

These pledges have come out of our research and extensive engagement work with the Forest’s local #communities. They are all deliverable by local councillors and they centred around three key themes:

🌱Protecting Nature and Wildlife
🤝Working Together for the Forest
🥾Keeping the Forest Safe and Accessible

If you are a candidate in Epping Forest District, Essex County, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, and Newham, please sign-up to these pledges to demonstrate your love for the Forest and its communities.

If you are a resident local to the Forest, please ask your candidates to sign up to these pledges.#LoveEppingForest

🔗To sign up the pledgers online, or to find out more about our #LoveEppingForest awareness campaign, please visit link in bio, or via: tinyurl.com/LoveEppingForest2026

💚Thanks to all who joined us on our Love Epping Forest Manifesto Launch Webinar yesterday! It was great to speak to incumbent and prospective candidates, as well as concerned members of the public, about the opportunities the pledges provide for local government to take action and protect Epping Forest for generations to come.

🌳Over the next few weeks leading up to the #localelections in London and Essex on 7th May 2026, we are asking candidates to commit to delivering nine pledges over the next four years.

These pledges have come out of our research and extensive engagement work with the Forest’s local #communities. They are all deliverable by local councillors and they centred around three key themes:

🌱Protecting Nature and Wildlife
🤝Working Together for the Forest
🥾Keeping the Forest Safe and Accessible

If you are a candidate in Epping Forest District, Essex County, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, and Newham, please sign-up to these pledges to demonstrate your love for the Forest and its communities.

If you are a resident local to the Forest, please ask your candidates to sign up to these pledges.#LoveEppingForest

🔗To sign up the pledgers online, or to find out more about our #LoveEppingForest awareness campaign, please visit link in bio, or via: tinyurl.com/LoveEppingForest2026

💚Thanks to all who joined us on our Love Epping Forest Manifesto Launch Webinar yesterday! It was great to speak to incumbent and prospective candidates, as well as concerned members of the public, about the opportunities the pledges provide for local government to take action and protect Epping Forest for generations to come.

🌳Over the next few weeks leading up to the #localelections in London and Essex on 7th May 2026, we are asking candidates to commit to delivering nine pledges over the next four years.

These pledges have come out of our research and extensive engagement work with the Forest’s local #communities. They are all deliverable by local councillors and they centred around three key themes:

🌱Protecting Nature and Wildlife
🤝Working Together for the Forest
🥾Keeping the Forest Safe and Accessible

If you are a candidate in Epping Forest District, Essex County, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, and Newham, please sign-up to these pledges to demonstrate your love for the Forest and its communities.

If you are a resident local to the Forest, please ask your candidates to sign up to these pledges.#LoveEppingForest

🔗To sign up the pledgers online, or to find out more about our #LoveEppingForest awareness campaign, please visit link in bio, or via: tinyurl.com/LoveEppingForest2026

💚Thanks to all who joined us on our Love Epping Forest Manifesto Launch Webinar yesterday! It was great to speak to incumbent and prospective candidates, as well as concerned members of the public, about the opportunities the pledges provide for local government to take action and protect Epping Forest for generations to come.

🌳Over the next few weeks leading up to the #localelections in London and Essex on 7th May 2026, we are asking candidates to commit to delivering nine pledges over the next four years.

These pledges have come out of our research and extensive engagement work with the Forest’s local #communities. They are all deliverable by local councillors and they centred around three key themes:

🌱Protecting Nature and Wildlife
🤝Working Together for the Forest
🥾Keeping the Forest Safe and Accessible

If you are a candidate in Epping Forest District, Essex County, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, and Newham, please sign-up to these pledges to demonstrate your love for the Forest and its communities.

If you are a resident local to the Forest, please ask your candidates to sign up to these pledges.#LoveEppingForest

🔗To sign up the pledgers online, or to find out more about our #LoveEppingForest awareness campaign, please visit link in bio, or via: tinyurl.com/LoveEppingForest2026

🌳💚Today, we are delighted to announce the launch of ‘Epping Forest Heritage For All’, a 3-year project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund @heritagefunduk to celebrate, enjoy and protect the irreplaceable heritage of Epping Forest – for everyone, especially people from underrepresented and underserved communities.

🍃🌳#EppingForest, owned and managed by City of London Corporation @coleppingforest , has long been a cherished place for people and communities. This project will develop partnerships with inclusive, local, community organisations, and create bespoke guided walks, talks, conservation activities and new digital materials. Thanks to National Lottery players, this work will inspire new audiences to connect with the Forest and its natural and cultural heritage, and develop the relationship between people and the Forest.

⭐🙌 Excited to have @bgh_uk and @muslim.hikers as our official partners! Look forward to many exciting collaborations. And thanks to @coleppingforest for supporting this project.

If you are a community group interested in getting involved, please reach out! 📩

For more information, please visit link in bio.

📷1: A Big Forest Day out with @eseaoutdoorsuk
📷2: Black Girls Hike Family Walk in collab with The Hive (formerly known as Suntrap Forest Centre )
📷3: Muslim Hikers Epping Forest Walk
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#LoveEppingForest #eppingforestwalks #heritageforall

🌳💚Today, we are delighted to announce the launch of ‘Epping Forest Heritage For All’, a 3-year project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund @heritagefunduk to celebrate, enjoy and protect the irreplaceable heritage of Epping Forest – for everyone, especially people from underrepresented and underserved communities.

🍃🌳#EppingForest, owned and managed by City of London Corporation @coleppingforest , has long been a cherished place for people and communities. This project will develop partnerships with inclusive, local, community organisations, and create bespoke guided walks, talks, conservation activities and new digital materials. Thanks to National Lottery players, this work will inspire new audiences to connect with the Forest and its natural and cultural heritage, and develop the relationship between people and the Forest.

⭐🙌 Excited to have @bgh_uk and @muslim.hikers as our official partners! Look forward to many exciting collaborations. And thanks to @coleppingforest for supporting this project.

If you are a community group interested in getting involved, please reach out! 📩

For more information, please visit link in bio.

📷1: A Big Forest Day out with @eseaoutdoorsuk
📷2: Black Girls Hike Family Walk in collab with The Hive (formerly known as Suntrap Forest Centre )
📷3: Muslim Hikers Epping Forest Walk
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#LoveEppingForest #eppingforestwalks #heritageforall

🌳💚Today, we are delighted to announce the launch of ‘Epping Forest Heritage For All’, a 3-year project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund @heritagefunduk to celebrate, enjoy and protect the irreplaceable heritage of Epping Forest – for everyone, especially people from underrepresented and underserved communities.

🍃🌳#EppingForest, owned and managed by City of London Corporation @coleppingforest , has long been a cherished place for people and communities. This project will develop partnerships with inclusive, local, community organisations, and create bespoke guided walks, talks, conservation activities and new digital materials. Thanks to National Lottery players, this work will inspire new audiences to connect with the Forest and its natural and cultural heritage, and develop the relationship between people and the Forest.

⭐🙌 Excited to have @bgh_uk and @muslim.hikers as our official partners! Look forward to many exciting collaborations. And thanks to @coleppingforest for supporting this project.

If you are a community group interested in getting involved, please reach out! 📩

For more information, please visit link in bio.

📷1: A Big Forest Day out with @eseaoutdoorsuk
📷2: Black Girls Hike Family Walk in collab with The Hive (formerly known as Suntrap Forest Centre )
📷3: Muslim Hikers Epping Forest Walk
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#LoveEppingForest #eppingforestwalks #heritageforall

Some information here if you visit #EppingForest this #bankholidayweekend 😄🌳

An ancient method of harvesting or lopping wood was by ‘pollarding’. The trees were cut six to eight feet from the ground and regularly recut after a number of years (usually 12-18 years). These trees when regularly recut, survived almost indefinitely and eventually could reach a great size and age.

Thousands of these trees are still growing in the Forest today. They are a wonderful example of a harmonious relationship between nature and people, and the importance of protecting these trees for generations to come.

#ancienttrees #loveeppingforest

Some information here if you visit #EppingForest this #bankholidayweekend 😄🌳

An ancient method of harvesting or lopping wood was by ‘pollarding’. The trees were cut six to eight feet from the ground and regularly recut after a number of years (usually 12-18 years). These trees when regularly recut, survived almost indefinitely and eventually could reach a great size and age.

Thousands of these trees are still growing in the Forest today. They are a wonderful example of a harmonious relationship between nature and people, and the importance of protecting these trees for generations to come.

#ancienttrees #loveeppingforest

Some information here if you visit #EppingForest this #bankholidayweekend 😄🌳

An ancient method of harvesting or lopping wood was by ‘pollarding’. The trees were cut six to eight feet from the ground and regularly recut after a number of years (usually 12-18 years). These trees when regularly recut, survived almost indefinitely and eventually could reach a great size and age.

Thousands of these trees are still growing in the Forest today. They are a wonderful example of a harmonious relationship between nature and people, and the importance of protecting these trees for generations to come.

#ancienttrees #loveeppingforest

Some information here if you visit #EppingForest this #bankholidayweekend 😄🌳

An ancient method of harvesting or lopping wood was by ‘pollarding’. The trees were cut six to eight feet from the ground and regularly recut after a number of years (usually 12-18 years). These trees when regularly recut, survived almost indefinitely and eventually could reach a great size and age.

Thousands of these trees are still growing in the Forest today. They are a wonderful example of a harmonious relationship between nature and people, and the importance of protecting these trees for generations to come.

#ancienttrees #loveeppingforest

Some information here if you visit #EppingForest this #bankholidayweekend 😄🌳

An ancient method of harvesting or lopping wood was by ‘pollarding’. The trees were cut six to eight feet from the ground and regularly recut after a number of years (usually 12-18 years). These trees when regularly recut, survived almost indefinitely and eventually could reach a great size and age.

Thousands of these trees are still growing in the Forest today. They are a wonderful example of a harmonious relationship between nature and people, and the importance of protecting these trees for generations to come.

#ancienttrees #loveeppingforest

Some information here if you visit #EppingForest this #bankholidayweekend 😄🌳

An ancient method of harvesting or lopping wood was by ‘pollarding’. The trees were cut six to eight feet from the ground and regularly recut after a number of years (usually 12-18 years). These trees when regularly recut, survived almost indefinitely and eventually could reach a great size and age.

Thousands of these trees are still growing in the Forest today. They are a wonderful example of a harmonious relationship between nature and people, and the importance of protecting these trees for generations to come.

#ancienttrees #loveeppingforest

🌳Epping Forest Community Lottery - join to boost our chances for bonus awards.

💚 We're delighted to be part of Epping Forest Community Lottery, an exciting weekly lottery that raises money for good causes in Epping Forest District. And causes who have consistently sold the most tickets will receive bonus awards - assessment will take place in the coming few weeks.

🍃How it works: tickets for the lottery cost just £1 per week, with a top prize of £25,000. The weekly draw takes place every Saturday night and if you match all 6 numbers you win the jackpot.

For every £1 ticket you buy through our community lottery page, 60p will go to us to support our work to help preserve and protect #EppingForest now and for generations to come!

⭐ To join Epping Forest Community Lottery and support us, visit link in bio, or via: https://www.eppingforestcommunitylottery.co.uk/support/epping-forest-heritage-trust

Thank you! 💚🌳

🌳Epping Forest Community Lottery - join to boost our chances for bonus awards.

💚 We're delighted to be part of Epping Forest Community Lottery, an exciting weekly lottery that raises money for good causes in Epping Forest District. And causes who have consistently sold the most tickets will receive bonus awards - assessment will take place in the coming few weeks.

🍃How it works: tickets for the lottery cost just £1 per week, with a top prize of £25,000. The weekly draw takes place every Saturday night and if you match all 6 numbers you win the jackpot.

For every £1 ticket you buy through our community lottery page, 60p will go to us to support our work to help preserve and protect #EppingForest now and for generations to come!

⭐ To join Epping Forest Community Lottery and support us, visit link in bio, or via: https://www.eppingforestcommunitylottery.co.uk/support/epping-forest-heritage-trust

Thank you! 💚🌳

A truly lovely day in the beautiful #EppingForest last week, spending time together and connecting with brilliant local businesses 💚 @attwaterssolicitors@_____portal

We enjoyed a gentle wander around the Easy Access Trail near High Beach, admiring the Forest’s incredible ancient trees and sharing stories of how people’s involvement throughout history shaped the Forest we see today.

We also explored how businesses, organisations and local communities can come together to make a real, positive difference - for nature, for people, and for future generations.

If you are a business or organisation that cares about #EppingForest and wants to demonstrate meaningful social value, we’d love to work with you! Please get in touch with us at: admin@efht.org.uk

By partnering with EFHT, you can play a tangible role in helping to preserve and protect this ancient Forest while advancing your CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) goals and creating lasting community impact.

#LoveEppingForest#CSR#CommunityImpact

A truly lovely day in the beautiful #EppingForest last week, spending time together and connecting with brilliant local businesses 💚 @attwaterssolicitors@_____portal

We enjoyed a gentle wander around the Easy Access Trail near High Beach, admiring the Forest’s incredible ancient trees and sharing stories of how people’s involvement throughout history shaped the Forest we see today.

We also explored how businesses, organisations and local communities can come together to make a real, positive difference - for nature, for people, and for future generations.

If you are a business or organisation that cares about #EppingForest and wants to demonstrate meaningful social value, we’d love to work with you! Please get in touch with us at: admin@efht.org.uk

By partnering with EFHT, you can play a tangible role in helping to preserve and protect this ancient Forest while advancing your CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) goals and creating lasting community impact.

#LoveEppingForest#CSR#CommunityImpact

🌳 What do the 2026 local election results mean for Epping Forest?

Epping Forest, owned and managed by City of London Corporation @coleppingforest ,falls within or borders five of the local authorities whose seats were being contested: the London councils of Waltham Forest @lbwalthamforest , Newham @newhamlondon , Redbridge @redbridgecouncil, alongside Epping Forest District @eppingforestdc and Essex County @essex_cc in Essex.These councils each have their own part to play in looking after the Forest and the #communities which it supports.

Over the past two months, we’ve been running #LocalElections awareness campaign — asking candidates signed up to the #LoveEppingForest manifesto and commit to real, practical action to Protect Nature and Wildlife, Work Together for the Forest, and Keep the Forest Safe and Accessible.

✅ 140+ candidates signed our pledges
✅ 40 of them are now elected

Across Essex and London, the political picture is shifting — with new majorities, new leadership, and some uncertainty about what comes next. But one thing is clear: there is cross-party support in protecting Epping Forest, and growing recognition of the Forest’s role in #climate, #biodiversity and community #wellbeing

🍃 What next?
We will watch with interest as the new administrations continue to choose their leaders and Cabinet members.In the meantime, We have reached out to all elected candidates who have pledged and will continue to reach out to those who haven’t, offering to meet with them to discuss key Forest issues.

Through a committed, collaborative approach we can ensure that #EppingForest is protected now and for generation to come.

🔗 To read our reflection blog in full, please visit link in bio, or via: https://efht.org.uk/2026-local-elections-what-it-meant-for-epping-forest/

💚 What a fantastic day at the Highams Park Spring Festival @highamsparkportal!

🍃 We loved chatting with so many of you about the beauty of #EppingForest and sharing ways to get involved in helping to preserve and protect this special place.

✨ A huge thank you to Susan from @fridayschildjewellery for her beautiful jewellery creations inspired by the Forest, and for her live demonstrations throughout the day. We’re so grateful that her pieces were available to purchase in aid of @eppingforestht and its work.

🥾 The ‘Discover Trees in Epping Forest’ #guidedwalk, led by Nature Conservationist & Wildlife Photographer Robin @robinwildlife, was a real highlight. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about the fascinating tree species and their roles in the ecosystem and human history, as part of the Urban Tree Festival @urbantreefest.

🌳 And of course, thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello and support us — it means so much!

#LoveEppingForest #HighamsParkFestival

💚 We're excited to be part of The Highams Park Spring Festival @highamsparkportalthis year again with exciting collaborations!

🍃 Come and meet Susan from @fridayschildjewelleryand see her jewellery creations inspired by #eppingforest. There will also be jewellery making demos throughout the day. Limited number of jewellry pieces are available to purchase in aid of @eppingforestht 's work to help preserve and protect the Forest that we all so love.

🥾 Join the 'Discover Trees in Epping Forest' #guidedwalk led by Nature Conservationist & Wildlife Photographer Robin @robinwildlife to learn about interesting tree species and their important roles in the ecosystem and human history. This walk is also part of the @urbantreefest

🌳Or simply stop by to say hello! We’d love to hear about your love for the Forest and share family-friendly activities and ways to get involved.

#LoveEppingForest #HighamsParkFestival

💚 We're excited to be part of The Highams Park Spring Festival @highamsparkportalthis year again with exciting collaborations!

🍃 Come and meet Susan from @fridayschildjewelleryand see her jewellery creations inspired by #eppingforest. There will also be jewellery making demos throughout the day. Limited number of jewellry pieces are available to purchase in aid of @eppingforestht 's work to help preserve and protect the Forest that we all so love.

🥾 Join the 'Discover Trees in Epping Forest' #guidedwalk led by Nature Conservationist & Wildlife Photographer Robin @robinwildlife to learn about interesting tree species and their important roles in the ecosystem and human history. This walk is also part of the @urbantreefest

🌳Or simply stop by to say hello! We’d love to hear about your love for the Forest and share family-friendly activities and ways to get involved.

#LoveEppingForest #HighamsParkFestival

💚 We're excited to be part of The Highams Park Spring Festival @highamsparkportalthis year again with exciting collaborations!

🍃 Come and meet Susan from @fridayschildjewelleryand see her jewellery creations inspired by #eppingforest. There will also be jewellery making demos throughout the day. Limited number of jewellry pieces are available to purchase in aid of @eppingforestht 's work to help preserve and protect the Forest that we all so love.

🥾 Join the 'Discover Trees in Epping Forest' #guidedwalk led by Nature Conservationist & Wildlife Photographer Robin @robinwildlife to learn about interesting tree species and their important roles in the ecosystem and human history. This walk is also part of the @urbantreefest

🌳Or simply stop by to say hello! We’d love to hear about your love for the Forest and share family-friendly activities and ways to get involved.

#LoveEppingForest #HighamsParkFestival

🌳💚 A fantastic evening walk on Tuesday led by our Trustee Abi @forestcowboy as part of @urbantreefest. We had a lovely stroll in #EppingForest and learned about some wonderful trees and their roles in the ecosystem and human history.

Thank you to all who joined us at the #guidedwalk , we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. 🍃

The next walk will be this Sunday at Highams Park, visit link in bio to find out more, or via our Eventbrite page: efht.eventbrite.com

#LoveEppingForest #eppingforestwalk

🌳💚 A fantastic evening walk on Tuesday led by our Trustee Abi @forestcowboy as part of @urbantreefest. We had a lovely stroll in #EppingForest and learned about some wonderful trees and their roles in the ecosystem and human history.

Thank you to all who joined us at the #guidedwalk , we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. 🍃

The next walk will be this Sunday at Highams Park, visit link in bio to find out more, or via our Eventbrite page: efht.eventbrite.com

#LoveEppingForest #eppingforestwalk

🌳💚 A fantastic evening walk on Tuesday led by our Trustee Abi @forestcowboy as part of @urbantreefest. We had a lovely stroll in #EppingForest and learned about some wonderful trees and their roles in the ecosystem and human history.

Thank you to all who joined us at the #guidedwalk , we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. 🍃

The next walk will be this Sunday at Highams Park, visit link in bio to find out more, or via our Eventbrite page: efht.eventbrite.com

#LoveEppingForest #eppingforestwalk

🌳💚 A fantastic evening walk on Tuesday led by our Trustee Abi @forestcowboy as part of @urbantreefest. We had a lovely stroll in #EppingForest and learned about some wonderful trees and their roles in the ecosystem and human history.

Thank you to all who joined us at the #guidedwalk , we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. 🍃

The next walk will be this Sunday at Highams Park, visit link in bio to find out more, or via our Eventbrite page: efht.eventbrite.com

#LoveEppingForest #eppingforestwalk

💚 #Throwback 2 weeks ago as part of our office move and clearing out, we donated a range of forest school tools and furniture to The Hive @hiveintheforest Suntrap Forest Centre.

We're glad that these resources will have a second life where they’ll make a real difference,supporting The Hive’s wonderful work in hands-on environmental education, nurturing creativity and nature connection. 🌳

In relation to our office move, the EFHT team is working remotely these few weeks as we continue to figure out our new premises. Please bear with us a bit longer. ☺️

#LoveEppingForest #EppingForest #Partnership

💚 #Throwback 2 weeks ago as part of our office move and clearing out, we donated a range of forest school tools and furniture to The Hive @hiveintheforest Suntrap Forest Centre.

We're glad that these resources will have a second life where they’ll make a real difference,supporting The Hive’s wonderful work in hands-on environmental education, nurturing creativity and nature connection. 🌳

In relation to our office move, the EFHT team is working remotely these few weeks as we continue to figure out our new premises. Please bear with us a bit longer. ☺️

#LoveEppingForest #EppingForest #Partnership

💚 #Throwback 2 weeks ago as part of our office move and clearing out, we donated a range of forest school tools and furniture to The Hive @hiveintheforest Suntrap Forest Centre.

We're glad that these resources will have a second life where they’ll make a real difference,supporting The Hive’s wonderful work in hands-on environmental education, nurturing creativity and nature connection. 🌳

In relation to our office move, the EFHT team is working remotely these few weeks as we continue to figure out our new premises. Please bear with us a bit longer. ☺️

#LoveEppingForest #EppingForest #Partnership

💚 #Throwback 2 weeks ago as part of our office move and clearing out, we donated a range of forest school tools and furniture to The Hive @hiveintheforest Suntrap Forest Centre.

We're glad that these resources will have a second life where they’ll make a real difference,supporting The Hive’s wonderful work in hands-on environmental education, nurturing creativity and nature connection. 🌳

In relation to our office move, the EFHT team is working remotely these few weeks as we continue to figure out our new premises. Please bear with us a bit longer. ☺️

#LoveEppingForest #EppingForest #Partnership

You may have heard that one of the greatest threats #EppingForest now faces is #ClimateChange, but how exactly it impacts the Forest?

Our Trustee Abi @forestcowboywho's also an Environmental Educator at @hiveintheforest (formerly Suntrap), recently wrote a blog explaining the impact:

🌡Higher summer temperatures and reduced rainfall result in drier, more compacted ground, increasing the risk of drought, and in turn increasing the likelihood and severity of forest fires as there is more dry material (fuel) on the forest floor.

💦Conversely, #drought and compaction can prevent rainfall from soaking into the ground, increasing surface runoff and the risk of localised #flooding.Visitors avoiding surface water by venturing off-path could damage the understory of the forest through trampling and compaction, leading to more flooding via a vicious feedback loop.

🐛Rising temperatures can also increase the risk of pathogens and disease. For example, the invasive Oak Processionary Moth caterpillars are expanding their range as they favour warmer temperatures.

🏠 Plans for 68,000 new homes around the Forest over the next 15 years will exacerbate these problems through increased carbon emissions and pollution from vehicular traffic, and damage to the Forest through increased footfall.

To read the full article, and how together we can help protect the irreplaceable Forest for generations to come, please visit link in bio.

🥾 Abi will also lead a #guidedwalk on Tuesday 12th May at 6.30pm at Chingford, looking at trees ranging in age and of different species, where you can also learn about the important roles they play within history and ecosystems. (Guided walks link in bio too)