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Managing the Restoration of Ravine Woodlands The main aim of the Ravine WoodLIFE Project was to ensure the long-term ecological viability of the internationally-important ravine woodland habitats found in the Peak District and Wye Valley Special Areas of Conservation. The Project partnership, working together with private landowners, sought to bring over 1,600 ha (3,953 acres) of woodland under co-ordinated management for conservation. This woodland conservation management sought to protect and enhance the wildlife value of the woodland habitats for the benefit of future generations. The Ravine WoodLIFE Project worked with landowners to carry out positive management, which restored these important areas of native woodland to favourable conservation status. Woodland management work included: the removal of non-native species; improving fences and walls to control livestock access; coppicing and thinning to promote a varied woodland structure and natural regeneration. Some Ravine WoodLIFE sites have historically been managed to produce timber either through coppicing to produce charcoal and small roundwood or felling individual trees to produce larger size timber for building and other uses. The Project, working together with local communities and businesses investigated the possibility of re-establishing some of these traditional woodland industries, together with potential new markets for timber and non-timber products arising from woodland conservation management.
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