Friday, 11 February 2011

News: Government U-turn on forest sell-off

The UK government has just announced it is putting on hold plans to sell off 15% of state-owned forests and says it intends to reconsider the criteria for the sales. However, the main part of its plans to privatise forests is still going ahead.

You can read the full story at the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12428814

Previous related posts:
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/11/petitions-to-save-our-forests-and-herbs.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2011/02/news-privatisation-of-ancient-forests.html

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