{"id":530,"date":"2015-02-13T16:03:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T16:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org\/?p=530"},"modified":"2015-02-14T16:39:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T16:39:38","slug":"oliver-rackham-rip-britains-greatest-living-ent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Rackham RIP &#8211; Britain&#8217;s Greatest Living Ent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/m46jl77\">Sad news<\/a> that Oliver Rackham of Cambridge University has passed away.\u00a0 There are not many revolutionary historians and even fewer who make a lasting impact by inspiring us to save our natural heritage but Rackham was one of them.<\/p>\n<p>His <em>Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape<\/em>, first published in 1976, remains a classic and unequaled by the torrent of studies and literature on woods that followed. More than anyone else, Rackham proved that Britain still has Ancient Woodlands which provide a living link to our most ancient past.\u00a0 In so doing he inspired subsequent generations to rediscover &#8216;woodsmanship&#8217;, helped reverse the unsustainable nature of contemporary &#8216;forestry&#8217;, and set a whole new direction for conservation of Britain&#8217;s trees and woods.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed only to have coined the word &#8216;wildwood&#8217; to avoid confusion with hunting &#8216;Forests&#8217; but to pick this evocative name for the primeval woodland of Britain, coupled with his painstaking proof through fieldwork that we live in a country where the essence of of the wildwood still survives in Ancient Trees and Woods, was a stroke of genius. \u00a0 He helped ensure the future of our woods by sharing understanding of their past.\u00a0 He gave ancient trees a voice.\u00a0 Truly Britain&#8217;s greatest living &#8216;Ent&#8217;, now gone back in the wildwood himself.<\/p>\n<p>Small leaved-lime was one of his favourite trees.\u00a0 He called it a tree of &#8216;romance and delight&#8217;.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a leaf from the 2,000 year old lime coppice at Silk Wood, by Westonbirt Arboretum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/S-small-leaved-lime-leaf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-532\" src=\"https:\/\/threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/S-small-leaved-lime-leaf.jpg\" alt=\"S small leaved lime leaf\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/S-small-leaved-lime-leaf.jpg 768w, https:\/\/threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/S-small-leaved-lime-leaf-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a> Chris Rose<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad news that Oliver Rackham of Cambridge University has passed away.\u00a0 There are not many revolutionary historians and even fewer who make a lasting impact by inspiring us to save our natural heritage but Rackham was one of them. 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