ACTION NOW!The Forest of Dean is being Enclosed and Sold off!
Take Notice, Foresters All, that Free Peoples of the Forest, intend to Meet at 12o'clock near the Free Miner Monument in Cinderford Triangle on Sunday next, the 3rd of February instant for the purpose of Opening the Forest, which hath in part of late been enclosed and threatened with Privatisation, Sale, "Land Exchanges" and other forms of political thievery and corruption.
We Foresters shalth rise, to defend our heritage, defend our Land and our Rights as Free Peoples of the Forest. All Persons, regardless of position, who are attempting to Sell the Forest whole or in part, are Hereby served Notice to Quit and are required hereby to remove all Unlawful Enclosures forthwith, otherwise they will have their stock impounded without Further Notice.
Dated This 30th day of January 2013
Trust of United Foresters
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Following an emergency public meeting called to discuss the Unlawful Enclosure of a Statue erected to Honour Miners that died working to feed their families, the latest in a long list on Crimes that have fenced off, restricted or forcefully prevented the People of the Forest from accessing and enjoying their Forest, Common land and "public resources".
The so-called Authorities insult local traditions, Forest heritage and the Rights of all peoples of this Forest. All Free People have the Right to Roam the land, the Right to access culturally important objects and places and the Right to define and determine appropriate development of their Land.
A Trust of Unified Foresters is forming to Defend the Forest from All those who seek to defile and destroy Life in the area.
Foresters being All those who identify with the name, have a special relationship to Forests, Woodlands and other Wild places.
Our enemies Spiel professes "sustainable development", concrete "regeneration" and protection of the "vitality" of local businesses, as they plan to build two new supermarkets -the final nail in the coffin of local shops in Cinderford and Coleford.
In Cinderford they plan to destroy 187 arces of mixed woodland, with seven lakes - one of the most important wild-life areas in Gloucestershire according to NGO's (otters, rare butterfly, lizards, great crested newts and rare bats call the Northern Quarter Home). In the same town they plan to bulldoze a large Market Garden Greenhouse, and an Orchard of ancient Apple Trees - for another supermarket.
In Coleford Clive Bath, who owns the District Council Buildings!, (and the councillors) has pushed through his plans to build a Tescos on land that we were told was going to be a Community Garden!
Come and Join us, Fight back for Life and all Beings of this Earth - The condition of the land, is all that will matter to the peoples of the Future.
The Trust Gives Notice to All involved Parties - Get your Hand off our Forest, whole or in part! - For this is OUR LAND!
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Wednesday January 30, 2013 16:45
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12We're not interested tbh
Resist these ignorant greedy capitalists and arrogant thieving conservatives, if they enter the forest, cut the scum down!
the land was here millions of years before us human species, and it will be here millions of years after us.
it does not belong to us, it belongs to itself....
so in our human-made legal construct too.....let it be free....let it belong to itself.
cheers
Please go and tell that to the Tories, who want to sell the Forest of Dean off to their mates!
It is a shame you didn't give us some more notice as we could have organised the gang to come along from Blakeney. Good luck and see you next time,
Good luck with the campaign folks!
The government has announced that it will not sell off publicly owned forests in England.
It also called for woodland cover to increase from 10% to 15% by 2060.
The Public Forest Estate (PFE) accounts for 18% of English woodlands, and covers about 9% of the nation - one of the lowest percentages in Europe.
Is there an e-petition we can sign up to?
The part of the Forest in question is being/has been sold to developers. It's a heritage site for the deepest pit in the Forest, as well as being one of the most important wildlife sites in Gloucestershire. A memorial to several miners who died in the pit there has been desecrated and public land fenced off. The planning have even been talking about artificial heated bat roosts to try and get this ridiculous development through.
As far as the govt's decision yesterday goes re the sell off of Forests, it's very cleverly worded and talks clearly about an independent body 'owning' the Forests. How that will work, be funded etc remains to be seen.
My understanding is that Clive Bath owns the town council building, not the district one.
Who iseth this Clive who claims ownerffip of buildingf that belongeth to fe people?
Let uf taketh all that belongeth to him and hide it in the turff. Let uf taketh all that belongeff to his ilk and push them to depise him for their troubles.
Then, wee shall pass his belongingf to the foreft and let our mother share in the welthh that if of no use to uss.
This, quite honestly, needs to be entered on every petition site out there and a major email/letter campaign to local MP's ...
I'm always opposed to sell offs of land, but just remember something. The people who have the rights to the commons in The Forest, as in all so called common land in England, aren't most people. In a village of say 300 house holds, the commoners rights are usually held by a few families who can trace their family back for several generations. They get backed up by wealthy incomers who like the idea of what they see as quaint english tradition - often to the detriment of other people who are from the wrong family.
Opposing the sell off of the land to developers is one thing, but don't then make the mistake of supporting a status quo where a small number of old established local families control the rights - that should be shared by all - in their own interest.