会议名称：“2022世界木材日”研讨会暨第四届国际林联（IUFRO）林产品文化研究组讨论会
会议时间：2022年3月22日

报告嘉宾：Ian D. Rotherham
嘉宾简介：英国谢菲尔德高级健康研究中心奥林匹克遗产公园 名誉教授

摘要：
Ancient woods and forest landscapes in the UK are the result of long-term utilization and management. The heritage resulting from this usage is now well-established and examples are presented to support this assertion. This historical utilization is associated with contemporary cultural values with both tangible and intangible biocultural heritage. As traditional manage ment reduced and in many cases ceased during the twentieth century, there has been progressive loss of traditional knowledge and cultural memories. These landscapes and their trees result from interactions of people and nature over centuries to generate eco-cultural heritage re sources. Abandonment leads to inevitable successional changes in associ ated ecology alongside the loss of cultural memories and resulting cultural severance. The latter becomes a major driver of ecological change and bio diversity decline.
The paper presents a regionally-based case-study of woodland eco-cultural landscapes and the associated biocultural resources. The evidence includes site archaeology, archival sources, oral histories, and ecological field survey including ‘worked’ trees and botanical indicators. Such breadth of infor mation is used to develop detailed time-lines from Domesday to the twen ty-first century for individual sites.
Site assessments and evaluations are used to evaluate contemporary site management which is often undertaken as nature conservation projects. It is suggested that lack of recognition of biocultural heritage leads to inad-14vertent and unknowing damage to both archaeology and biocultural heritage of worked trees and vegetation. Finally, it is argued that a lack of accepted evaluation processes or effective kite-marking for sustainable forest products presents significant problems. Furthermore, whilst this case study is in England the wider issues apply Europe-wide and irreplaceable heritage is being compromised and eroded.

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