The Channel Island of Jersey is 116 km2 but has only 540 ha of woodland distributed in 237 wooded fragments with mean size of 2.5 ha. Despite this, the island supports 300 to 600 red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris, a species that is under threat in mainland Britain from...
Analysis of the Fragmented Woodlands in the Island of Jersey
In 2019 a Jersey NGO ‘Planting for the Planet’ commissioned a full survey of Jersey’s woodlands for the purposes of producing a report detailing the current conditions of the fragmented woodland patches in Jersey. The aim was to document current carbon sequestration,...