As a small boy I was born and raised in England, with many forests in the vicinity I spent a lot of my childhood making 'Dens' or 'Bases' within the surrounding locations.
This was a great upbringing, due to the fact that nature was always close at hand to offer me its beauty and to help me engage in a more natural way of life.
As I'm sure you may notice I've grown quite fond of this life over the years, yet to my utter dismay the new prime minister and conservative leader of Britain, David Cameron, recently proposed plans to sell a very large quantity of it to private investors.
With the proposal being 258,000 hectares put up for sale, a massive public outcry was indeed the outcome.
Some of Britain's most well known forests including Sherwood, Thetford and the Forest of Dean were added to this terrible proposal, outlining the fact that Cameron's initial statement of a 'Greener Britain' when he came in to power was indeed one of absolute rubbish.
The reason for this proposal is to help Britain with its budget deficit; an estimated £250 million was the given price tag for this atrocity, but is there really a price on national heritage? Already spread out across Britain we have 'Centre Parcs-style' holiday villages, and by selling more of the forests we shall indeed gain more, also if plans were to go ahead there would be numerous golf courses laid down and many more logging operations to sell Britain's timber.
As said above, a price on a nations heritage is something that would only be accepted by running a fool's errand, this is why so many people have come together to prevent and diminish these preposterous ideas ever continuing.
People such as the Archbishop of Canterbury, M.
P's, conservation groups and thousands of members of the general public have come together to oppose this proposition, and in my eyes this is exactly what needs to happen.
Not only would the loss of these forests create a major backlash to many people; it would also cause a severe amount of damage to many species of wildlife within Britain, as hundreds of habitats would succumb to the perils of unnatural destruction.
With this being said, the RSPB has placed a major appeal opposing this plan and has helped to make the government's idea become less achievable.
Due to so much criticism from the aforementioned people/groups the proposal has been 'Put on ice' for now and a separate panel of experts will be examining Britain's forestry policy.
Once this is completed it will be given to Caroline Spelman (Britain's environment secretary), this is due to be finished near autumn and hopefully it will be carefully reviewed.
I couldn't imagine how different Britain may become without all of the forests that it has had for hundreds of years, it would be like the sun without heat to many people, myself included.
I can understand that Britain needs to pay off its deficits, but this is not the way it should be done, there are many other routes that the government can take without having to give up something so precious.