Epping Forest (deciduous forest)

• Epping forest is located in north east london
• sustainability is the meeting of needs of the future without compromising the needs of today
• Tourist management strategies in Epping:

  • providing car parks, toilets and refreshment facilities to maintain recreation
  • providing easy access car parks for people with disabilities
  • preserving ancient buildings
• sustainable management in Epping:

  • allowing old trees to die and collapse naturally
  • preserving ancient trees by re-pollarding them to allow new shoots to grow
  • preserving the herd of Fallow deer
• pollarding involves cutting the trees at shoulder height, above deers grazing, to allow them to grow futher