Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Megan Gimber is Habitats Officer at People's Trust for Endangered Species. This was her keynote speech for the Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull LNP Conference at the NFH headquarters.

Paper references and links
Healthy Hedgerows survey:
hedgerowsurvey.ptes.org/healthy-hedgerows-survey

Environment Improvement Plan hedgerow targets: gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-improvement-plan-2025/environmental-improvement-plan-eip-2025

UH CEH 2023 hedge report:
ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-11/Agri-env%20hedges%20Final%20Report.pdf

Robert Wolton's Life in a Hedge research: researchgate.net/publication/282237797_Life_in_a_hedge

Sophie Drexler's Carbon stock in old hedgerows: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcbb.13112

Soil Carbon lost when hedges disappear: researchgate.net/publication/351546107_Soil_carbon_of_hedgerows_and_'ghost'_hedgerows