Steve Marsh
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Born | Newton-le-Willows |
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Spouse | Janine Marsh |
Movies/Shows | The Street |
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Steve Marsh Life story
Stephen "Steve" Marsh is a British actor and former co host of the CBeebies programme Big Cook, Little Cook, and was also co host of Space Hoppers. Marsh plays the part of the big cook, Ben. He and his Big Cook, Little Cook co host Dan Wright form a comedy duo under the name of Electric Forecast.
New map of ancient trees an opportunity for conservation
... On the Ashton Court Estate near Bristol, we follow Steve Marsh from the Woodland Trust, fighting our way through brambles and rhododendrons, in the hunt for the legendary Domesday Oak...
Climate change: Tree planting rise 'needs to happen quickly'
... Why plant more trees? Steve Marsh from the Woodland Trust said trees help reduce health problems caused by air pollution and urban heat - Trees are the lungs of the earth, in our towns and cities you ll be able to feel the difference in air quality if we don t plant more, he said...
New map of ancient trees an opportunity for conservation
A new map shows there could be around two million Trees with exceptional environmental and cultural value previously unrecorded in England.
That's ten times as many as currently on official records.
This Tree -map is sounding a rare note of optimism in The conservation world.
But The Woodland Trust charity warns that these Trees - known as ancient or veteran specimens - have " almost no" legal protection.
It Comes after a centuries-old oak Tree was felled in Peterborough on Wednesday by The Council , Who Said it was causing " structural damage" to nearby homes.
The Bbc joined The Hunt for One of these ancient giants.
On The Ashton Court Estate near Bristol, we follow Steve Marsh from The Woodland Trust, fighting our way through brambles and rhododendrons, in The Hunt for The legendary Domesday Oak.
Instead we discover an ancient unnamed Tree - One The Trust has no record of. We take turns sitting Inside - The air is cool and still.
An ancient Tree is considered remarkably old for its age - They are sometimes known as " living archaeology".
They 're incredibly rich in wildlife - One ancient oak has more biodiversity than a thousand 100-year-old oaks.
And veteran Trees have The Features of an ancient specimen but are younger in age.
" It's that feeling you get when you see a really old cathedral or an Old Church and you think, imagine what The World was like Back Then , " Steve says, patting The gnarled wood.
The Tree is probably twice as old as St Paul's Cathedral, built in 1675, and as old as The Tower of London, he says.
Those buildings are protected, he explains, but The only reason this ancient Tree has survived is because it's in a park where landowners have looked after it, he suggests
" All of our old and most amazing Trees should have heritage status at least to protect them so that we can look after them and care for them in The Future , " he says.
It's exactly this type of hidden ancient that Dr Victoria Nolan, from The University of Nottingham, spent Four Years looking for.
After poring over existing records and tramping through The English countryside, it was " incredible" to establish there could be two million, she told me.
Her team used a computer model to predict where The Trees were likely to be. It looked at The layout of The landscape, habitat, but also distance from cities and human populations.
" At first we couldn't believe The results. The surprising bit for me was how They can be everywhere, in places where you wouldn't think an ancient Tree might be, " She Said .
Many are concentrated around London in The historic hunting parks and forests, as well as in The Lake District , Hereford and Northumberland.
Before their work, Tree records usually showed The places where scientists had gone to look for Trees , rather than where They might be.
" Now we show where They actually are in The Environment , " she explains.
But The results of her work are also " kind of scary".
" Our limited knowledge means those Trees are not protected at all currently. Depending on where these Trees are, anyone could go chop them down.
They 're being damaged, especially in a lot of agricultural landscapes. "
As biodiversity levels crash, these living beings are a Safe Haven for thousands of species.
And their respiration also helps to cool a heating climate. They also contain history and Memory - They help us to dream and imagine.
Now, armed with this new map of Old Trees , scientists like Victoria and The rest of us could help to keep more of them alive.
The study is published in The scientific journal Ecological Applications.
Source of news: bbc.com