Making the most of your trees: discover the medium-value timber products from your woodland
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor at the Forestry Commission, explores a variety of medium-value timber products available from UK woodlands.
Chris Watson
Woodland Resilience Adviser, Forestry Commission
Making the most of your timber: unlocking the value of low-quality wood
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor at the Forestry Commission, invites Simon James, Chief Executive from Small Woods Association, to discuss key wood products made from lower-quality wood, and how you can make the most of your timber.
Seeing the wood for the trees: how to harvest timber from your woodland
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor at the Forestry Commission, explains some of the wood products you can get from your woodland, and how you can start to harvest timber and sell this valuable, natural resource.
Don’t get stumped by timber terms: understanding the differences between hardwood and softwood
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor at the Forestry Commission, invites Steph Bale, Senior Policy Advisor for Commercial Forestry at Defra, to discuss the differences between hardwood and softwood in relation to timber, and why it matters.
The role of timber in sustainable woodland management
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Adviser, explains how sustainable woodland management, underpinned by timber income, is crucial to ensuring our woodlands continue to thrive. In this blog, Chris invites Nature Recovery Policy Advisor, Kate Tobin, to highlight the benefits trees and …
How to help young trees survive prolonged hot dry weather
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Climate change and resilience, Tree planting, Woodland creation
Chris Watson, Forestry Commission Woodland Resilience Advisor, looks at the effects of prolonged hot and dry weather on trees and what you can do to help them survive.
The UK Forestry Standard: a guide to sustainable forestry and responsible timber harvesting
Chris Watson is the Forestry Commission's Woodland Resilience Advisor. Here he outlines the principles and wider environmental, economic and social benefits of sustainable forest management and timber harvesting through the UK Forestry Standard.
Why woodland management matters
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Climate change and resilience, Tree health, Woodland management
Woodland Resilience Adviser Chris explores the different threats facing our woodlands, and how woodland management can help mitigate these threats and increase the future health and resilience of our woodlands.
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