Carbon

Don’t get stumped by timber terms: understanding the differences between hardwood and softwood

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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.

A year of growth: tree planting rates hit their highest level in over 20 years

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Richard Chapman, Deputy Director of Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund Tree Programme, highlights the latest annual statistics, what has been achieved over the past year and what is to come. Yesterday, the Forestry Commission published their latest set of Provisional …