Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor at the Forestry Commission, invites Dougal Driver, CEO of Grown in Britain, to discuss how you can grow high-quality wood, and new opportunities for UK timber.
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 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.
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.
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.
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor, 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 …
Annabel Stones, Engagement Manager at Woodland Heritage, explains how the charity is striving to build a thriving UK wood culture by championing the good use of home-grown timber from sustainable, productive woodlands.
Paul Brannen is the Director of Public Affairs at the Confederation of Timber Industries and author of Timber! How wood can help save the world from climate breakdown (Agenda Publishing 2024). Here he explains the need for home-grown softwood and hardwood timber for an expanding bioeconomy.
David Bliss, CEO at the Lowther Estate, shares how the estate converted low-value farmland into woodlands that deliver income, support nature and support their agricultural enterprises.
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