Urban trees
For Forestry Stewardship Council’s Forest Week, this blog brings together 6 organisations working across UK forestry, each sharing one practical thing they are doing for forests, from certification and agroforestry to urban treescapes, climate adaptation and timber use.
Andrew Jones, Chair of the Urban Forestry and Woodland Advisory Committee Network (UFWACN) discusses the importance of the urban forest, and how a new vision for urban forestry will help our English towns and cities to flourish.
Join us for this month's this month’s ‘Into the woods’ blog by Regulations and Incentives Support Officer Tab Robinson, who explores how woodland can help connect communities with the roots of their local community.
Trees are battling the climate crisis, pests and diseases. Richard Cobb, Local Partnership Advisor for the South East and London, shares what we can learn from recent research in London.
For UK Fungus Day 2024, this month's 'Into the woods' blog by Emily Robinson delves into the world of fungi and urban woodland ecology at Streatham Common.
Amanda Newsome, Biodiversity Net Gain Advisor and Jim Smith, Urban Forestry Advisor at the Forestry Commission explore how integrating trees into new developments can contribute towards delivering biodiversity net gain.
Amanda Newsome, Biodiversity Net Gain advisor at the Forestry Commission, talks about the introduction of this ambitious new government policy and some of the benefits it can bring for England’s trees and woodlands.
The newly opened Coronation Living Heritage Fund will support local tree planting initiatives and small tree nurseries to commemorate the Coronation of King Charles III. Find out more about this fund and the benefits it can bring.
Bella Murfin and Naomi Matthiessen are job share Directors for the Nature for Climate Fund Tree Programme in Defra. Here they look back at the last 6 months of the delivering the Government’s commitment to treble tree planting in England …
From 1 July 2023 the Biosecure Procurement Requirement has extended to three additonal funds. Here we look at why that's important.
