Your Urban Forest needs you
...every tree you can see from the top and some you can’t. Like traditional forestry, urban forestry is looking after these trees for the benefits they bring to residents, businesses...
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365 days of Action Oak
...monitoring to help safeguard the nation’s favourite tree. This is the first time organisations and government have come together to collectively tackle the threats to our oak trees. In its...
National Plant Health Week: Here are the pests and diseases threatening our plants
...some forest species. Larch trees, which are widely grown in the UK for the timber market, are particularly susceptible. The disease has also been found on European sweet chestnut trees...
Is your forest fit for the future?
...restricting warming to around 1.5°C or even 2°C will not be possible. So what effect will this have on forestry, woodlands and trees? Graphic showing the impact of climate change...
Celebrating the women working in the Forestry Commission: Georgi Ennis
...Creation and Tree Health Grants; reviewing woodland management plans; ensuring compliance with UK Forestry Standards, scheme rules and procedures; processing and inspecting felling licences, inspecting restocking notices, inspecting Enforcement notices,...
Why woodland management matters
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Climate change and resilience, Tree health, Woodland management
...through managing local deer populations. Encourage and develop future veteran trees whilst protecting any existing veteran or ancient trees. Coppice and fell small areas of trees to encourage structural diversity....
The UK Forestry Standard Review
...The widespread damage caused by Ips typographus across Europe demonstrates the impact that combinations of tree pests and climate change are having on economically important tree species such as Norway...
Is coppicing right for my woodland?
...to the coppiced stools. Retain veteran and future veteran trees, or good future timber trees. Have sufficiently sized coupes to limit edge shading from the surrounding taller coupes/high forest. Protect...
7 tips to help you change to a career in forestry
...climate change and large-scale biodiversity loss. The UK government has legally binding environmental targets to increase tree cover from 14.5% to 16.5% by 2050. The forestry sector needs boots on...
The Mercian Project: empowering woodland owners to improve biodiversity
...ecological value. A lush green treescape of broadleaved species, with a waterway running through the centre. Credit: Rachel Bates Understanding each woodland When we first visit a site, we meet...
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