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Putting the forestry back into agroforestry

Putting the forestry back into agroforestry

Jim O'Neill, Agroforestry Development Manager, shows how applying traditional forestry knowledge to agroforestry systems can unlock timber production potential.

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Celebrating the women working in the Forestry Commission: Georgi Ennis

Posted by: Georgi Ennis, Posted on: 8 March 2022 - Categories: International Women's Day, Our staff
Georgi Ennis

In a series of blogs to celebrate International Women's Day 2022, members of staff share their stories of working in the forestry sector. This is Georgi Ennis.

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Making space for nature – to benefit water

Posted by: Neil Jarvis, Posted on: 1 March 2022 - Categories: Tree planting, Woodland creation
Landscape view of new trees in plastic tubes on a hillside. The sky is blue with some clouds and more mature trees are growing on a hill on the background

Find out more about how planting trees can help to improve water quality and provide natural flood management on your land.

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New wader zonal maps - helping to ensure new trees are put in the right place.

Posted by: Neil Riddle, Posted on: 4 February 2022 - Categories: Woodland creation
a curlew, a wading bird

New guidance will help to inform woodland expansion in England that works with breeding wader conservation.

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Tree Production Innovation Fund - Second spotlight on successful applicants

Posted by: Jack Clough, Posted on: 28 January 2022 - Categories: Tree planting
A large quatity of conifer seedlings in a nursery setting

The Tree Production Innovation Fund aims to support innovative projects to increase and diversify domestic tree production. In our second blog post on the successful projects recieving funding, read about three more.

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Tree-mendous news - Local Authority Treescapes Fund and Urban Tree Challenge Fund to launch again!

Posted by: Rhiannon Leyden-Preece, Posted on: 27 January 2022 - Categories: Urban trees, Woodland creation
A park with a concerete path winding through the centre of the image and yourng trees surrounded by tree guards either side of it

2022 ready to see urban and non-woodland treescapes turn a new leaf, with the re-launch of two major tree planting grants from the Forestry Commission and Defra.

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Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds - Case Studies

Posted by: Jack Clough, Posted on: 12 January 2022 - Categories: Woodland management
Close up shot of a felled tree trunk surrounded by other trees and foliage, pink flowers to the left of the shot

The Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds are supporting projects improving woodland habitat and increasing resilience to pests, diseases and climate change. Find out about two of the successful projects recieving funding.

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Helping people put down roots with woodland creation

Posted by: Bella Murfin and Naomi Matthiessen, Posted on: 29 December 2021 - Categories: Woodland creation
one man digs a hole whilst another stands nearby holding a tree ready to be put in the ground. A reddy/brown dog is next to them looking on and two more people are in the background planting another tree.

Bella Murfin and Naomi Matthiessen, job share Directors for the Nature for Climate Fund Tree Programme in Defra, reflect on the last 6 months of the programme.

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Tree Production Innovation Fund - Spotlight on successful applicants

Posted by: Jack Clough, Posted on: 17 December 2021 - Categories: Tree planting
a close up of small seedlings growing through a purple wire mesh

The Tree Production Innovation Fund aims to support innovative projects to increase and diversify domestic tree production. Find out about three of the successful projects recieving funding.

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Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds projects.

Posted by: Jack Clough, Posted on: 7 December 2021 - Categories: Woodland management
An woodland setting

Successful applicants of the Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds have been awarded a combined total of almost £700K in grant funding and are supporting these 17 projects.

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There’s more to trees than meets the eye

Posted by: Chris Waterfield, Posted on: 3 December 2021 - Categories: Woodland creation
lanscape made up of fields and trees

We summarise the far-reaching benefits woodland creation has on farming businesses – helping farmers to diversify, generate additional income and support wider land management goals.

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