Kate Hawley is the Forestry Commission Area Operations Manager for Yorkshire and the North East. Here she reflects on her experience of being a women in forestry and the significance...
...East Riding of Yorkshire & Humberside along with South Wales and a new team developing within the North East of England. The Green Task Force has been gathering steady momentum...
Katie Goldsbrough is one of our Woodland Officers in the East & East Midlands area. Here, Katie explains some of the partnership work the Forestry Commission is involved in to...
...East Community Forest quickly followed, with another £480,000 of first year funding to underpin commitments that will see 500ha of woodland creation by 2025 with a long-term vision to increase...
...may become more suitable for tree growth in the future, hotter, drier conditions in the south and east are likely to limit yield for some species. Wildfire, erosion, pressures to...
...could cause significant damage to the UK’s spruce-based forestry and timber industries. Landowners in the south East should actively manage their woodlands to reduce the risk. If you think you...
...Why? Because conifer grows fast and stores lots of carbon quickly. The statutory tree planting target assumes that we need to plant at least 30% conifer or other fast-growing species...
...way that: protects, restores or enhances the environment mitigates the effects of climate change These are important foundations for sustainable and resilient farming and food production. On 11 December 2024,...
...time is now. In 2024 Defra launched the ELM in-field agroforestry offer, providing more support for creating and managing agroforestry than there has ever been. There are agroforestry actions across...
...expiring at the end of 2024 will have the option for a 5 or 10 year mirror agreement. We will not be able to offer existing CSHT woodland agreement customers...
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