...of the fund is to enable more trees planted particularly in winter seasons 2023/24 and 2024/25. What funding is available? The WCAF is a revenue only fund (funding new staff...
Jim O’Neill, the Forestry Commission’s Agroforestry Development Manager, shares new funding available for agroforestry. I have spent over 30 years working with farmers and land managers in East Cumbria, creating...
...been greater. We are fortunate to have had a long legacy of considering landscape in woodland creation going back at least fifty years to the seminal work of Dame Sylvia...
...– so long as the conditions are right. Liverworts stabilize soil and riverbanks, reducing water evaporation and helping new plants grow. Liverworts up-close in Fore Wood, East Sussex Lichen Lichens...
...nature-based solutions to other environmental problems. Recent research from the University of East Anglia has highlighted the importance of a woodland canopy to wild bees, one of the most significant...
...aims to increase active woodland management in the North East and North Yorkshire by developing, disseminating, and supporting innovation to help overcome barriers and support woodland owners to actively manage...
...low canopy cover. North East Community Forest With trees and woods at the heart of nature recovery in England, we need a skilled diverse workforce to help deliver and maintain...
...local ancient and semi-natural woodlands - and grow tree seedlings. These seedlings are then distributed to a network of community and school-based nurseries across Bath and North East Somerset for...
...lost more than £1 million per year to deer damage 1/3 Unbrowsed woodland in South-east England just after removal of deer fence (Credit - Jamie Cordery, Forestry Commission) 2/3 The...
...helicopters and using drones. 12 helicopter flights have taken place covering the south-west and south-east of England and in Wales. As well as being able to target specific areas, aerial...
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