Into the woods: the value of amenity woodlands
Join us for this month’s ‘Into the woods’ blog by Helen Townsend, the Forestry Commission’s Head of People, Landscape and Historic Environment. To mark Take a Walk Outdoors Day, she...
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Tigers and hawks in our forests
Posted by:
Kate Tobin, Posted on:
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Categories:
Ancient woodland, Nature, Tree planting, Woodland creation, Woodland management
...up on them by “whispering” – emitting echolocation calls 10 to 100 times lower in amplitude than other bat species, which allows them to get up to four times closer...
Tree protection – thinking about risks and opportunities
...coppice and to help ride-side shrubs get established, but deer must be able to see it. Regular checks are needed to ensure it does not short-out on vegetation and that...
Making space for nature – to benefit water
...trees can help manage soil – keeping more of it in your fields and allowing less of it to get into rivers. This could lead to more sustainable yields, provide...
Might oaks from little acorns grow…?
...2020, just after the Chancellor had committed £640m to the Nature for Climate Fund (NCF), intended to boost the role of nature in the journey to Net Zero. The small...
All England Woodland Resilience Awards now open
...a call to all owners, agents, local authorities, community groups, charities and any others who are adapting their woods to be resilient to environmental change or who are planning to...
Launch of the England Trees Action Plan
Posted by:
Sir William Worsley, Posted on:
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Categories:
Ancient woodland, Climate change and resilience, Tree health, Urban trees, Woodland creation, Woodland management
...act now to leave future generations a better environment. We need to work towards net zero emissions by 2050; to address biodiversity loss; to better connect people with nature; and...
Cracking down on illegal felling
...These measures will make a real difference to our environment if they are enacted, so I want to highlight them in this blog and encourage everyone to get behind them....
Why is biosecurity important to the health of our trees?
...introduced into the UK. The government has put in place rigorous controls to prevent introductions, but it's really important that we as individuals do as much as we can to...
Girdling at Bullens Wood – a management technique to thin trees
...sharp tool to cut through a tree’s bark to kill the tree without having to cut it down. An advantage of girdling is that the trees do not need to...
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