...from, establishing territories in completely different woodland areas. Common toads can travel even further, migrating up to 3.6 kilometres1 before returning to breed in the exact ponds where they were...
Jessica Turner, National Historic Environment Advisor at the Forestry Commission, explores how pivotal periods in history led to the evolution of the tools our ancestors used to shape our wooded...
...manage and control it in England. For centuries, the oak has stood at the heart of British identity – woven into our folklore, stitched into royal emblems and rooted deep...
...oak that would produce around 1,300m3 of stem wood containing 364 tonnes of carbon (1,336 tonnes of CO2) in the same period.2 The difference in carbon (1,673 tonnes of CO2)...
...even cooling our towns and cities. All of these services are provided in perpetuity for free, by a functional forest ecosystem, which we know is more resilient to the effects...
...contaminated to clean sites, to further protect forests from invasive species, pests and diseases. 4. Investing in future forests The UKFS prioritises restocking to ensure sustainability and to maintain forest...
...over 23,000 hours of time. The network reports healthy trees as well as unhealthy trees. This is invaluable information as it contributes to our understanding of the spread of certain...
...the ARB Show straight to our supporters and visitors. The Virtual ARB Show 2020 opens on Friday 15 May and will feature an interactive showground filled with top industry exhibitors...
...use free mapping tools such as the Sylva Foundation’s My Forest system to create an application map, using their guidance on how to produce EWCO compliant maps. 5. Make sure...
...around the landscape, including through urban areas, and will become even more important as climate change makes some places too hot, too wet, too dry, or too unpredictable for species...
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