...is committed to: Enhancing woodland cover. By becoming part of the nationwide effort to enhance woodland cover in England, the ambassadors aim to bring benefits to their communities as well...
...woodland owners face. Through the Forestry Commission’s Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds (WiMFIF), £7.6million has been awarded towards 62 projects with the aim to support innovative approaches in bringing...
Mark West from the Green Task Force looks back at his career so far, and how he made the change from being in uniformed service to working in forestry and...
...father died nine years ago he made it clear that it was of great importance that the wood remain in the family as a legacy to continue to be enjoyed....
Dr Daegan Inward is a Senior Scientist at Forest Research working on the threats to UK trees and woodlands from Ips typographus. In this blog, Daegan shares his insights into...
...woodland resilience, which aims to increase the mixture of tree species and structural diversity in woodlands through change to management activities. The purpose is to make woodlands more resilient to...
...factories. An increase in demand for more wood to build more timber framed homes can initially be met by increased imports, mainly from Sweden, Latvia and Finland, where ‘super-sawmills’ can...
...purpose The first site at HMP Haverigg in Cumbria is already growing over 250,000 saplings, with two more prisons set to join the initiative soon. The programme delivers three key...
...and pollinators The extra sunlight that streams into these areas encourages a mix of plants to flourish, creating perfect conditions for insects that have formed very specific relationships with certain...
...send the leaf spiralling towards the ground. Without leaves, trees can enter dormancy to dramatically conserve their energy. They retain moisture within their woody tissues to prevent dehydration, whilst their...
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