...play in addressing these challenges. Public perception is often that felling trees is a bad thing – we need to help reverse this and better promote all the benefits that...
...its transition to a low-carbon construction sector. In 2024 the UK’s apparent consumption of wood and wood products (domestic production plus imports, minus exports) was approximately 48 million cubic metres...
...until August 2024. The new scheme aims to establish better coordination between landowners and managers at a local level to help tackle the hazardous pest. Calling all owners of infested...
...and restore nature. Six years and more than 20,000 hectares planted later, the picture looks significantly better. On Thursday, we saw the annual publication of the Forestry Commission Key Performance...
...Stockport, SK12 2NR European Protected Species for Forester, Wednesday, 11 September 2024 - Near Chadlington, Chipping Norton. You could also participate in their Sunset Sunrise Survey between now and October....
During National Plant Health Week 2024, our panel of experts from the Forestry Commission, Forest Research, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Observatree led a live Tree Health Clinic Q&A on...
...4 years, and our hopes for 2024/25. As we write, the recent freeze has passed and Storms Isha and Jocelyn have blown through the country. All this noteworthy weather has...
...for a third round of funding applications, with £260,000 available for projects during 2024/25. Collecting dry seed in thinned area in Oxley Wood, Essex. Credit: Clive Ellis As well as...
Applications to the 2024 Professional Forester Apprenticeship are now open. Marcus Ling has just started the apprenticeship programme and is working within the Forestry Commission’s South East and London Area...
...is worth persevering as there are so many surprising rewards if you adopt this approach. The Continuous Cover Forestry Group promotes silvicultural practice (the care and cultivation of woodlands to...
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