...exploring how local woodland related industries in the area can find new opportunities in ‘Dartmoor's Future Forest’. Withycleave forest investment - Withycleave Research and trial of a new woodland ownership...
...also brings home the scale of the challenge we have, as the proposed net Tree Cover Target means we must make sure we’re protecting our existing trees alongside planting new...
Lime seeds. Credit: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Megan Shirley, our Incentives Manager, talks about how the Forestry Commission are supporting future tree seed production through a new Seed Sourcing Grant....
...Recovery Strategies will bring. At the end of June, government announced new funding for local authorities developing Local Nature Recovery Strategies. The Strategies create an opportunity to accelerate action for...
...of the changes, and outlining the next steps for transitioning to the new UK Forestry Standard. I’m pleased to announce that today (3 October 2023) the 5th edition of the...
Dr Gabriel Hemery is CEO of the Sylva Foundation. Here he talks about the PIES project which offers free advice for new and existing woodland. What is the PIES project?...
...to land use is not sustainable, and we should be aiming for around 30,000 hectares of new woodland in the UK every year – nearly a million hectares by 2050....
Oak Processionary Caterpillars Andrew Hoppit, Oak Processionary Moth Project Manager at the Forestry Commission introduces a new funding scheme to help people manage their OPM infested oak trees though working...
...due to old age or disease – but smaller trees (whips and feathers), may be new or replacements. Must be new ‘standard’ (large) trees (and cannot be replacement trees) Do...
Amanda Newsome, Biodiversity Net Gain advisor at the Forestry Commission, talks about the introduction of this ambitious new government policy and some of the benefits it can bring for England’s...
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