Sharing experiences for our future forests and woodlands
...woods are a key part of the escape plan. However, our forests and woods face significant challenges now, partly because of our changing climate and new pests and diseases. The...
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Why is biosecurity important to the health of our trees?
...actions? You should carry out basic biosecurity actions before entering and leaving each new site you visit, even if they are within the same area. This is because you can...
Introducing our new blog
A huge welcome to our new Forestry Commission blog. On this blog we’ll be bringing you regular updates on the work that we do, from the people that do it....
Keepers of Time: How Government are protecting and improving ancient and native woodland and ancient and veteran trees.
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Defra, Forestry Commission, Natural England and the Woodland Trust, Posted on:
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Ancient woodland
...native woodland and ancient and veteran trees which will be delivered through other current and future policy. Credit: Woodland Trust What’s new? Defra have refreshed the whole policy to reflect...
5 tips for managing your woodland this autumn
...Tree felling: getting permission guide tells you what you need to know and how to apply. 4. Choose and order new trees If you’re planning to expand your woodland or...
Trees on farms: success stories for nature and people
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Eleanor Marks, Posted on:
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Climate change and resilience, Nature, Tree planting, Woodland creation, Woodland management
...monitored and trials set up. One of our participants is Andy Bason, farm manager of Newhouse Farm, an 800 hectare estate with 600 hectares of arable cropping in Hampshire. Newhouse...
How we're working to improve the England Woodland Creation Offer application process
...launched in June 2021 to offer financial incentives to help land managers and farmers establish new woodland that offers environmental and social public benefits. EWCO was generally well received and...
Defra’s Trees and Forestry team – looking back at a busy year
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Bella Murfin and Naomi Matthiessen, Posted on:
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Tree planting, Woodland creation
...the late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth through a national tree planting initiative The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC). The new Tree and Woodland Cover target has moved through Parliament and is...
Forestry Apprenticeship: becoming a 'tree family'
...forestry, and a new certainty that I’m pursuing the right path for me. Tom and I preparing a straining post as part of the Practical Forestry module. Photo by Emma...
International cooperation helps understand the threat from an invasive forest pest
...new quarantine facility in the Holt Laboratory for tree pests and pathogens, the group have determined that freshly cut Sitka logs are as successfully utilised by breeding beetles as logs...
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