...will take steps to ensure our woodlands are resilient, and bring more woodlands into active management. We will make space for nature, using new woods and trees to make landscape...
Ambitious targets have been set for forest expansion across England which will provide opportunities for woodland birds but, if established/planted in the wrong place, may impact negatively on species reliant...
...scheme is eligible for the grant. This then enables us to administer the payments which currently average £11,800 per hectare and have the potential to be as high as £19,500...
...stunning when spotted – the vibrant pink of the Elephant, and the green of the Lime (below), or even the spectacular green screaming deathmask of that rare visitor, the Oleander...
Eleanor Marks is Technical Officer at LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming). Here, Eleanor highlights how farmers are incorporating trees into their farms to benefit their businesses, wildlife, community relationships, and...
...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...
...UK’s first degree-level Forestry Apprenticeship programme. As a 41-year-old career changer I was a little apprehensive about being the eldest at both the assessment centre and then again when joining...
...of a wooden clinker-built fishing boat. While iconic bluebell carpets under hazel coppice are there because we were confident that we would need an endless supply of hazel hurdles for...
...spring rain means that tracks show well, making spring an ideal time to undertake deer surveys. Large deer populations can damage young trees and prevent the natural regeneration of new...
...than four hectares of woodland creation! This year, we will be supporting the Essex hub for the second year and a new free hub based in Suffolk. The Suffolk Tree...
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