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...
...reach net zero emissions by 2050. The new Woodland Carbon Guarantee will give you, the land managers, the security you need to invest in carbon sequestration. The scheme will offer...
...we’d made good progress with funding opportunities and in National Tree Week we were able to promote new schemes and partnerships. The Government’s £40m Green Recovery Challenge Fund was announced...
...Might Oaks from little Acorns grow? These include a range of new grant schemes and partnerships that have launched including our flagship new grant scheme, the England Woodland Creation Offer....
...new grants and announcing new policies, along with Forestry Commission and Natural England advisors helping landowners and managers to start taking up the England Woodland Creation Offer. In late June...
...new ministers here at Defra. It’s the start of a new era. It seems like a lifetime ago when we launched our consultation on the England Tree Strategy in the...
...put in place until 1 October 2024, after which the new 5th edition must be followed. This transition period provides time to complete existing forestry plans and proposals, and for...
...tree species and novel hormone delivery technologies. International Plant Propagation Technology Ltd Development of new propagation containers tailored for use in the UK forestry industry, including hybrid containers suitable for...
...areas, on the 18 March a new payment available for England Woodland Creation Offer applications on low sensitivity land was introduced. This, alongside use of the new woodland creation sensitivity...
Amanda Newsome, Biodiversity Net Gain Advisor and Jim Smith, Urban Forestry Advisor at the Forestry Commission explore how integrating trees into new developments can contribute towards delivering biodiversity net gain....
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