...In the face of climate change, our forests need to remain healthy and resilient to continue to produce timber and deliver valuable benefits to nature and society. Sustainable forestry promotes...
...industry for decades to come. Ride with timber stacks on each side in a conifer woodland at Whinfell How EWCO and financial incentives support conifer woodland Back to the here...
...use free mapping tools such as the Sylva Foundation’s My Forest system to create an application map, using their guidance on how to produce EWCO compliant maps. 5. Make sure...
...over 23,000 hours of time. The network reports healthy trees as well as unhealthy trees. This is invaluable information as it contributes to our understanding of the spread of certain...
...around the landscape, including through urban areas, and will become even more important as climate change makes some places too hot, too wet, too dry, or too unpredictable for species...
In 2021 it was announced that the Tree Production Innovation Fund would be making over £1 million available to 16 innovative projects striving to increase and diversify our domestic tree...
...so it is a vital part of helping to mitigate the effects of climate change, not to mention just being more pleasant to be in on a hot day! So,...
...and woodland to improve its condition manage: pruning or pollarding may be a suitable management option particularly where trees show tolerance to the disease. It also helps retain the landscape...
Join us for this month's 'Into the woods' blog by Resilience Officer Jon Burgess, who shares how silvicultural techniques used at a woodland in Devon has built resilience against the...
Ian Everard is a Field Manager in the Yorkshire and North East team and has been in forestry for 43 years. Ian talks about his journey into forestry, what inspired...
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