Why are forests and woodlands so good for our mental health and wellbeing?
...to connect the people to the trees. Would you like to plant trees to create a woodland of the future for people to enjoy? Read our Tree planting and woodland...
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How we're supporting tree and seed suppliers to boost domestic tree production.
...their resilience to future droughts. Many of the projects will also allow suppliers to produce more diverse stock, whether that be through investing in seed storage that allows them to...
Two years on from our Centenary milestone
Posted by:
Sir William Worsley, Posted on:
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Climate change and resilience, Woodland creation
...that we successfully put processes in place to help us maintain our critical work while many staff were forced to work from home, including tree health management and port inspections,...
Yorkshire Water and the National Trust; How planting trees on our land can benefit nature, climate and people.
...more water, slowing the flow in the catchment. Bank stabilisation has already led to increased vegetation cover, and wildlife surveys have recorded an increase in amphibians and invertebrates in and...
New staffing support for Local Authorities creating woodland to tackle climate change
...and / or consultants). It is designed to be simple and flexible. Individual authorities can apply for up to £150,000 in total. Where authorities are working together in partnership, the...
New trees and peat guidance: helping to inform where to establish trees, and where to restore peat
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Neil Riddle, Posted on:
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Categories:
Climate change and resilience, Tree planting, Woodland creation
...tool and guidance that sets out how the United Kingdom Forestry Standard (UKFS) will be implemented in England for trees and peatland. In June last year we published a decision...
Tackling tree pests and diseases at our borders
...in any firewood, and this enabled us to gain an insight into the trade and develop an inspection regime based on risk. These inspections have demonstrated that most of this...
Biodiversity net gain – what can we expect for trees and woodlands?
...trees within new developments, to give them the best chance of growing to maturity, contributing to nature recovery and climate resilience in our towns and cities. Creating new woodlands will...
Fast-tracking woodland creation in low sensitivity areas
...cover from 14.5% to 16.5% by 2050 in England. This equates to around 250,000 hectares of land in total (subject to tree stocking density) being converted to woodland cover –...
Trees and biodiversity net gain on small sites
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Amanda Newsome and Jim C Smith, Posted on:
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Woodland creation, Woodland management
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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