...Woodland Officer covering Surrey and London before successfully securing a development opportunity in June 2020 to become a Field Manager in the West Midlands. This led to a return to...
...factories. An increase in demand for more wood to build more timber framed homes can initially be met by increased imports, mainly from Sweden, Latvia and Finland, where ‘super-sawmills’ can...
...to reduce livestock insect irritations such as flystrike and mastitis thereby reducing farm inputs, while also producing sufficient eggs to sell locally – up to eight dozen a week during...
...year. In 2018, tighter restrictions on the import of oak trees into England were introduced by Government. In July 2019, emergency measures were brought in to strengthen this legislation, with...
...be limited to Japan. Petrakia liobae is thought to be a European species and not introduced. The fungal pathogen was first discovered in Switzerland in 2008, followed by findings in...
David Bliss, CEO at the Lowther Estate, shares how the estate converted low-value farmland into woodlands that deliver income, support nature and support their agricultural enterprises. Sustainable timber production and...
...assessment data to build up a picture of woodland condition at a national, regional and sub regional level. This helps us to target initiatives, feed into Local Nature Recovery Strategies...
...system at Shimpling Park Farm is a no-brainer. We don’t intend to use it everywhere on the farm, but we do want to get trees into arable fields. I’m looking...
...forestry Forests are spaces that connect people to nature and each other. People in forestry are central to managing, preserving and innovating in these landscapes. John Deakin, Head of Trees...
...start, alongside tree planting compartments and open space networks look at what you’ve already got in the site and incorporate it into your woodland design consider how much space your...
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