...some very niche markets, trees usually need to be 7-10cm in diameter for them to contain enough product to be worth harvesting for wood products. The optimum size and age...
...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 that has been farmers learning how to access grant funding to finance tree planting, how to secure income from their woodland projects, as well as how tree planting can...
...3pm) near Leamington Spa, and anyone interested in the HS2 Woodland Fund is welcome to join us. Alternatively you can always email us or get in touch with your local...
...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...
...and will likely continue to be. It is important that as part of our efforts to increase woodland area, we increase rates of conifer planting to help to meet this...
...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...
...Advisors, we have delivered workshops to design woodland in a collaborative way – this co-design approach can be a powerful tool as everyone involved feels invested in the final scheme....
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