Into the woods: the value of amenity woodlands
Join us for this month’s ‘Into the woods’ blog by Helen Townsend, the Forestry Commission’s Head of People, Landscape and Historic Environment. To mark Take a Walk Outdoors Day, she...
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5 tips for Environmental Land Management in-field agroforestry applications
...successfully integrating trees into your farming business. To be put in touch with your local AFWO, please email GRNationalteam@forestrycommission.gov.uk with your location and they will get back to you shortly....
Into the woods: enhancing local history with woodland and green space
...to the vents hidden in the trees connected to mining shafts that remain underground. Links between the industrial past and the wooded present become obvious when you know what to...
Into the woods: resilience for the future
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Jon Burgess, Posted on:
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Climate change and resilience, Into the woods series, Tree planting, Woodland management
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...
Tigers and hawks in our forests
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Kate Tobin, Posted on:
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Ancient woodland, Nature, Tree planting, Woodland creation, Woodland management
...up on them by “whispering” – emitting echolocation calls 10 to 100 times lower in amplitude than other bat species, which allows them to get up to four times closer...
Tree protection – thinking about risks and opportunities
...the winter, particularly after snowfall. Hares Hard winters can drive hares into woodlands resulting in localised damage to young, unprotected trees. This can take the form of cleanly bitten-off leading...
All England Woodland Resilience Awards now open
...who are planning to create a resilient woodland, to get involved and enter this competition. Let’s showcase your resilient wood to inspire others and help them learn from your experience....
Launch of the England Trees Action Plan
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Sir William Worsley, Posted on:
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Ancient woodland, Climate change and resilience, Tree health, Urban trees, Woodland creation, Woodland management
...act now to leave future generations a better environment. We need to work towards net zero emissions by 2050; to address biodiversity loss; to better connect people with nature; and...
Cracking down on illegal felling
...to increase them. There is also a greater incentive for unscrupulous people to look for loopholes in the law. We need to close them. The Environment Bill will put this...
Why is biosecurity important to the health of our trees?
...introduced into the UK. The government has put in place rigorous controls to prevent introductions, but it's really important that we as individuals do as much as we can to...
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