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...
...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...
...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...
...in a consistent way and communicating this both internally and to outside stakeholders including local residents. Landscape does matter: How do residents engage with woodland creation? Knowing how a scheme...
...invites people to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”. As we move into the Jubilee year we encourage everyone to get involved and register their trees to the map on...
...progressed, but unfortunately, in some instances, the fungus would also continue to grow into the stems of our native ash, either girdling the branch entirely, killing part of the tree,...
...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...
...places that boost habitat and species recovery, enhance climate resilience and improve access to nature. Rates of woodland creation need to accelerate to capture carbon and to help biodiversity. To...
The Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds (WiMFIF) were developed and launched in 2021 to support innovative projects that will encourage more woods to be brought into active management. Presently...
Dr Daegan Inward is a Senior Scientist at Forest Research working on the threats to UK trees and woodlands from Ips typographus. In this blog, Daegan shares his insights into...
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