Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor, explains how sustainable woodland management, underpinned by timber income, is crucial to ensuring our woodlands continue to thrive. In this blog, Chris invites Nature Recovery...
...animals – it provides a window into the interconnected systems that sustain our woodlands, even in the harshest season. Forest of Dean in the snow. Credit: Forestry England Spot resident...
...to ensure that our forests continue to support nature, local communities and the wider economy for generations to come. Discover how woods can benefit your business or how to manage...
...in UK construction and its use is expected to grow further. The government’s timber in construction roadmap aims to increase the use of sustainable timber in construction, as part of...
...behind some of the most damaging tree and plant diseases worldwide. These include Ramorum disease in Britain, sudden oak death in the US and Kauri dieback in New Zealand. Through...
...carbon targets, clean growth, resilience and environmental ambitions, as well as international objectives. This includes investment into nature and nature-based solutions such as solar farms or woodland creation projects to...
...change risks to woodlands and how to address them. The hub signposts to free decision support resources, including the Ecological Site Classification tool, that offer insights into likely future climate...
...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...
...without landowners needing to develop new expertise and putting less time and money into an unfamiliar venture. A new £1 million Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Fund also opened in...
Fred Toft is the Forestry Commission’s Ips typographus Programme Lead within the Plant Health Forestry team. Fred shares insights into the collaborative work happening to help manage this pest, and...
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