...has been developed over the past 30 plus years as a direct response to the ‘Earth Summit’ in 1992. It was first published in 1998 and is now into its...
...changes, please get in touch with us by emailing WCPG@forestrycommission.gov.uk or contact your local Woodland Creation Officer. Find out how to apply for the Woodland Creation Planning Grant on GOV.UK....
...you might find in your woodland and how to assess its ecological condition, can be found in the Woodland Wildlife Toolkit. To understand how managing woodland for wildlife can contribute...
...first day our energetic leader, Gareth Hopkins, told us to look around because in forestry people often became friends for life. It’s perhaps too early to say that is true...
...usually able to recover from these conditions. As periods of dry weather continue, trees’ responses to the weather conditions can become detrimental to their ability to photosynthesise, their growth may...
...are crucial to the government’s plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, halt nature’s decline by 2030, and bring nature closer to people to support their health and wellbeing....
...until August 2024. The new scheme aims to establish better coordination between landowners and managers at a local level to help tackle the hazardous pest. Calling all owners of infested...
...spreading pests and diseases. The new standard will also require foresters to use deer management plans more widely to reduce browsing pressure and enable the use of natural regeneration in...
...to see how many people hadn’t thought of arb as a job and now wanting to be a part of it. After this, I returned to sub-contracting for about 6...
...we have selected the best parents in terms of timber traits such as form and vigour (Figure 1). We then use tree climbers to get to the top of the...
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