...woodland to another, increasing access to food sources and nesting sites. 2. Stoats A stoat stood in long grass. Credit: Georg_Wietschorke, used under Pixabay Content License Moving with speed through...
...and included the development of a digital woodland suitability mapping tool. The tool draws on layers of geographic information to identify influencers for woodland planting. This removed all land with...
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...
...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...
...want to provide access to design their woods for people to enjoy. Forestry England continue to break down barriers for visitors and welcome everyone into the nation’s forests. This includes:...
...objectives to use the tools available to them to create new woodlands and manage existing ones with resilience in mind. Simply bringing neglected woodlands back into management is a good...
...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....
...collected in a mixed woodland in the Forest of Dean. Fostering innovation The timber industry today combines traditional practices with modern innovations to tackle contemporary challenges and create new opportunities....
...and pollinators The extra sunlight that streams into these areas encourages a mix of plants to flourish, creating perfect conditions for insects that have formed very specific relationships with certain...
...stable timber well suited to use in buildings. However, very little UK grown sweet chestnut is used in construction. The majority is converted into fencing or burnt as biomass. The...
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