...use every day. These include the beams in your house to toilet roll. The employment figures for wood processing from 2021, show 122,000 staff employed across UK industries3 – which...
...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...
...known to affect foliage of Douglas fir and tanoak in the USA, and radiata pine and Douglas fir in New Zealand, in Britain it appeared to infect foliage and also...
...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...
...into a green energy hub and convert 14 hectares of their farm into woodland. To realise their tree planting vision, Terry and Tracy applied to the WCPG to help cover...
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...
...increasingly used across estates and in landscape-scale projects to reduce deer and squirrel impacts, whilst night vision helps deer managers increase their effectiveness within current legislation. Research into grey squirrel...
...culture We have two demonstration sites: James Wood in Somerset and Whitney Sawmills in Herefordshire. These sites provide an opportunity to show wood culture in action, alongside talking about the...
...to change, whilst delivering improved quality and diversity of product? This challenge can include activities to promote biosecurity. Challenge 3 How can innovative environmentally sustainable weed control solutions be used...
...will need to calculate how much money you need (per tonne of CO₂) in order to make your project financially viable and worthwhile. If you are successful in the auction,...
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