...some capital grant items are temporarily closed to new applications including: AF1: Plant an agroforestry woodland tree AF2: Plant an agroforestry fruit tree AF3: Species diversity bonus TE6: Tree guard...
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor at the Forestry Commission, invites Steph Bale, Senior Policy Advisor for Commercial Forestry at Defra, to discuss the differences between hardwood and softwood in relation...
...a more attractive prospect. Before you apply for the Guarantee, you will need to have registered with the Woodland Carbon Code, which provides the tools and information required to plan...
...generation. This has made it riskier for a farm business to do one thing very well. And while being a ‘jack of all trades’ may be better than the master...
...production can produce similar levels of income to agriculture in the long term, especially on marginal land. Landowners can also access income from carbon markets via the Woodland Carbon Code....
...the Woodland Carbon Code, Lowther Estate will be able to use or sell carbon credits once the woodland has matured. We plan to sell a third of the credits and...
...and Western Red Cedar. In some cases, it’s less about introducing entirely new species and instead sourcing seeds from further south. For the south of England, for example, that can...
...particularly poor supply of seed across much of Western Europe. Despite pulling out all the stops, nurseries have been unable to source all that they need. Why can’t we store...
...whose complex lifecycles depend on just the right combination of scrub, flowers and mature trees. More, and better management of, commercially productive mixed conifer woodlands is equally important. Forest design...
...mosses thallose liverworts, which look like ribbons or scales Liverworts thrive in damp conditions, especially in western parts of the UK. They can grow on rocks, mud, soil and trunks...
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