...efficiency, new radial cutting techniques were tested for repeatability on mobile sawmills, ensuring they could be reproduced elsewhere in the UK. When coppiced, sweet chestnut re-grows multiple, straight lengths of...
...risk pathways is through trade, which has increased significantly through globalisation of trade and travel over the last few decades. People often suggest that simply banning imports would be the...
...was to establish in Great Britain, it has the potential to cause significant economic and environmental damage to our forestry and timber industries. The Science Examining bark panel samples for...
...that imports 80% of its timber, we still need conifers, which grow fast, sequester carbon like nobody’s business, produce essential timber and fuel and grow in woodlands that also support...
...Keep it Clean! Never assume an area to be free of pests, diseases, or invasive non-native species. Many threats are microscopic or are very hard to spot. Sometimes it can...
...squirrel management, which if successful could be used elsewhere within mainland Britain to reduce invasive grey squirrel populations, protect and restore native woodland, and work towards the return of native...
...set centrally, but also to have an independent voice through the advisors. Much of the free advice and support that is already available fails to cascade to the farm level,...
...the Chatsworth Estate, to discuss their enterprises and highlight opportunities for making money from trees on farms. From grants to wood fuel and carbon credits to timber, the opportunities are...
...albeit with an option for maternity forestry clothing if required! ‘Women in Forestry, The Lumberjill’s Story’ runs from the 19 May – 10 December 2023 at Grizedale. Entrance is free....
Rachel Bates and Russell Critchley are Woodland Biodiversity Advisors at the Small Woods Association. In this guest blog they reveal how a five-year project is enhancing biodiversity in woodlands in...
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