...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 to reduce reliance on...
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Adviser, 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...
...identified ash trees with a high degree of natural tolerance to ash dieback through the Living Ash Project between 2013 and 2024. The project aimed to secure the genetic material...
...how our approach works in practice. The owner, Ros, signed up to the project in 2024 and has been a dedicated custodian of the woodland, striving to manage it sustainably....
...and germination promoters to the seed pellet to assess if these additions improve germination and seedling establishment. Through commercialisation of the technology developed in this project, we hope to increase...
...way that: protects, restores or enhances the environment mitigates the effects of climate change These are important foundations for sustainable and resilient farming and food production. On 11 December 2024,...
...challenges applicants faced Despite a 30% increase in planting applications in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24, we want the application process to be as smooth as possible. Therefore, we have listened...
...time is now. In 2024 Defra launched the ELM in-field agroforestry offer, providing more support for creating and managing agroforestry than there has ever been. There are agroforestry actions across...
...expiring at the end of 2024 will have the option for a 5 or 10 year mirror agreement. We will not be able to offer existing CSHT woodland agreement customers...
...you deliver and make best use of the resource you have. Understand the priorities of other teams and stakeholders and promote trees as assets specify robust biosecurity throughout procurement -...
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