...ago, we introduced new measures in response to the huge increase in importation of firewood from European countries. These new measures required any importer to give us notice of bringing...
...Fund Grown in Britain: Ash - A New Seat at the Table Building a new, sustainable, and high value market for home grown Ash timber in the UK furniture market....
...to land use is not sustainable, and we should be aiming for around 30,000 hectares of new woodland in the UK every year – nearly a million hectares by 2050....
...due to old age or disease – but smaller trees (whips and feathers), may be new or replacements. Must be new ‘standard’ (large) trees (and cannot be replacement trees) Do...
Amanda Newsome, Biodiversity Net Gain advisor at the Forestry Commission, talks about the introduction of this ambitious new government policy and some of the benefits it can bring for England’s...
Back in September 2023 we announced our new approach to how we consult or seek advice and information on forestry proposals. This published statement set out how the Forestry Commission,...
...material sources. Getting there will present huge challenges, but it will also offer big opportunities especially for new, innovative businesses. One of the key sustainable and renewable materials that the...
...wider environment were found in many parts of South East England, but also locations in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, South East and North Eastern Scotland. This twenty year old pure ash...
...southern edge of Dartmoor and the South Hams of Devon. The herd grazes wildflower meadows, as well as woodlands. Desley has recently introduced two pigs to the project, who are...
...grey alder, field and Norway maple to create Bullens Wood in Dunsby, South Lincolnshire. Bullens Wood was planted in a field corner that had been uncropped for three years and...
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