Funded woodland advice available through the PIES project
Dr Gabriel Hemery is CEO of the Sylva Foundation. Here he talks about the PIES project which offers free advice for new and existing woodland. What is the PIES project?...
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Is agroforestry right for your farm? New funding to help plan and establish agroforestry systems
...really exciting opportunity to champion integrated land management on land and farms across England. In-field walnut trees and sheep What is agroforestry? Agroforestry is an ancient form of land management...
How we’re improving the Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG)
...bodies to design new woodland that meets the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS). Instead of waiting until a woodland creation application is made, we’ll carry out Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and...
All England Woodland Resilience Awards now open
We all know that our trees and woods are coming under increasing stress from rapid environmental change, that this threat won’t go away and requires our attention. Yet the evidence...
Making space for nature – to benefit water
...and landowners have taken to heart and implemented. However, field research done by the University of East Anglia and others shows that agricultural products are still finding their way into...
New trees and peat guidance: helping to inform where to establish trees, and where to restore peat
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Neil Riddle, Posted on:
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Climate change and resilience, Tree planting, Woodland creation
...tool and guidance that sets out how the United Kingdom Forestry Standard (UKFS) will be implemented in England for trees and peatland. In June last year we published a decision...
How trees can stack up to help your farm business diversify
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Peter Knox, Posted on:
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Tree planting, Woodland creation, Woodland management
...this one step further. The farmer has invested in a flock of chickens that could roam the woodland and pastureland based on evidence [note 3] that shows chickens are less...
Taking action for nature recovery and a more wooded landscape
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Kate Tobin and Mark Stevenson, Posted on:
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Tree planting, Woodland creation, Woodland management
Kate Tobin and Mark Stevenson are Nature Recovery Advisors for the Forestry Commission. In this blog post they look at the opportunities for woodlands and trees that the Local Nature...
National Tree Week 2023
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Sir William Worsley, Posted on:
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Tree health, Tree planting, Urban trees, Woodland creation, Woodland management
...on, the call to fill our urban and rural landscapes with trees and support them to maturity, is just as urgent. Many of the ash trees that have been established...
Forests with Impact: growing trees, changing lives
...programme is the belief that growing trees can change lives. Studies show that stable employment significantly reduces reoffending rates, which currently costs the economy £18 billion per year.1 By providing...
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