David Bliss, CEO at the Lowther Estate, shares how the estate converted low-value farmland into woodlands that deliver income, support nature and support their agricultural enterprises. Sustainable timber production and...
...system at Shimpling Park Farm is a no-brainer. We don’t intend to use it everywhere on the farm, but we do want to get trees into arable fields. I’m looking...
...forestry Forests are spaces that connect people to nature and each other. People in forestry are central to managing, preserving and innovating in these landscapes. John Deakin, Head of Trees...
...start, alongside tree planting compartments and open space networks look at what you’ve already got in the site and incorporate it into your woodland design consider how much space your...
...to reduce livestock insect irritations such as flystrike and mastitis thereby reducing farm inputs, while also producing sufficient eggs to sell locally – up to eight dozen a week during...
...places that boost habitat and species recovery, enhance climate resilience and improve access to nature. Rates of woodland creation need to accelerate to capture carbon and to help biodiversity. To...
...to provide advice and guidance on how to progress applications. Low density fruit trees and pasture Please contact grnationalteam@forestrycommission.gov.uk for support, providing an address and postcode to enable us to...
...will need to calculate how much money you need (per tonne of CO₂) in order to make your project financially viable and worthwhile. If you are successful in the auction,...
...sector and will likely continue to be. It is important that as part of our efforts to increase woodland area, we increase rates of conifer planting to help to meet...
...to transfer into a more ecology-focussed role from the apprenticeship? There might be scope to move into an ecology type of role in the future after the 3-year apprenticeship has...
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