...wildlife promoting healthier forests that capture and store carbon, supporting the fight against climate change encouraging the adoption of technologies and best practices that minimise waste and promote resource efficiency,...
To mark International Day of Forests 2025, John Pawsey reflects on how he introduced agroforestry at Shimpling Park Farm, a mixed organic farm in Suffolk and one of the UK’s...
...that create perfect habitats for rare species. Here you’ll find brimstone butterflies, peregrine falcons and yellow archangels. Without healthy trees, this ecosystem is at risk of collapse. There are also...
...explore. One such place is located just outside the village of St. Briavels on the western side of the Dean and inside the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
...analogues assist with achieving landscape unity and reinforcing spirit of place. Crown copyright Understanding woodland edge Edge is the transition zone - or ‘ecotone’ - between woodland and fields or...
...coupled with a lack of management of those that are left has contributed to their decline, leaving populations isolated and at risk of losing genetic diversity. They fare better under...
James Bickley, the Forestry Commission’s Local Partnership Adviser for the North West and West Midlands, shares details of a new, life changing initiative. One that creates training opportunities and a...
...as stackable payments for woodland that offers wider environmental and social benefits. Terry and Tracy Featherstone run a woodland farm in south west Durham. After inheriting the farm, they modernised...
...this government’s long-term commitment to transforming our environment. Nature Minister Mary Creagh (middle) with Forest of Avon CEO Alex Stone (left) and Joanna Lewis, Chief Exec of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust...
...you typically plant trees closer together, which encourages them to draw up more nutrients and promote soil infiltration (where water on the surface enters the ground) and thereby soil retention....
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