Into the woods: fungi season in Streatham Common
...assess the site for interventions to secure a stronghold for smooth newts, common frogs and toads. We also aimed to install holding ponds to prevent the small, sloped woodland from...
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The Mercian Project: empowering woodland owners to improve biodiversity
...scheme for great crested newts, has created valuable new habitat. Heavy machinery being used to clear a pond filled with scrub. Credit: Russell Critchley Support and training Beyond practical management...
A year of growth: tree planting rates hit their highest level in over 20 years
...over 20 years. The figures show that over the past year, 5,765 hectares of new woodland were established in England. This means that woodland creation rates over the past year...
Don’t get stumped by timber terms: understanding the differences between hardwood and softwood
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor at the Forestry Commission, invites Steph Bale, Senior Policy Advisor for Commercial Forestry at Defra, to discuss the differences between hardwood and softwood in relation...
Your Urban Forest needs you
...love. Urban forestry – a new discipline Urban forestry is something of a recent interloper in the UK, unlike elsewhere in the world where it is a well respected discipline....
Protecting our plants and trees for future generations
...strengthen our border security, recruiting new plant inspectors and enhancing training. The UK Plant Health Risk Register is the most comprehensive in the world, containing over 1000 pests and diseases...
Cracking down on illegal felling
...will continue to protect, promote and extend the sustainable and legal management of woodlands across England – using these new measures to improve our enforcement efforts. Please support their enactment....
Forestry is about people – departing the Forestry Commission
Posted by:
Sir Harry Studholme, Posted on:
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Categories:
Climate change and resilience, Tree health, Woodland creation, Woodland management
...up to the growing impact of a changing climate. A new Tree Strategy will look at what we need to do. Wilding, regeneration, and native planting all have a place...
Protecting at the borders to stop the spread of tree pests and diseases
...If new tree pests and diseases were to establish in the UK, the impacts could be potentially devastating for trees and woodlands. Border control Each year, Forestry Commission inspectors carry...
Have your say about environmental change
Posted by:
Dr Gabriel Hemery, Posted on:
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Categories:
Climate change and resilience, Woodland creation, Woodland management
...you think you need better financial support or advice? Would you like to be better connected with others, could information technology support you better? This is your chance to have...
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