...to secure new funding to continue supporting existing participants and to welcome new woods into the project. For guidance on woodland creation and information on grants and available support, read...
...were 27% higher than in 2023/24, and 156% higher than in 2021/22 (when the Tree Planting Programme was in its infancy). In addition, 888,000 trees were planted outside woodland. This...
...sustainable harvest.5 The proportion of this resource that could be brought to market as timber (instead of woodfuel) could be greatly increased through increasing the management of our broadleaved woodlands....
...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....
...against the introduction of Xylella. Restrictions on the movement of high-risk host plants from affected areas in the EU are already in place, and full inspections occur on host plants...
...to increase them. There is also a greater incentive for unscrupulous people to look for loopholes in the law. We need to close them. The Environment Bill will put this...
Forestry is not just about trees: it is about people. Working with enthusiastic, knowledgeable and inspirational people, across all parts of the forestry sector over the last 20 years in...
...to protect the natural environment and plant-based industries from the introduction of harmful tree pests and diseases. This includes insects such as the Asian longhorn beetle, fungal pathogens or bacteria....
...ecological processes, are impacting Britain’s trees and forests with increasing frequency and severity. I would like to invite you to have your say about how you have been affected and...
...a stable asset to invest in and we will continue to promote our woodland creation schemes. Our next steps are centred around recovery. We have never stopped working, and as...
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