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Category Archives: Forestry management
Just how much will forestry cuts cost?
Our efforts to persuade the government that the principle of investing in forests is critical to the long term well being and health of both society and the wider environment will continue but the Spending Review results will be announced on … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Campaigning, Conservation, Defra, Forestry management, Forests Report, Government Affairs, Policy
Tagged 'Growth Department', butterflies and flora, coppice, coppicing, DECC, environmental destruction, forestry, Forestry Commission, funding climate, green business, independent environmental consultant, Natural England, Our Forests, Renewable heat incentive, Rod Leslie, sitting duck, Spending Review 2015-16, Woodfuel Strategy, woodland birds
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The state we’re in?
The report State of Nature published this week by twenty five conservation bodies paints a worrying picture of the decline of wildlife in the UK over the past 40-50 years. While there have been great individual success stories such as … Continue reading
A rare review – ‘Woodsman’ by Ben Law
We mentioned Ben Law on the blog a couple of weeks ago, and after sharing a post discussing the management of woodland we thought it would be interesting to discuss Ben’s new book ‘Woodsman’. The Trust receives a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Forestry management, Inspiration
Tagged 'Woodsman' book, autobiographical, Ben Law, Climate Change, community assets, food, fuel, grazing land, managing woodland, nature's supermarket, old coppice, planning legislation, Prickly Nut Wood, sustainable business, timber, yurt
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Tree maintenance and survival
“Plant a tree in ’73, bundle of sticks in ’76” is a refrain that is etched upon my mind. A recent query from one of our supporters about survival rates amongst the 6m trees we have planted under our Jubilee … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Forestry management, Planting, Protection, Woodland creation
Tagged appropriate maintenance, communities, establish a new woodland, Jubilee Woods, landowners, learn from failures, nursery stock, species and provenance, survival rates, Worry about trees
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Woodfuel: a ‘chicken and egg’ scenario
It’s almost exactly six years since the Forestry Commission in England launched its Woodfuel Strategy, which talked about the potential to bring many unmanaged woods into active management, delivering biodiversity benefits and stimulating rural economies. There’s definitely been some growth … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Forestry management
Tagged #EMTF, bioenergy, Bioenergy Strategy, biomass, chicken and egg, conservation, ecosystems market task force, Ecosystems Market Task force report, England, Forestry Commission, renewable energy directive, Renewable heat incentive, woodfuel, woodland management
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To manage or not to manage
In almost every commentary on English woodland produced recently, it is stated that we need to bring more woodland into management. This presupposes that we know what “management” means and what we would get as a result. “Coppice” they say; … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Conservation, Forestry management
Tagged coppice, how, intervention, light, manage, shade, species, sustainable, woodland management, woodland trust, woods
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The Future of Forest Services: Joint letter to the Secretary of State
Today’s edition of the Daily Telegraph features a letter signed by organisations including CONFOR, the Woodland Trust and Our Forests calling on DEFRA’s Secretary of State Owen Paterson to ensure the future of the Forestry Commission’s regulatory and advisory arm, Forest … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Climate Change, Consultation, Defra, Forestry management, Forests Report, Government Affairs, Policy
Tagged #saveourforests, Alastair Kerry, British Woodworking Federation, ConFor, Daily Telegraph, David Sulman, Defra, environment, Forest Campaigns Network, forestry, Forestry Commission, Hen Anderson, ICF, Institute of Chartered Foresters, Jan Ashdown, John Dye, John White, Jonathon Porritt, letters to the editor, open letter, Our Forests, Owen Paterson, Roy Wakeman, Royal Forestry Society, Shireen Chambers, Simon Lloyd, stakeholders, Stuart Goodall, Tarset 2050 Community Interest Company, The Telegraph, Timber Trade Federation, TIMCON, United Kingdom Forest Products Association, Wood Panel Industries Federation
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Wood Wise: invasive species
The latest issue of Wood Wise looks at the problem of invasive species managment in woodland habitats, with a number of best practice case studies. The species covered are American skunk cabbage, deer, floating pennywort, giant hogweed, Himalayan balsam and … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Conservation, Forestry management, Invasive species, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Wood Wise
Tagged American skunk cabbage, biodiversity, control, deer, Environment Agency, eradication, fallow, floating pennywort, giant hogweed, Himalayan balsam, Invasive non-native species, invasive species, management, New Forest Non-Native Plants Project, non-native, rhododendron, threat, Wood Wise, Woodland
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Is there a market for nature?
When you work in conservation policy for any length of time you become a geek, a geek who uses jargon which few other people understand and it becomes just another part of everyday life. But honestly, who thought up “Ecosystems … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Defra, Forestry management, Forests Report
Tagged #EMTF, bees, Defra, Ecosystems Market Task force report, flooding, geek, green environment solutions, greenwash, license to trash, managing ecosystems, Natural Environment White Paper, Rural Development Regulations, woodfuel supply
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Fish live in trees too
Ecosystem services are in the news a lot at the moment. Our latest guest blog is from Peter Leeson, who has been using the power of the moving picture to highlight how trees can bring huge benefits to us in so many … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Forestry management, Planting
Tagged Agriculture, Cumbria, flooding, food production, Holding Ground film, invertebrates, lancaster university, landscape function, Living Waters film, pollination, river flows, river management, salmon, soil fertility, trout, UK National Ecosystem Assessment, water management
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