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Category Archives: Forestry management
Woodland Trust nominated for PoliticsHome award
The Trust received some great news this morning. An article published through the political website PoliticsHome has been nominated in the influential outlet’s first ever awards ceremony. Our round up of 2011′s year of forests, written by Alison Kirkman and … Continue reading
6% native woodland is not enough!
Big welcome to Plantlife’s report, Forestry Recommissioned, on revitalising the woodlands of Wales. There is a lot we can agree with, especially all their collection of targeted solutions, ranging from more productive management of some native woods; some non-intervention woods, more open … Continue reading
Small is beautiful above the treeline
There’s something ecologically fascinating about edges. We tend to put our habitats into separate boxes – woodland, moorland, heathland, wetland – and draw lines around them. But often it’s the fuzzy bits between them that are most interesting. Unfortunately, these … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, Conservation, Forestry management, Biodiversity
Tagged Action for Mountain Woodlands, alpine sowthistle, bilberry, Forestry Commission, Galloway, Galloway Forest Park, Glantrool, globeflower, habitat, Heritage Lottery Fund, Highlands Birchwoods, juniper, Merrick, montane, mountain, muirburn, native, planting, rock, rowan, Scotland, scrub, tree, treeline, willow, Woodland
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Simon Reeve’s revelations
Allow your mind to conjure up images of the Indian Ocean, what does it see? Beautiful beaches, clear waters and coral reefs perhaps. If you did the same for Madagascar, one of the largest islands in the world, what do you see now? Dense … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biodiversity, Conservation, Forestry management, Protection, woodland and water
Tagged Agriculture, BBC, crops, deforestation, farmer, fertility, flood, forest, Indian, iPlayer, lemur, Madagascar, Ocean, reeve, reserve, Seychelles, Simon, sisal, soil, tree, water, wildlife
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‘Trees are the filter – we are the fish’
Sometimes you hear someone speak and wish you could share it with the world. They just sum it up so perfectly that it seems a crying shame not to share their brilliance with someone else. That’s why when this TEDx … Continue reading
Our woods and their wildlife: symptoms of a planet under pressure
It’s felt more like summer than spring recently. Basking in such unseasonal temperatures has been so enjoyable, it feels churlish to put a damper on things by mentioning climate change. However, recent European research has shown some worrying trends. Birds … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Forestry management
Tagged anthropocene, bird, butterflies, Climate Change, crisis, Earth, ecosystem services, emergency, Energy, epoch, flood, food, forest, global, global warming, human, innovation, Nature's Calendar, Planet Under Pressure, population, poverty, research, Rio +20, Rio+20, security, spring, State of the Planet, State of the UK's Forests, summit, threats, Trees, trials, UN, water, wildlife, Woodland
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Latest victim: juniper
As treescapes go, you can’t get much more special than Moor House National Nature Reserve in Upper Teesdale, Co Durham. It may be the only place in England where you can feel as if you’re walking through a vast sea … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Forestry management, Tree pests & diseases
Tagged biodiversity, biosphere, Climate Change, conservation, disease, durham, Environment Agency, fungi, fungus, Government, great whin sill, ice age, insect, juniper, Moor House, national nature reserve, Natural England, pathogen, pest, Phytophthora austrocedrae, Phytophthora ramorum, plant health strategy, SAC, teesdale, tree, treescape, UNESCO, woodland trust
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Forest Regulations report ready
Following the setting up of the Farm Regulations Task Force last year, there was talk about the possibility of mirroring the process in Forestry so as to deal with ‘red tape’ issues in this sector, too. After much discussion, the Forestry … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Climate Change, Conservation, England, Forestry management, Government Affairs, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS)
Tagged "Challenging Assumptions, Changing Perceptions", farming, Forest Regulations Task Force, forestry, Gordon Pfetscher, PAWS
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Planning (S)D-Day
After an eventful consultation period the consultation deadline for the Draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) arrived on Monday 17th October. Over the 12 weeks the debate got heated on all sides, from the government, the business lobby and environmental … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Ancient semi natural woodland, Campaigning, Climate Change, Conservation, England, Forestry management, Government Affairs, Health, Inspiration, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Policy, Woodland creation, Woods Under Threat
Tagged Greg Clark MP, irreplaceable habitats, National Planning Policy Framework, NPPF, Planning, protection, tree planting
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