Tag Archives: planting
Woods of the future
Thank you to guest blogger Paul Rutter, Plantlife‘s Woodland Adviser, for our latest post. Plantlife, like the Woodland Trust, promotes the value and importance of woods and trees in the natural world, along with all other wild plants… “Trees can be … Continue reading
Growing a new forest in Peterborough
Forest for Peterborough, an exciting initiative to plant trees for residents… Peterborough can be found neatly sandwiched between Lincolnshire, Northants and Cambridgeshire on the edge of the Fens about 80 miles north of London. As a city it has strong environmental … 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
Panel misses protection potential
After the storm of the public forest debate earlier this year, there has been a period of quiet reflection for the Independent Panel on Forestry. The Panel was appointed by the government to look at all aspects of forestry in … Continue reading
Think global, act local – a New Year’s resolution
Happy New Year, and Happy International Year of Forests! 2011 is the year designated by the United Nations for an international focus on forests, celebrating people’s actions to conserve and sustainably manage the world’s forest resource. The world’s forests have many … Continue reading
