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Tag Archives: restoration
Pontbren farmers – a beacon for upland livestock farming
Demands on the land The traditional view of nature conservation, forestry and farming is basically one in which all three are seen as competing and conflicting land uses. This view is unhelpful. Farming not only dominates in terms of land … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Mitigation, Planting, Wales
Tagged Agriculture, benefits, clean water, economic, ecosystem services, environmental, farmers, farming, Farms, flooding, livestock, pollination, Polyscape, Pontbren, restoration, soil fertilit, tree planting, Trees, Wales, water, woodland. hedges
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The future of England’s forests – a new chapter
Thursday saw the beginning of a new chapter for Forestry Policy. It’s been a long journey, but the result is a fairly promising platform. Just over 6 months ago, the Independent Panel on Forestry’s Final Report was published, setting out a … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Climate Change, Conservation, England, Forests Report, Government Affairs, Inspiration, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Protection, Woodland creation
Tagged Defra’s fine words, Forest Services, forests policy for England, future of Forest Services, Independent Panel on Forestry's Final Report, Keepers of Time, Oaken Woods, planting millions of trees!, restoration
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Wood Wise: conservation grazing
The Woodland Trust’s latest Wood Wise publication focuses on conservation grazing by a range of species. There are a number of case studies from different organisations to show best practice and share experiences. Cattle, sheep, goats, ponies and pigs can all be used … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Forestry management, Wood Wise
Tagged archaeology, bats, best practice, biodiversity, bog, browsing, case study, cattle, coed cymerau isaf, conservation, dunwich forest, goats, grassland, grazing, habitat, herbivores, Little doward, management, Marden park, meadows, mire, natural regeneration, Neroche project, open space, pigs, poaching, ponies, restoration, rooting, scrub, sheep, structural diversity, suffolk wildlife trust, tree, wildflowers, Wood Wise, Woodland, wyre community land trust
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Horses for woodland courses
Horse logging is now very professional with its own association – British Horse Loggers - its own training scheme and with a professional register of approved contractors across the UK. I recently enjoyed a demonstration hosted by the association’s Patron, HRH Prince Charles, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Forestry management, Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), Wales
Tagged bracken control, British Horse Loggers, fencing, Horse logging, HRH Prince Charles, PAWS (plantation on ancient woodland), Plas Power Woods, restoration, River Clywedog, tree planting
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Rio+20 – Still running up the down escalator?
Today sees the formal parts of the Rio+20 summit getting into full swing. A build up of fringe meetings, announcements and report publications have paved the way. There is some really interesting coverage touching on projects, issues and opportunities from … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient semi natural woodland, Austin's blog, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, England, Forestry management
Tagged afforestation and reforestation, environmental stewardship, Independent Panel on Forestry, planning loopholes, protection, restoration, Rio+20, sustainable forest management, UK Forestry Standard
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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
Posted in Campaigning, Climate Change, Conservation, England, Government Affairs, Policy, Woods Under Threat
Tagged #saveourforests, Forestry Commission, Freedom of Information, Independent Panel on Forestry, Interim report, Our Forests, planting, protection, public forest estate, restoration, Woodland
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