Tag Archives: Street trees

Guest post: Jane Hull, Forestry Commission

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Kaye Brennan

The latest guest post in our ‘Forests Report: conversations’ series follows on from this week’s ‘communities stirring’ blog – welcome to Jane Hull, the Forestry Commission’s Principal Advisor: Social Forestry (Place) … “Valuing trees in towns Working on urban forestry allows good … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Forests Report - conversations | Tagged Borough of Torbay, Community Infrastructure Levy, Community Rights, Forestry Commission, Greater Manchester Tree Station, green infrastructure, Independent Panel on Forestry, leafy suburbs’, Localism Bill, Luton, National Planning Policy Framework, Neighbourhood Planning, Office of National Statistics, Street trees, the Big Tree Plant, Trees and Design Action Group, Trees for Cities, Trees in the Townscape, urban greenspace, Wardown Park | 4 Comments

Space to breathe – trees and urban air quality

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Kay Haw

A report on Trees and Urban Air Quality released by the Woodland Trust today, and produced in cooperation with Lancaster University and the University of Birmingham, shows that despite air quality in the UK improving in recent decades, there remain … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation, Pollution, Urban | Tagged air, asthma, british lung foundation, child, city, cooling, corridor, costs, green, green space, Health, hotspot, lancaster university, lung disease, plant, pollutant, pollution, quality, shade, Street trees, temperature, town, tree, university of birmingham, urban | 1 Comment

Vintage needn’t be just for the fashionistas (part 2)

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Kaye Brennan

Further inspiration for all you WoodWatchers – this time from street trees in Bristol. The outcome of this campaign wasn’t quite what WoodWatchers would usually aim for. There was no reprieve for these trees under threat, as they were ultimately removed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Planning, Woodland creation, Woods Under Threat | Tagged air quality, bristol, campaign, poplars, replanting, shaping local policy, Street trees, urban trees, Woodwatch | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Street trees

Guest post: Jane Hull, Forestry Commission

Space to breathe – trees and urban air quality

Vintage needn’t be just for the fashionistas (part 2)

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