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Farm Woodlands Information Sheet: Woodland Creation and Carbon Sales
With the strengthening global concern around climate change and the impact our emissions are having across the globe, companies and countries alike are searching for a solution to try cool our climate and capture the vast quantities of CO2 that have been created since the industrial revolution. Trees have the potential to play a major part in the global effort to solve the climate crisis we currently face.
Read More >Farm Woodlands Information Sheet: Woodland Creation and Carbon Sales
With the strengthening global concern around climate change and the impact our emissions are having across the globe, companies and countries alike are searching for a solution to try cool our climate and capture the vast quantities of CO2 that have been created since the industrial revolution. Trees have the potential to play a major part in the global effort to solve the climate crisis we currently face.
Read More >How to Manage Ash Dieback Disease in your Trees
Ash dieback disease (often referred to as ‘Chalara’) is caused by fungal spores that can be carried on the wind, spreading the infection between trees. It has been present in…
Read More >An Introduction to Woodland Carbon; A Growing Source of Funding for Woodland Creation
Woodlands can make a significant contribution to tackling climate change – in 2017 Scotland’s woodlands sequestered 9.5 million tonnes of CO2e, reducing Scotland’s net annual emissions to 40.5 million tonnes…
Read More >Forestry Grant Scheme Update
Extra £1m for Woodland Creation on Farms this Year This additional funding has been provided by the Agricultural Transformation Programme. It aims to help enable planting schemes such as shelterbelts…
Read More >Did You Know Wood Can Glow?
Some types of wood glow under UV light. This phenomenon can help identify and distinguish between timber from different tree species. For example, the wood of black locust and mulberry…
Read More >Quick Guide to Woodland Creation Grants
The Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) supports the creation of new woodland that will provide economic, environmental and social benefits. Payment rates for five of the nine grant support options for…
Read More >Timber Market Report September 2020
It falls to me to write the first Timber Market Report in what is perhaps only the “end of the beginning” of the Covid-19 pandemic. The immediate impact of the…
Read More >Diversifying broadleaved woodlands for the future – A way forward from ash dieback
In the Spring 2020 issue of Farm Woodland News, we looked at diversifying woodland tree species for growing softwood timber. What about native broadleaved woodlands, and semi-natural woodlands? How do…
Read More >How to Release Income from Woodland Carbon
The Woodland Carbon Code exists to make financially unattractive woodland creation projects attractive. In doing this, it enables trees to be planted that otherwise wouldn’t be, and additional carbon sinks…
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