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Photo submissions needed for a People’s Picture celebrating the role of women working in forestry today
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Over £14 million will be available which allow both local authorities and community groups to access funds for new tree-planting projects
Courses will help grow our skilled domestic forestry sector, which is worth over £2 billion to UK economy, and deliver Government tree planting and net zero ambitions.
Woodlands worth over £400m million annually in protecting communities from flooding, new research reveals
Unlimited fines and prison sentences for those felling trees without a licence to be introduced
Trees planted outside woodlands are worth over £3.8 billion, groundbreaking research published by Forest Research and Defra reveals
New funding to plant trees in communities nationwide in honour of the late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has been announced by Forestry Minister Trudy Harrison.
£20 million funding will improve tree planting stocks, woodland resilience, domestic timber production and accelerate tree planting across England
The new ‘Wild Ennerdale National Nature Reserve’ will protect over 3,000 hectares of landscape comprising of water, forests and mountains.
Projections suggest average rainfall over winter will not be enough to prevent drought conditions in some areas next year
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Air quality experts and delegates from around the world are meeting to discuss international action to improve global air quality
Group remarks that careful and proactive management of water resources is needed throughout the winter to reduce the risk of drought next year.
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