Woodlands News
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Return of the TRA Briefing Day
The 2023 TRA event will be held on Wednesday 13th September 2023 at the Woodland Grange Hotel, Leamington Spa, so make a diary date now. As always, delegates can expect insightful and high quality briefings on all the current market and regulatory trends from our expert presenters. Participation is free to TRA Members, media representatives and our industry regulators. A charge of £50 per ...
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Simple solution to professional finish
Not far from the North Pennines, an AONB designated region, near Barnard Castle lays Hetherick Caravan Park, surrounded by tranquil woods and sited close to the River Forthburn. The caravan park was founded in 1991 by the late Ernest Holmes and is now run by his son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Julie Holmes. It’s a 20 acre site with six acres of woodland and surrounded by public ...
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Woodlands Trust Tree Initiative
Woodland Trust has launched an initiative to plant 50 million trees over 5 years to fight climate crisis. Unfortunately COVID has impacted the rate in which trees have been planted, resulting in a downfall. Therefore the conservation charity has made this pledge, which includes 600,000 free trees being sent to community groups and schools in November this year. The Woodland’s trust Darren ...
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Water UK and Friends of the Earth call on Government to act on tree planting
Water UK has partnered with Friends of the Earth to call on the Government to do more to promote tree planting in England. The two organisations have written to Lord Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment, to call for the introduction of targets to increase tree planting across the country. The letter urges the Government to use the England Tree Strategy to set a target ...
By Water UK
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Stabenow, Braun Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Help Family Foresters Develop Climate Solutions, Access Economic Opportunity
Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources, introduced the bipartisan Rural Forests Markets Act to help small-scale, family foresters access new economic opportunities through climate solutions like carbon ...
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Midwest Soil Health Summit to Explore ‘Farm as Reflection of Farmer’ & Includes Bonus Silvopasture Focus
Stay on the leading edge of regenerative agriculture by attending the Sustainable Farming Association’s annual Midwest Soil Health Summit, set for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thurs., March 5, at Oliver Kelley Farm, 15788 Kelley Farm Rd NW, Elk River. The seventh version of this dynamic event, titled “Farm as Reflection of Farmer,” features a bevy of expert farmer speakers, including ...
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Etesia choose SALTEX to launch new products ahead of 2020 season
Etesia will be launching three new products on their new stand number E085 at IOG SALTEX 2019. The new products will include a ride-on mower, the new facelift Attila brushcutters and electric wheelbarrow. Full details will be announced on the first day of the show on 30th October. Also on show will be the recently relaunched PRO46 PHTS3 single speed self-propelled and PRO46 PHE3 push ...
By Etesia UK
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PEFC Chairman Peter Latham appointed as Commissioner of the Forestry Commission England
“On behalf of the whole international PEFC community, we are honoured and proud that our Chairman, Peter, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Commissioner to the Forestry Commission in England,” said Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC International. “His wide ranging expertise in all aspects of the international timber trade, combined with his skills in leading and achieving ...
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Algae Biomass Organization Announces Preliminary Agenda for 12th Annual Algae Biomass Summit in The Woodlands, Texas
The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, today announced the preliminary agenda for the 12th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, being held in The Woodlands, Texas, October 14-17, 2018. The sessions unveiled on the agenda promise a wide range of discussions about the latest advances in algae commercialization and research and the growing impact they are having ...
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Hitachi Showcases New Foresters at DEMO International 2016
Anything and everything to do with forestry operations was found at DEMO International, one of North America’s largest and most distinctive outdoor equipment shows, held Sept. 22-24, 2016. The flagship event of the Canadian Woodlands Forum, DEMO International is held every four years in a different location. For the first time in 16 years, the show returned to Western Canada and was hosted ...
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Some plants are more sensitive to herbicides during reproductive stages of life cycle
This study assessed the effects of herbicides on non-target plants in Denmark and Canada. The findings showed that some plants are more sensitive to herbicides in the reproductive stages of their life cycle and can experience delays in flowering and reduced seed production. The authors say future ecological assessments should consider reproductive outcomes. Herbicides are some of the most widely ...
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Grazing land has scope for biofuel surge
Converting grazing land into fields to grow crops for biofuels could provide up to 30 per cent of the world’s energy needs, according to a report. The report says at least 500 million hectares are available for sustainable biofuel production even when rising food demand, growing urbanisation and the desire to preserve forest and protected lands are taken into account. Most of this land is ...
By SciDev.Net
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Farmers fund research to breed gluten-free wheat
Kansas farmers are paying for genetic research to figure out exactly why some people struggle to digest wheat. The hard science is aimed at developing new varieties of wheat at a time when the gluten-free industry is worth nearly a billion dollars a year in the U.S. alone. The Kansas Wheat Commission is spending $200,000 for the first two years of the project, which is meant to identify ...
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Water concerns in farming back in the news
Tighter water abstraction rules once again threaten to have an affect on UK food production growers have been warned, according to Farmers Weekly. Time-limited water abstraction licenses, which are due to expire this year, are being assessed by the Environment Agency to ensure that they comply with the EU Water Framework Directive. License conditions may change if they are deemed to be a risk to ...
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California drought takes bite out of rice harvest
California's deepening drought is shrinking its rice harvest, and that's bad news for farmers, migratory birds and sushi lovers. The $5 billion industry exports rice to more than 100 countries and specializes in premium grains used in risotto, paella and sushi. Nearly all U.S. sushi restaurants use medium-grain rice grown in the Sacramento Valley. The rice harvest is just the latest victim of ...
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Climate renews famine risk to Africa’s Sahel
The Sahel, the arid belt of land that stretches from the Atlantic to the Red Sea and separates the Sahara desert from the African savanna, is no stranger to drought and famine. Now scientists in Sweden say the Sahel faces another humanitarian crisis even than in the recent past − with the changing climate partly responsible. Writing in the journal Environmental Research Letters, the ...
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Ash dieback in the UK: how will it affect the rest of the woodland ecosystem?
Ash dieback in the UK is likely to lead to the extinction or decline of over 50 species which are reliant on or highly associated with this tree, including mosses, lichens and beetles, a new study suggests. The researchers recommend that the ash trees are not felled but left to die naturally and in time replaced with mixtures of species such as beech and sycamore which support similar woodland ...
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New research project addresses national priorities in combating the threat of tree diseases
New diseases are posing significant risks to tree health and plant biosecurity.UK Government Research Councils, DEFRA, Forestry Commission and Scottish Government, are together investing £7M to fund seven new projects to help address threats to UK forests, woods and trees. Bangor University is a partner in one of these projects in collaboration with the Universities of Stirling and ...
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How to Make Green from Your Woods, Keep Them Green in the Future
Most woodland owners will sell timber from their land only once, maybe twice, in their lives, said Kathy Smith, forestry specialist with Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. So they should learn all they can before they decide to do it. “They should make sure the choice they make is both good for them and good for their woods, both today ...
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Cranfield launches European project to promote the use of trees in farming
The first meeting of ‘AGFORWARD’, an exciting EU funded research programme on agroforestry, was held at Cranfield University this week. The 4-year 6 million Euro project will be working with farmers and land owners in 15 countries across Europe to identify how agroforestry practices – farming with trees – can create profitable, productive, and environmentally ...
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