woodland News
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New schemes look to protect Irish woodlands
Government ministers have revealed details about a new scheme designed to improve the quality of Ireland's woodland environment. Mary Wallace, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, announced the launch of the new Native Woodland Scheme and a programme of called NeighbourWood for the country's forests. She said: 'The NeighbourWood Scheme is aimed at developing ...
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Old rural parks can provide important refuges for forest biodiversity
Woodlands in the grounds of old manor houses or castles can provide high quality habitat for numerous forest species, a recent study from Estonia concludes. The researchers found that, compared to nearby forests, old rural park woodlands appeared to be better at supporting biodiversity. Logging and commercial plantations have degraded many ancient European forests, and now only small fragments ...
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Big retail giants urge public to recycle their Christmas cards
Special recycling bins have been placed in branches of WHSmith, Tesco, TK Maxx and Marks & Spencer to encourage the public to recycle their Christmas cards. Hermione Norris, who recently appeared in the BBC’s Spooks series, is heading a campaign with the Woodland Trust to recycle this year’s 100 million Christmas cards. All cards collected from the shops during January will be taken to ...
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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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£5 Million Development Provides Immediate Boost for Woodland Grange
Year on year business levels are showing an increase of more than 60 % at the Woodland Grange Conference Centre, where a £5 million redevelopment was recently completed. “The investment is already having a dramatic effect, and is also significantly widening our customer base,” said the Centre’s Director of Operations David Vaughton: “By the end of the year, we are projecting an increase in ...
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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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Choice of tree species and site can increase plant diversity in plantation forest
Careful choice of tree species and sites could transform plantations into refuges for woodland plant diversity, new research from Ireland suggests. Plantations of native species on or near historic woodland and those with adequate light levels below the tree canopy were found to support more plant species. Europe’s forests cover 45% of the land area, and provide important habitat for many ...
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Algae: The New Oil
The Woodlands, Texas – August 7, 2008 – The National Algae Association announces its Algae Commercialization Business Plan, Research, and Networking Forum. Existing algae oil production companies, algae researchers and algaeprenuers will present leading-edge technologies for commercialization of Algae: The “New Oil” on October 23-24, 2008, at The Woodlands Conference Center and Resort in The ...
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Cytec Industries Announces First Quarter 2011 Teleconference Schedule
Woodland Park, New Jersey, March 30, 2011- Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE: CYT) announced the following schedule and contact information for its first quarter earnings release and teleconference: Earnings Release: April 21, 2011 after the close of marketTeleconference: April 22, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. ETDial in Number: Domestic: 888-713-4486 ...
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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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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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Scotland trials set to investigate new applications for quality compost
The Waste & Resources Action Programme has launched a new series of Scottish trials designed to understand how quality compost can be used in a variety of applications. WRAP hopes the trials will develop new markets for quality compost and help shape policy and practice across the UK. The trials are being conducted by Forestry Commission Scotland and the Scottish Agricultural College in ...
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EEA land cover data to be used in mobile phone maps
Data on land use provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) is soon to be included in electronic maps used for navigation in mobile phones and other devices. The EEA has concluded a license agreement with the company Navteq to use Corine Land Cover data in maps being developed for Navteq’s mother company Nokia. The Corine dataset will improve mapping and navigation with its broad ...
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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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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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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 supersite will tell woodlands climate story
An exciting new research Supersite will use a climate station to monitor Western Australia's 16 million hectare Great Western Woodland (GWW). The CSIRO and the Department of Environment and Conservation WA (DEC) are leading the establishment of the new research Supersite in 2011, part of an Australia-wide network of sites for monitoring the environment supported by Terrestrial Ecosystems ...
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Carbon canopy initiative aims to sustain Appalachian forests for climate and certified timber
While much has been written from a theoretical perspective about markets for ecosystem services, few on-the-ground projects currently exist. Yet the projects that do exist provide one of the best windows onto what actually works in practice. That’s why WRI has issued a new brief, Insights from the Field: Forests for Climate and Timber to discuss an innovative initiative called the Carbon ...
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Controlled forest fires could kill invasive tree disease
In a new study, researchers examined the potential influence of human-driven changes in land-use on disease establishment in forests. The research suggests that changes in forest management, which encourage greater and more dense forest cover, are creating environmental conditions that promote disease. The invasive, fungal-like Phytophthora ramorum causes Sudden Oak Death (SOD), which is ...
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Smurfit Kappa Recycling celebrates a green decade of yellow pages
One of the largest reprocessors of paper and cardboard in the UK, Smurfit Kappa Recycling, is celebrating 10 years of successfully turning old editions of the Yellow Pages directories into new packaging materials at its paper mills in Birmingham and Kent. Thanks to the processes and technologies used at the mills, Smurfit Kappa Recycling was one of the first UK organisations to accept Yellow ...
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