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Unexplored autumn colour at Westonbirt

There’s more to autumn at Westonbirt, the National Arboretum, than the world famous maples



New project to develop woodland skills

A project has been launched in mid Wales to give young people the opportunity to develop countryside and land management skills and to find out what it might be like to work in one of the many industries linked to woodlands.



Testing time for new woodland carbon assurance scheme

The Forestry Commission is about to test a new quality assurance scheme for tree planting projects designed to sequester carbon.



Take Off For Rare Ospreys!

Northumberland’s three osprey chicks have taken to the air for the very first time.



World needs to restore forests ‘even without climate change’

The world would still need to take urgent action to restore its lost and degraded forests even if the climate were not changing, the head of the Forestry Commission has told an international forestry conference.



Cash support announced to help fight larch tree disease

Woodland owners will be given access to a £600,000 support package to help tackle the outbreak of Phytophthora ramorum infection in larch trees in South West England and South Wales.


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