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Careers Advice: Embrace the Mess
Stressed by exams and big life choices? Does it feel like things have gone wrong & life feels messy? Elle McAllister explains why that might be exactly what you need.
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DiversiTree Webinar: Diversifying Woodlands to Increase Resilience
Catch up with the webinar, recorded in May, with guests Dr Ruth Mitchell, Dr Chris Nicholls, & Dr Norman Dandy discussing the work and findings of the Diversitree project.
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Planting Trees for the Future
Check out this short lecture by our very own Jen Turner, Development Manager at RFS, on why it is so important for our future to plant trees.
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Forest Bathing Benefits
At RFS our aim is to encourage better understanding and care for our woodlands and forests; part of doing that is exploring the variety of ways we can use & enjoy sites we have. Elle went to her local community woodland to experience it herself.
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The Great Green Ribbon of Palestine
James Chapman, Founder and Trustee of GapArt and current MSc Forestry student at Bangor University, describes how trees have affected his life and career so far, as well as an exciting new international project encouraging tree planting in Palestine.
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Forestry for Non Foresters
For owners and managers of woodlands with little or no experience, the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is hosting subsidized two-day courses to demystify forestry, leading participants through the forest cycle from establishment to harvesting timber.
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Eight points: our response to Tree planning and Woodland Inquiry
The Royal Forestry Society has submitted written evidence to the EFRA committee Tree Planting and Woodland inquiry.
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Tree targets being missed – why Government support is needed
New woodland creation is continuing to fall woefully short of government targets across the UK and a seismic shift will be required if government targets of 30,000 ha per year are to be met, says the RFS.
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Land devaluation and red tape put owners off planting new woodland
Results of a survey of members reveals support for woodland creation is tempered by concerns over availability of suitable land, loss of land value resulting from change of use to woodland and accessibility of long term grants to support capital investment and maintenance.
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Planting for diversity
Tony Bird is passionate about planting a diverse range of tree species on his estate in Warwickshire after seeing the devastation left by Dutch Elm disease and encountering ash die back and cankers and blight on horse chestnuts.
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