Articles

Views from the SOW team and guest contributors.

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Forestry, the Poor Relation of Farming

17.05.2012

Raymond Henderson, Head of Bidwells Forestry Team, has highlighted some facts from Scotland which expose a severe disparity in funding, procedure and lobbying power, which are very useful as case study to further forestry in England at a time when it is ‘up for discussion.’

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Site Specific Land Management Planning

15.05.2012

Pip Howard outlines the vital importance, ecologically, socially and economically, of listening to the landscape and listening to communities when planning land use/management, by using the ancient and down right logical principle of ‘site specifics’.

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Harmony, A New Way of Looking at Our World. A film and book by Prince Charles, Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly

09.05.2012

Si Jakeman shares with us his thoughts on the new film and book, Harmony, from His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly.

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The Great British Elm Experiment – by The Conservation Foundation

04.05.2012

The Conservation Foundation tells us about their inspiring work to keep the beautiful Elm tree, almost wiped out by Dutch elm disease, a feature of our landscape

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Manifesto for a working landscape by Eddie Procter

20.04.2012

Landscapists of the world, unite and take over!

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More woodland and more heathland please! by the RSPB

19.04.2012

The RSPB adds it’s voice to the Heathland re-creation discussion “we don’t think the decision is heathland or woodland, we want more, better managed and better connected areas of both.”

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Flourishing trees, flourishing minds

16.04.2012

‘Flourishing trees, flourishing minds: nearby trees may improve mental wellbeing among housing association tenants’ highlights the vital importance of urban trees progressing into solid research the ideals of Ebenezer Howard and others. It is thus an incredibly timely reminder that we cannot afford to ignore our urban trees and their role in human society as a whole.

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Fungi-jewels in the arboreal crown

09.04.2012

Antony Croft’s inspiring & very beautiful article on the ‘true masters of woodland ecology’.. fungi..

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Deforestation in England to create heathland: is this what we want, or is there a better way?

21.03.2012

This is the second article in a series exploring the issues of heathland restoration by deforestation. This piece by the Save Our Sandlings Forest group…

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A Life in the Canopy by Arborist, Robin Grimes

14.03.2012

Robin Grimes is an Arborist, commonly known as a Tree Surgeon. Here Robin gives a succinct insight into his work…

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The Great BiG Earth DiG

13.03.2012

Is A day to inspire people on a local level to create a new space for growing their own fruit and vegetables on the first day of Spring, otherwise known as Equinox Day, 20th March

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Heathland re-creation: it’s time to talk. By Friends of Thetford Forest

02.03.2012

Alan Spidy of Friends of Thetford Forest, writes about their concerns of the clearing of woodland for heathland re-creation

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Using Soft Power to Protect Trees by Christopher Neilan

28.02.2012

Chris Neilan is well known for creating the CAVAT system that works out the monetary value of urban trees explains the need to engage communities to protect tree & increase tree planting in their areas…

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Blue Planet – Environmental and Development Challenges: The imperative to act

23.02.2012

A group of the world’s leading scientists and experts in sustainable development today called for urgent changes to policies and institutions to enable humanity to tackle environmental crises and improve human wellbeing.

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Trees: Body language, Diagnosis, Biome-chanics- an open door to a wonderful world! by Claus Mattheck

16.02.2012

Prof Claus Mattheck is one of the most prominent ‘tree’ men in the world today. Having revolutionised the way an Arboriculturalist looks at a tree by using traditional mathematical and engineering principles and applying them to a visual examination of a tree.

He has taught us how to read a tree.

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The Octavia Hill Awards from the National Trust & Countryfile

10.01.2012

The National Trust and Countryfile are running the Octavia Hill Awards to recognise today’s ‘unsung heroes’ of the environmental movement, who make such a difference to our lives.

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Planning and Planting Trees in Urban Communities

08.01.2012

George Arkless is the Chair of the Haddonhall TMO, Southwark, London. Here he writes exclusively for SOW about the consequences of poor planning for tree planting, a timely reminder that we should be following the advice of the Tree Council and others advocating ‘The Right Tree in the Right Place’.

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The SuDS Consultation – further delay in sustainable development.

03.01.2012

Gov’t is consulting on proposed changes to SuDS (sustainable drainage systems) legislation.

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Happy Christmas from SOW

24.12.2011

2011 has certainly earned its place in future textbooks with regards forestry, conservation and land management in the UK.

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Threat to the Quantock Hills

19.12.2011

Somerset Council has advertised its proposal to sell a major part of the Quantocks AONB! URGENT ACTION REQUIRED!

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