How to benefit species and habitats biodiversity in your woodland
Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it s appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
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The conservation of biodiversity is an essential part of sustainable forest management. Forests cover nearly one-third of the world’s total land area and are vital in ensuring environmental functions such as climate regulation and soil conservation in addition to biodiversity. They provide habitats for a large array of plants and animals, some of which are rare or threatened. Through these important ecosystem services, biologically diverse forests and woodlands contribute to the sustainability of the wider landscape.
Routes to market for ash timber Innovation Fund
Find out about the Woods into Management Routes to market for ash timber Innovation Fund and how you can compete for funding to help restore woodlands suffering from ash dieback.
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Invitation to apply
Find out if you are eligible to apply for the Routes to market for ash timber Forestry Innovation Fund.
About the Innovation Fund
The aim of Woods into Management (WIM), as part of government’s Nature for Climate Fund, is to encourage and broaden innovation in forestry that results in improved ecological condition of existing woodlands and the role they play in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Regional woodland restoration Innovation Fund
Find out about the Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Fund - Regional woodland restoration. There will be a number of funds based in regions around the country.
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Invitation to apply
Find out how to apply for the Woods into Management regional woodland Innovation Fund. There will be a number of funds based in regions around the country, details of each of the funds are available here:
North West and West Midlands
About the North West and West Midlands Innovation Fund
The aim of Woods into Management (WIM), as part of government’s Nature for Climate Fund, is to encourage and broaden innovation in forestry that results in improved ecological condition of existing woodlands and the role they play in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
RSPB in plea to ensure new woodlands are ‘right trees in right places’ February 11, 2021, 12:07 am
New woodlands have to be the right trees in the right place, the RSPB says (Emily Beament/PA)
New woodlands planted to tackle climate change should avoid carbon-rich soils where growing trees could backfire, the RSPB said.
Research analysing soil types across the UK by the wildlife charity reveals where woodland expansion could best go ahead in the future as part of efforts to massively ramp up tree planting to absorb carbon emissions.
The RSPB said it is important to get the right trees in the right place, with a focus on growing native broadleaf woodlands that also benefit wildlife on soils which do not already store significant carbon in the existing landscape.