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Let s deal with the F-words Menu By Community contributor Surely land can be managed in a way to allow different land types to complement and benefit each other and even compensate for one another to allow the other to yield at its best? By Emma Kerr, carbon manager, Scottish Woodlands Ltd F FOR forestry. F for farming – two types of land management that produce commodities that we as humans need to survive. However, in my experience both land types appear distant, separated and somewhat disjointed despite integrally linked via the earth’s crust and natural processes they rely on. In my experience forestry to some farming cultures can be like saying the F word and the services land provides appear to be within a disjointed hierarchy. ....
Peatland restoration on the Raby Estate A FOUR-year peatland restoration project in the North Pennines is delivering 3,343 acres of peatland restoration in a venture that will strengthen the region’s ability to fight climate change. Pennine PeatLIFE, funded by the EU LIFE programme with match funding from Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Northumbrian Water and the Environment Agency, is led by the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in collaboration with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Forest of Bowland AONB Partnership. Nine privately owned estates managed for grouse shooting are currently taking part in the restoration accounting for the vast majority of the peatlands in the project covering an area of 1,000 rugby pitches. ....