News
Friday 27 April 2012
From the BBC:
A report by AMs has raised concerns about the way the Welsh government is creating a new body to oversee policy on the environment.
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Tuesday 28 February 2012
Wood – nature’s stroke of genius
The Danish Wood Initiative has produced a short animation about the most environmentally friendly raw material in the world.
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Tuesday 14 February 2012
From Wales Online Website
THE WELSH timber industry – which pumps £840m a year into the Welsh economy and supports 18,500 jobs – claims the creation of a single environment body will result in more red tape and a reduction in timber supply.
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Monday 13 February 2012
The forestry sector has a critical role to play in a new way of managing the Welsh countryside. Welsh Government is setting up a single body to develop an Ecosystem Approach to management of natural resources, bringing together social, economic and environmental values.
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Saturday 4 February 2012
From BBC Wales Website
The largest new forest planting scheme in Wales for 20 years is seeing former farmland the size of 140 rugby pitches covered with a range of saplings.
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Friday 27 January 2012
Peter Bottoms once earned his living in Ceredigion’s tourism industry, but now he’s carving out another life far from the madding crowd after buying a forest in mid-Wales.
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Monday 23 January 2012
Frm BBC Wales website
About 140,000 trees have been planted in six woodland sites as part of a project to grow a sapling for every new baby born or adopted in Wales.
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Tuesday 17 January 2012
From BBC Wales website
A cocktail of insect-killing fungi and microscopic worms is being used in the fight against a woodland pest which can decimate newly planted trees.
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Friday 13 January 2012
We might all be thinking about going on a diet at this time of year – but foresters even slimmed down a woodland to improve its appearance.
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Wednesday 4 January 2012
From Forestry Commission Wales :
The Bridgend Forest Education Initiative (FEI) group has just the answer to those post-Christmas blues – a “winter warmer” get-together around a crackling log fire in the woods.
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