Archive: November 2021
“Grown in Britain policy for timber in public buildings”
November 5, 2021
In the 12 days of COP26, we’re sharing 12 ideas to help Britain's forests grow. In our series ‘Wood for the Trees,’ we spoke with woodland experts about their hopes and fears for the future of our forests, and asked for one policy suggestion for UK government. Dougal Driver, chief executive of Grown in Britain said “I'd like to...
“Value productive woodlands in creating good quality timber”
November 4, 2021
‘Wood for the Trees,’ is a series of short films about Britain’s forests. We asked experts about their hopes and fears for woods and woodlands, and for one suggestion to help them grow. During COP26 we're sharing these suggestions. Dr Jo Clark is Head of Research at Future Trees Trust, and she spoke with us about her work in part...
“Deliver funding to turn policy into practice”
November 3, 2021
In ‘Wood for the Trees,’ a series of short films about Britain’s forests, we asked experts about their hopes and fears for the future of our woodlands, and for suggestions to secure their future. At Knepp we spoke to Alastair Driver, director of Rewilding Britain, and asked him what part trees play in the rewilding process. He ...
“Bring agriculture and forestry together into one ecological unit”
November 2, 2021
Through the 12 days of COP26 we’re sharing 12 expert suggestions to help Britain’s forests grow. We asked forester Jez Ralph, of Timber Strategies, for one policy suggestion, and he said “we should stop siloing - forestry in one place, and agriculture in another, and other land uses in another - but start thinking about cohesive lan...
Wood for the Trees
November 1, 2021
In "Wood for the Trees" we asked people working with woods, trees and timber about their hopes and fears for our forests, and for policy suggestions to help them grow. See these suggestions in this 5 minute film: https://youtu.be/RX-LHyo_gJ4 12 Ideas to Help Britain's Forests Grow Create a coherent plan to support nature ...
“Plan to support nature across government”
Through the 12 days of COP26 we’re sharing 12 expert suggestions to help Britain’s forests grow. In Wood for the Trees part 5 we spoke with Gabriel Hemery, of the Sylva Foundation, who called for a coherent, concerted plan to support nature. Dr Gabriel Hemery is co-founder and chief executive of the Sylva Foundation, an environment...
