Aside from the previously discussed benefits of trees as the most effective (and wholly natural) carbon sink available, woodland creation generates a multitude of other ecological, environmental, social and economic benefits.
Woodlands provide essential habitats to a wealth of wildlife, including nesting birds, shade-loving plants (known as sciophytes), and fungi. Tree planting has a central role in our efforts to tackle our biodiversity crisis
A mature tree captures over 700 gallons of water per year. A recent survey estimated that carefully planted patches of woodland across a river basin can stem the flow velocity in the neighbouring river, when rainfall is high, by almost 50%.
Flood water often contains high levels of phosphorus pollutants and nitrogen. Without trees, that flood water would flow directly into rivers and lakes without being filtered. Trees break the rainfall allowing soil microbes to transform the pollutants
Wind and rain are the two largest natural forces eroding our soils. Raindrops have the power and momentum to penetrate soil when they hit the ground. If the land is dry, wind can do significant damage. Trees break up droplets of rain and weaken their strength while roots hold the soil together and protect it from the effects of wind.
According to Forest Research:
“Woodlands provide an opportunity to exercise in a calm and restful environment. Exercise in woodlands relieves physical symptoms such as high blood pressure and obesity, as well as mental symptoms of stress and depression.”
Timber has the lowest embodied energy (i.e. energy used in its processing, production, and transport, from tree to consumer use) of any mainstream building material, and significantly less than for steel, concrete, or aluminium.
These wide-ranging advantages of trees mean that woodland creation can provide an entirely natural but almost perfectly designed antidote to many of society’s most serious challenges. We are suffering an unprecedented loss to our biodiversity in the UK. Extreme hydrological events are rising.
According to the Environment Secretary, we are “30-40 years from a complete eradication of soil fertility in parts of the UK”. Finally, we are increasingly in need of a home-grown timber resource to meet the government’s target for new, sustainable homes.
CarbonStore has produced this User Guide, so all parties have a clear understanding of the terminology and the processes involved in the selling and purchasing of woodland generated carbon units. You can download the PDF below.
In partnership with Tilhill, CarbonStore can help you deliver new woodland creation and woodland-based carbon mitigation projects that not only achieves the highest possible standards in carbon offsetting but also offers many widespread benefits which we can all enjoy.
Please contact David McCulloch, the head of CarbonStore, personally either by email (david.mcculloch@carbonstoreuk.com) or by phone (07500 950832).
A Graduate from Cranfield University has won the CarbonStore Top Student Award after achieving the highest mark on the ‘Evaluating Environmental Sustainability’ module within the Environmental Management for Business MSc.
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Confor announced the winners of the Confor Awards 2024 as part of a ceremony at Surgeons Quarter, Edinburgh in March.
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In a world first, developers in England are now required to deliver 10% Biodiversity Net Gain when building new housing, industrial or commercial developments.
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Updates to the England Woodland Creation Offer and Countryside Stewardship schemes will give land managers more flexibility and financial security.
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Farming groups and landowners encouraged to bid for share of £2.5 million Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund.
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Developers in England will be required to deliver 10% “Biodiversity Net Gain” from January 2024 onwards.
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Watch now as ffinlo Costain discusses with David McCulloch the level of shortage we're currently facing in UK timber supplies.
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Recovery of nature in England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty is to be accelerated through a package of new measures.
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Land use is changing in the UK and the services rendered by our rural landscape will expand dramatically in coming years.
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During the Global Environment Facility assembly in Canada, the UK announced it would stand among the first countries to contribute to the newly launched Global Biodiversity Framework Fund.
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New £2.5 million tree planting fund to enable local authorities to create green spaces and connect communities with nature as a reminder of the Coronation.
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New artificial intelligence (AI) solutions will accelerate industrial decarbonisation across the country, with nearly £4 million in government funding for green innovations.
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Heather Dinwoodie meets with David McCulloch, Head of CarbonStore at Tilhill, to discuss the challenges and opportunities of woodland creation and sustainable forest management.
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A Graduate from Cranfield University has won the CarbonStore Top Student Award after achieving the highest mark on the ‘Evaluating Environmental Sustainability’ module within the Environmental Management for Business MSc.
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Businesses across the UK have received a share of over £80 million government funding to ditch costly fossil fuels for cleaner alternatives.
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The government has announced new investment and actions to improve lowland peat and reduce carbon emissions, improving resilience to drought and supporting farmers.
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Farming and forestry were at the centre of the Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards 2023 with top honours going to a young farmer and a new commercial woodland.
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Tilhill and CarbonStore, working closely with the landowner, designed and implemented the woodland creation plan, which was sympathetic to the landscape and offered many benefits to biodiversity.
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The government’s consultation currently underway exploring the tax treatment of environmental land management and ecosystem service markets is therefore not only inevitable but long overdue.
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CarbonStore has produced this User Guide, so all parties have a clear understanding of the terminology and the processes involved in the selling and purchasing of woodland generated carbon units.
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Projects will test new ways to increase tree cover and strengthen biosecurity, helping to mitigate the effects of climate change and meet the government’s 2050 net zero ambitions.
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New online Climate Change Hub centralises information on forestry and climate change adaptation.
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Farmers and land managers across England are encouraged to apply for the Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme ahead of the seventh auction
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Six nature-based solutions projects will receive funding to research how nature-rich woodlands, grasslands, wetlands and urban habitats take up carbon
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Over £14 million will be available which allow both local authorities and community groups to access funds for new tree-planting projects
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Port Glasgow based company McLaren Packaging has invested in planting a second Scottish woodland, removing 6,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere through the duration of the project.
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Natural England guidance will create nature-rich towns and cities, helping millions realise the benefits of accessing nature
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Five-year delivery plan to restore nature and improve the environmental quality of the air, our waters and our land
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Government speeds up Sustainable Farming Incentive roll-out with new sets of paid actions to support food production and environmentally responsible farming.
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Scotland’s ‘Tree Oscars’ return for 2023 after a hugely successful 2022 and with climate change and sustainable forest management at their core.
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Woodlands worth over £400m million annually in protecting communities from flooding, new research reveals
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CarbonStore is pleased to present an exciting new and diverse regeneration project, situated in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.
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These goals define the priorities and objectives for sustainable development initiatives, such as woodland creation, around the world.
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Trees planted outside woodlands are worth over £3.8 billion, groundbreaking research published by Forest Research and Defra reveals
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£20 million funding will improve tree planting stocks, woodland resilience, domestic timber production and accelerate tree planting across England.
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A graduate from Edinburgh Napier University has won the CarbonStore Top Performing Student Award.
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The Woodland Carbon Code can be complicated, but the development of the woodland carbon market also represents the evolution of a new and significant trend.
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The sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector will be banned by 2024 to protect peatlands and the natural environment.
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A new Natural Resources Wales report highlights how action to restore the degraded peatland of Wales accelerated at record pace during 2021/22 – even surpassing expectations.
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The webinar will outline the fundamental principles of nature-based solutions, focusing particularly on woodland creation.
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August 2022 Woodland Carbon Update, including more information about the changes to additionality rules, and future trends in the market.
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A new report analysing CO₂ uptake by forestry shows that a diverse range of woodland types can all make a significant contribution over a 100 year period.
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A Graduate from Cranfield University has won the CarbonStore Top Student Award after achieving the highest mark on the ‘Evaluating Environmental Sustainability’ module.
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Almost £8 million has been allocated for local authorities to train and employ new staff - building local capacity to plan and deliver new woodlands.
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Funding will support projects which are expanding woodland cover, providing jobs and addressing the forestry sector’s skills shortage, and increasing access to nature
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In practice, there are seven greenhouse gases (GHG) which the Kyoto Protocol identified as contributing to global warming. Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) is the most prevalent, accounting for 80% of GHG emissions.
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The Department for Education has launched its Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy which includes the launch of a new natural History GCSE.
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Launched by the Forestry Commission in 2011, it is operated by Scottish Forestry, the science underpinning its calculations has been developed by Forest Research and it is backed by the UK government.
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New, long-term environmental targets have been announced by the government. The proposed targets are a cornerstone of the government’s Environment Act which passed into law in November last year.
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BSW Group was presented with the Carbon Reduction Award (facilitated by CarbonStore) Selco pledged to plant over 100,000 trees across 100 acres at a site situated in the Scottish borders.
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Scheme gives land managers the option to sell Woodland Carbon Units to the Government at a guaranteed price protected against inflation.
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With the government legally committed to achieving net zero emissions in the UK by 2050 and simultaneously conscious of the wider societal challenges, its 2019 manifesto also committed it to planting 30,000 hectares across the UK by 2025
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This exciting Award aims to celebrate leading examples of Scottish forests and woodlands, which have an important role in mitigating or adapting to climate change or sharing information or education.
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The new schemes will support nature recovery and climate action by rewarding farmers in their local area, alongside sustainable and profitable food production.
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Government seeking views on a ban of the retail sale of peat in horticulture by end of this Parliament
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The premier awards for forests and woods in Scotland are back for 2022 after a highly successful 2021 saw winners ranging from a tiny nursery school to the country’s largest landowner
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Climate Change Agreements scheme delivers reduction in emissions of 6.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent during 2019 and 2020.
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Recent analysis by Forest Research, the Forestry Commission’s world-renowned research division, has highlighted an important shortcoming in the assumptions which underpin the current approach in calculating sequestration volumes by different types of woodland
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Visits to the UK’s woodlands boosts mental health and is estimated to save £185 million in treatment costs annually, a landmark report published by Forest Research finds
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The forestry market has seen a record-breaking year, with average values more than double what they were three years ago.
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CarbonStore is proud to be a sponsor of the 2021 Landscape Institute Awards.
Read more The Number of Registered Projects Rises Steeply As a fast-evolving industry, the market for woodland carbon continues to be influenced by passing, but significant, winds. As we have noted before, interest in the Woodland Carbon Code has expanded dramatically; demand for PIUs and WCUs has increased but the number of woodlands registered with the Code […]
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Why Woodland Creation Should Be Part of Your Carbon Reduction Strategy as a sustainability manager or analyst
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CarbonStore is delighted to welcome Michael Fagbohungbe to both the Tilhill and CarbonStore team. His appointment means that the Company can really dig deep into the business of carbon, starting by assessing its own ambitions towards Net Zero as well as reinforcing the CarbonStore team by providing his expert knowledge in carbon offsetting. Michael holds […]
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CarbonStore presents 10 very important reasons as number one choice for carbon offsetting
Read more Exploring a fair price for carbon transactions for woodland owner and Selco Builders'Warehouse. Looking at recent pricing trends.
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The report released on #BogDay used satellite technology to look at how these bogs breathe" and how it could help build a better picture of peatland conditions in Scotland.
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Carbon sequestration describes the process in which carbon dioxide (CO₂) is removed from the atmosphere and subsequently stored through biological, chemical, or physical processes.
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CarbonStore is delighted to announce the purchase of 8,000 Pending Issuance Units (PIUs)
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£10m available from the scheme’s £50m pot for farmers and land managers to create new woodlands to help tackle the effects of climate change. The scheme gives land managers the option to sell Woodland Carbon Units (the carbon captured once the trees have grown), to the government at a guaranteed price protected against inflation. The […]
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Head of CarbonStore David McCulloch Joins Panel Free Webinar: Tuesday June 22nd – 11am Tilhill, the UK’s leading forestry management company announces the latest in a series of free webinars. The webinar on 22 June will focus on exploring the new funding offer for woodland creation in England. The webinar will take farmers, landowners and […]
Read more We see signs of infancy across all carbon markets, including the one for woodland carbon. The absence of pricing transparency, which we are keen to rectify, is the most obvious symptom. Meantime, we continue to work hard to address others which we feel are important steps to ensure the healthy development of the market so […]
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The Forestry & Climate Change Working Group with CarbonStore The Forestry Climate Change Working Group (FCCWG) present this Workshop Webinar; a free online workshop for forestry practitioners exploring the importance of carbon in a climate emergency. As a result of the UK’s commitment to becoming a Net Zero economy by 2050, carbon sequestration is likely […]
Read more The outlook for the woodland carbon market appears encouraging. Its regulatory standard, the Woodland Carbon Code, has used the lockdown gainfully to update its rules and guidelines, expand its capacity and widen its recognition among both landowners and companies. With the UK now (slowly) emerging from the lockdown, pressure for a ‘green recovery’ is growing. […]
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Head of CarbonStore David McCulloch joined Tilhill for this informative webinar entitled ‘Creating Woodlands for Cash, Carbon & Conservation’ – Scotland which included three onsite interviews. David answered all carbon related questions from landowners, farmers and industry professionals. Watch the full recording covering: The landowner’s objectives Evaluating the land and farm potential How agriculture can […]
Read more Free workshop: Tuesday 20th April 11am The Forestry Climate Change Working Group is delighted to announce the launch of a free online workshop for forestry practitioners and will explore the importance of carbon in a climate emergency. As a result of the UK’s commitment to becoming a Net Zero economy by 2050, carbon sequestration is […]
Read more The UK’s woodland carbon market is evolving rapidly. Preliminary enquiries, more substantive indications of interest in buying PIUs, and firm orders for them from companies have all picked up markedly through January and early- February. Similarly, woodland owners are quickly recognising the opportunities from selling their woodland-generated carbon credits. The number of schemes being registered […]
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Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) ongoing work to restore a globally important habitat is being celebrated as part of World Wetlands Day (2 Feb). Blanket bog is a type of habitat found on peatland soils in cool, wet upland areas in maritime climates. It covers 23 per cent of Scotland’s land area and is rarely […]
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This webinar outlines the fundamental principles of nature-based solutions, focusing particularly on woodland creation and peatland restoration.
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Listen to CLA’s podcast supported by Tilhill. ‘David Attenborough’s recent Netflix documentary did an incredible job making the case that the key to solving climate change is right in front of us: nature. Nature is our biggest ally, inspiration and the best, most cost-effective, shovel-ready technology we have to tackle the climate crisis.’ In this podcast we focus on […]
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A new Climate Change Champion prize has been added to Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards as the ‘Tree Oscars’ return in 2021. The Climate Change Champion Award, sponsored by CarbonStore, will be chosen by judges from entries to all 2021 Awards categories. All entries can identify and highlight what their project will contribute to tackling climate […]
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Webinar: Crafting Nature-Based Solutions for Your Business January 28th 10am What are nature-based solutions? How can they help your organisation? How do they work, in practice? CarbonStore is well equipped to explain. Through Tilhill, we have 70 years’ experience in planting trees and restoring peatlands. Please join us for our free webinar discussing these issues […]
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Appreciation for Natural Capital is gathering momentum. The value of woodland carbon is rising.
Read more In the race to tackle climate change and to reach net zero emissions, two key UK-wide carbon markets have joined forces. The UK Woodland Carbon Registry and UK Peatland Code have come together to form the new UK Land Carbon Registry. The new registry aims to create a more accessible ‘one-stop-shop’ for woodland and peatland […]
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CarbonStore, a company providing an open and transparent platform for companies and landowners to buy and sell Woodland Carbon Units is delighted to share this free public webinar dedicated to farmers, landowners and companies. The online event on November 3rd 2020 introduced CarbonStore and outlined the Woodland Carbon Code. The webinar attracted over 240 guests […]
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CarbonStore is delighted to share this free public webinar dedicated to farmers, landowners and companies.
Read more CarbonStore is delighted to be announcing a free public webinar dedicated to farmers, landowners and companies.
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When considering environmental enhancement, it can sometimes feel as though there are too many variables to juggle or prioritise to make the most significant impact possible with the resources at your disposal.
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The intricacies of the Woodland Carbon Code present many potential pitfalls for landowners seeking to capitalise on their newly planted woodland’s carbon sequestration capacity.
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We market our carbon-related woodland schemes fairly and openly and we charge only a minor commission for arranging the transactions between landowners and companies.
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A new opportunity launches today for those of us seeking to contribute to a cleaner, greener, low carbon economy. CarbonStore will be utilising its unique partnerships to unite landowners, who are looking to sell woodland generated carbon units, with companies that are keen to offset their carbon emissions. The objective being to provide a woodland-based […]
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The report assesses the way we use our land today and the changes required in how we farm and use land in order to deliver the UK Government’s Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050
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This is the Committee’s 2020 report to Parliament, assessing progress in reducing UK emissions over the past year.
Read more This is the Committee’s 2020 report to Parliament, assessing progress in reducing UK emissions over the past year. This year, the report includes new advice to the UK Government on securing a green and resilient recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 11th June, the Forestry Commission gave us our annual insight into tree planting volumes across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the 12 months from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020.
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Some great news for landowners in England looking to bid on an earlier than expected third auction with the WCaG, with some interesting results from the second auction from June 2020.
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Green Alliance policy insight dated in April 2020 into nature based carbon offsetting by airlines.
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The launch of CarbonStore provides sorely needed improvements to the services offered to both landowners and companies in the woodland carbon market.
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