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09.08.2022
Woodland owners, particularly those in the southeast of England, are being asked to be on the watch for a new threat – the evocatively named ‘larger eight-toothed European spruce beetle’. Commonly referred to as Ips, on the basis of its Latin name Ips typographus, it is a pest that all woodland owners – especially those in […]
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04.07.2022
Strutt & Parker was delighted to sponsor the Future of the Elm Tree conference on restoring elm to the landscape, held at Kew Gardens on 28 June 2022. The best conferences inspire you – they make you want to learn more and do more – and this was one of those. Opening the conference, organised by the Institute of […]
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24.03.2022
Much has been said about the importance of trees for locking up carbon, but trees also have a crucial role to play as we try to transition away from carbon intensive building materials such as concrete and steel. The farming sector has done a lot of work to get the public to connect with where […]
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10.12.2021
Forest plantations across the UK have experienced significant damage due to Storm Arwen, which struck overnight on 26 November. Early indications are that in Scotland it is forests on the eastern side of the country which have been most impacted. While there have been reports of damage in Dumfries and Galloway and Perth and Argyll, […]
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29.11.2021
Unless you’ve been hiding under a stump you’ll know there’s been a lot of talk about planting trees in recent months, even Boris Johnson has been getting in on the act. This has been driven mainly by the recognition, that globally, society has a huge mountain to climb to get our greenhouse gas emissions, and […]
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18.11.2021
At this time of rapid change for the rural sector, it can feel very difficult to know where best to invest your time, energy and money within your business. Farmers and landowners are facing a barrage of new challenges from a variety of directions, including a changing policy framework, new environmental and property legislation, changing […]
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11.11.2021
With just under two months to go until Christmas, most politicians seem to have already written their letters to Santa and all appear to have put trees on their lists. The principal driver is the role that woodland can play in mitigating climate change, because of trees’ ability to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and […]
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06.09.2021
Land managers in England with trees or woodlands affected by some specific pests and diseases may be eligible to take part in a new pilot Tree Health Scheme. The three-year pilot scheme will initially focus on tackling trees and woodland affected by ash dieback, Phytophthora ramorum in larch or sweet chestnut, sweet chestnut blight and […]
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13.08.2021
Forestry is in the political and media spotlight like never before, but how is this increased awareness of the potential of trees affecting the UK commercial forestry and woodland investment market? The government has an annual UK planting target of 30,000ha of new trees to 2050, with the forestry and woodland sector regarded as having […]
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16.06.2021
The Forestry Commission has unveiled details of the new tree planting grant scheme – the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) – which aims to to encourage more farmers and land managers to plant trees. The grant, backed by almost £16m of funding in its first year, is part of the government’s strategy to treble tree […]
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14.06.2021
The UK has a well-publicised target of planting 30,000ha new trees annually to 2050, to take woodland cover across the country from 13% to 17%. It is an enormous challenge – to reach this commitment we will need to see planting at a scale not seen for decades. Woodland expansion has not been achieved at […]
