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 Investigating
horse chestnut bleeding canker
Trees and wood lands play a critical role in sustaining our environment. One of the Forestry Commission’s major objectives is the long-term sustainable management of trees and woodlands. To do this, we need to address the causes of woodland decline and protect trees from invasive species and diseases.
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 The
carbon in this piece of wood is equivalent to...
‘How much carbon is in a tree?’ is a common question and not one that’s easy to answer in a way most of us can relate to. Recent work by Forest Research sought not only to answer this, but to go one stage further by equating specific amounts of wood to everyday activities that use energy.
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The flooding in January 2003 affected hundreds of people along the Thames and its tributaries. More than 500 properties were flooded, many more homes and businesses were in some way inconvenienced and agricultural land was inundated with flood water.......
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Flood Relief
Many Residents will have visited and been disappointed by the Environment Agency exhibition (held late 2009) on the proposed flood relief channels around Wraysbury. Naturally it is disappointing that the project is 20 years or so in the future,... |
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The Royal Borough has stepped in to rescue an area of woodland next to a nature reserve from being put up for auction.... |
Wraysbury and Hythe End gravel pits has been notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)... |
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