Could our best shot at stopping climate catastrophe be restoring forests on a massive scale?
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Integrating trees into farming systems can improve farming, help the environment, and boost animal welfare too.
The 1967 Forestry Act is a barrier to integrated forest management in England & Wales.
Europe loses as many trees to storms each year as Poland produces in timber. Until now, the models for predicting which trees are at risk have not been good enough.
It’s as if Socrates’ remark that ‘the trees teach me nothing’ is very much still the attitude today.
Grey squirrels are wreaking havoc on UK woodlands.
Australia’s Great Northern Savannas are the largest and most intact ecosystem of their kind on Earth. But they still face pressure from grazing, mining and agricultural expansion.
The Banksia woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain are home to thousands of species, many unique. But they are gradually being swallowed by Perth, one of the world’s most sprawling cities.
During World War I, a youth organisation called the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry was set up, prompting similar groups attracting thousands of members.
Extreme weather will affect people and animals, as well as whole ecosystems. Research using satellites shows that ecosystems worldwide are vulnerable to collapse.
Australia may have reputation for vast areas of wilderness, but in reality the continent’s ecosystems have been chopped and diced. Now we need to protect what’s left.
In many parts of the world, Christmas and mistletoe are inextricably intertwined. But in the natural world, mistletoe has long fascinated naturalists and scientists.
Bat populations have been hammered by deforestation. Efforts like tree-planting schemes are a step forward, but they’re doomed to fail unless we apply a bit more local knowledge.
Top contributors
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Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Bangor University
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Associate Fellow, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Professor, Charles Darwin University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Decision Science, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Plant-Soil Processes, University of Sheffield
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PhD Researcher in Plant Ecology and Conservation, University of Stirling
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Professor in Forest genetics, European Forest Institute
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Senior Scientist, Inrae
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Reader in Biology, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Visual and Material Culture, University of Brighton
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Chair in Natural Computation, Edinburgh Napier University
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Impact Fellow, Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling
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Ecologist and Ornithologist at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Senior Research Associate in Zoology, University of Oxford
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Research Associate in Ecological Resilience, Climate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney
