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The Healing Power of Woodlands – Woods for the Trees

WEBWhat you need to know about the healing power of woodlands from a psychologist’s perspective in Mental Health Awareness Week By Dr Lesley Edwards, Consultant Clinical Psychologist Woodlands are magical, mysterious and ancient places and are home to many meaningful myths and legends. People have used woodlands to …

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Mental health benefits of trees and woods – Woods for …

WEBDecember 7, 2021. A new report by Forest Research aims to evaluate the benefits of trees and woods for mental health and wellbeing. It seems like a no-brainer, that people feel better about life in general when they have access to nature. But governments like to put numbers on such things, and this report for the first time tries to count the

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Just One Thing for Mental Health Awareness Week

WEBTo celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week, I’m looking to develop new habits that will keep me healthy and strong in mind and body.That’s why I’ve quickly become addicted to Dr. Michael Mosley’s new podcast, Just One Thing. The series, available on BBC Sounds and numerous other podcast platforms, provides exactly what …

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Thistle Wood blog – Woods for the Trees

WEBThistle Wood has not seen a plough, sheep or chemical for six years. Tree cover is beginning to offer shelter for birds and many rodents; young trees, thistles and other wild flowers attract insects. We have often seen foxes, brown hare, a pair of kestrels and the red kites for which the Derwent valley is famous. Fox in Thistle Wood.

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Earth Day – make that Soil Day – Woods for the Trees

WEBApril 22nd is Earth Day.Events are going on all over the world; and the Earth Day website has a map showing where the nearest events to you are. The irony of having a single day in the year when the wellbeing of the whole planet is celebrated is not lost on us at Woods for the Trees.Even so, we have been asking ourselves how to mark it.

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Serendipities – Social ecologies and new partners

WEBWe have recently engaged with some very interesting, like-minded and compatible organisations… The Human Milk Foundation HMF are passionate about saving the very youngest, most vulnerable babies (those born substantially pre-term), by ensuring that they get the best start in life – human milk, with all its special nutrients and vital …

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New ‘tiny forest’ for Leeds – Woods for the Trees

WEBHow microforest plating can bring multiple benefits Traditional planting schemes favour neat rows of trees spaced 2m-3m apart; but nature doesn't plant trees that way. Seedlings grow where conditions are best and chance and evolution dictate what arrives where, in what numbers and with what success. Japanese botanist Akira …

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Commentary – Woods for the Trees

WEBFrom the Small Woods Association newsletter… The Forestry Commission’s Key Performance Indicators Report for 2022-23 has been published, prompting strong criticism in relation to missed targets.

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Jonathan Culling – Woods for the Trees

WEBStorm Eunice hit the South of England on Friday 18 February 2022, with winds of up to 122 mph – a provisional record for England.… Read More » In the wake of Storm Eunice

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Tree Planting – where the UK is at – Woods for the Trees

WEBReport on the UK’s tree planting effort by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (this is Parliament officially appraising the government’s performance and likely future success in implementing its own policy on expanding tree planting and timber production)

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South Field, Edmundbyers New Native Woodland Creation

WEBA scoping meeting was held on Monday 9thMay 2022 online to set out the most significant positive and negative likely effects of a proposed native woodland creation scheme at Edmundbyers, County Durham. This scoping meeting was attended by the following key stakeholders as agreed with the Forestry Commission:

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