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I can tell you that we are in a youngish beech wood, ideal for truffles as beech is a host tree. Today we are looking for Tuber aestivum, the black summer truffle that is one of the best edible truffles growing in Britain. Like many fungi, they have

The Future Forests Network is a collaboration between the Forestry Commission, The Silvanus Trust and the Sylva Foundation.

This new project aims to map the occurrence of new and novel species already growing in UK forests, to provide the forestry se

So just how much woodland is there in the UK? Well it would appear that, at 31 March 2013, there is 3.13 million hectares.

That is just one of the findings from the Forestry Commission and its latest statistics on woodland area, planting and restocki

Those with an interest in the UK forestry industry can take part in a series of free e-lectures as part of a project aimed at building links with counterparts in Canada.

The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) and Forest Research, have joined forc

The Woodland Trust has received the green light from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a UK-wide project which could see the restoration of 52,000 hectares of ancient woodland.

The project intends to work with more than 1,000 landowners to offer in

On the radio yesterday I was gratified to hear Oliver Rackham talk about the dangers of the globalization of the tree business, as I blogged about nearly a month ago. It was also interesting to hear him talk about some other less than positive aspect

Standardising rates of payment for land management is a grey area. And whilst the FC guidance lists for standard rates is a good guide to costs re forest operations it is just a guide and a very useful one at that. But the recognition of the constrai