Planting starts at largest forest in England for a generation
Monday 26th March 2018 23 March 2018 www.confor.org.uk - Schoolchildren today planted the first of 660,000 trees in England's largest forest for more than 30 years. Pupils from Glendale Middle School in Wooler, Northumberland, helped to begin the creation of the forest at nearby Doddington North Moor. Project Manager Andy Howard told the group of Year 5 (9-10 year-old) pu...
FCS scotches media sensationalism over disease threat to Scottish Sikta spruce
Monday 19th March 2018 www.ttj.com - Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) has scotched media “sensationalism” of a threat to the country’s timber industry after discovery of tree disease phytophthora ramorum in Scottish Sikta spruce. Two instances of the disease – also known as sudden oak death – were recently found. One was in a small group of 40-year-old trees i...
First of 50 million trees to be planted in 'Northern Forest'
Monday 12th March 2018 The new forest will have the M62 as its 'spine' www.itv.com - Conservationists will plant the first saplings of a 50 million tree forest, running the length of the M62, later this morning. The new 'Northern Forest' is designed to improve air quality and flood protection. It will stretch for 120 miles across the width of northern E...
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: BRITISH AIRWAYS OPERATES UK'S BIGGEST ALL FEMALE FLIGHT
Thursday 8th March 2018 www.independent.co.uk - Legacy airline British Airways operated the UK’s biggest ever all-female flight to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). The flight from London Heathrow to Glasgow took off on Monday 6 March with 61 women involved – including baggage handlers, pilots, cabin crew, flight managers, loaders and push back team...
A red alert for snow has been issued across central Scotland; forecasters are warning of widespread damage, travel & power disruption and potential risk to life. Meanwhile...in the penguin enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo: BEST DAY EVER!!!
Thursday 1st March 2018 SNOW Storm Emma may be causing chaos across the UK already left reeling from East from the Beast that continues to pummel the nation with snow blizzards, and bitter temperatures, but these delighted penguins feel right at home in the icy conditions at Edinburgh Zoo. The Scottish zoo may have closed its doors today as Storm Emma rolls in from the Atlantic, bu...
China deploys 60,000 soldiers to plant 6,000,000 hectares of new trees
www.independant.co.uk - China has reportedly reassigned over 60,000 soldiers to plant trees in a bid to combat pollution by increasing the country's forest coverage. A large regiment from the People's Liberation Army, along with some of the nation's armed police force, have been withdrawn from their posts on the northern border to work on non-military tasks...
70 Story tallest timber tower tipped for Tokyo
www.designboom.com - Japanese developer sumitomo forest has joined forces with architectural designers nikken sekkei, announcing plans for the world’s tallest wooden skyscraper. The 1,148-foot (350 metre) skyscraper is set to be completed by 2041 and is located in central Tokyo. The timber skyscraper forms part of the W350 project, a mixed use environmentally friendly development...