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  • Press Release

    Woodland Trust Northern Ireland welcomes Tree Protection Bill

    Woodland Trust Northern Ireland has welcomed a Private Members Bill submitted at Stormont to protect trees.

    Glynis Watt  •  25 Jul 2024

  • Press Release

    Gold for young designer’s garden at Tatton

    A young designer has won gold at RHS Tatton for creating a unique garden to highlight the dramatic loss of treasured trees outside woods.

    Andy Bond  •  18 Jul 2024

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    Young nature enthusiasts let creativity shine at Maldwyn 2024 Urdd Eisteddfod

    Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, has announced the winners of its ‘Getting Creative With Nature’ Key Stage 2 competition, held in collaboration with the Urdd.

    Lydia Tomkinson  •  09 Jul 2024

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    Gwledd o greadigrwydd ymysg naturiaethwyr ifanc brwd yn Eisteddfod yr Urdd 2024 ym Maldwyn  

    Mae Coed Cadw, sef The Woodland Trust yng Nghymru, wedi cyhoeddi enillwyr eu cystadleuaeth Cyfnod Allweddol 2, ‘Bod yn Greadigol ym Myd Natur’, a gynhaliwyd ar y cyd â’r Urdd.

    Lydia Tomkinson  •  09 Jul 2024

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    Loch Arkaig osprey chicks bound for Spain as Dad’s catch plummets

    Two young ospreys from a nest in Lochaber have been taken into a translocation programme after their father’s plummeting fish catch began to raise concern.

    George Anderson  •  02 Jul 2024

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    Joint statement: new Government must show commitment to trees

    If the many benefits of trees to society in both rural and urban areas are to be realised, urgent action will be required from the new government.

    Andy Bond  •  02 Jul 2024

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    Woodland Trust highlights ‘ticking threat’ of uncontrollable wildfires

    An increasing threat of wildfires amid rising temperatures and Met Office warnings could have a "devastating" impact, according to the UK's largest woodland conservation charity.

    Owen Phillips  •  27 Jun 2024

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    New study reveals the UK’s rarest rainforest beetles are multi-day adventurers

    A new study delving into the lives of one of the UK’s rarest beetles shows them to be athletes and adventurers – travelling the scaled–up equivalent of several kilometres a night in search of food and mates.

    Andy Bond  •  18 Jun 2024

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    Call for political parties to increase tree cover in England to 16.5%

    Ahead of the General Election, conservation and commercial sectors are calling on political parties to increase England's tree cover to 16.5%.

    Andy Bond  •  06 Jun 2024

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    A £382 billion asset – why UK trees need better protection and urgent investment

    The ONS has calculated an economic value for the UK’s trees and woods – £382 billion.

    Andy Bond  •  06 Jun 2024

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