WoodBUILD 2024 to host the Welsh launch of Paul Brennan’s book ‘Timber!’ and Jenny Bailey’s storybook ‘Sitka the Amazing Timber Tree’
Species Mix
Experts identify actions needed to mitigate potentially catastrophic threats to UK Forests
New paper published: Experts highlight key issues that must be addressed if our woodlands are to continue to deliver the range of benefits on which we depend.
Top five alternative conifer tree species review
Forests and woodlands are as much part of the mix of solutions for the Biodiversity and Climate Emergency as they are themselves under threat from it. The UK Climate Change Committee have set out strong recommendations for 30,000 hectares of new woodland per annum by 2050 (UKCCC, 2020), of which a significant portion will likely […]
Japanese Larch and its Innovative Applications in Construction 2014
The Wales Forest Business Partnership (WFBP) have surveyed 55 Japanese larch sites across Wales and estimate that 4.9 metre sawlogs make up 24% of the total crop of 1.89 million cubic metres. This could produce around 1 million cubic metres of sawnwood or 50,000 timber framed and timber clad three bedroomed houses. Add in projected […]
