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Oceans and Forests: A New Discovery
Working with associate lecturer Dr. Benjamin Phillips from the University of Exeter, the Woodland Trust has discovered a groundbreaking glimpse into the important interactions between oceans and forests. Until now, these ecosystems have often been studied separately. But by drawing together more than 270 peer-reviewed studies from around the world, the Ocean Forest Links report highlights a far more connected picture of the natural world.
FIVE THINGS TEMPERATE RAINFORESTS DO FOR US, AND HOW WE CAN GIVE BACK
It is easy to walk around a temperate rainforest and appreciate the beauty it possesses. But have you thought about how they function and what they might quietly be doing for us?
Temperate rainforests once covered around 20% of the UK and 80% of Devon and Cornwall. Today, only around 8% of that original rainforest remains, meaning we’ve lost approximately 90% of our rainforest.
This World Rainforest Day, 22nd of June, we’re celebrating five ways temperate rainforests support our lives in surprising ways, and five ways we can help restore, reconnect and protect what remains.
Agroforestry Factsheets
Agroforestry factsheets to help give farmers and landowners an idea of what trees could look like when effectively integrated into a farming system.
Five Iconic Temperate Rainforest Species
At the Woodland Trust, we are working to bring temperate rainforests back to health, reconnecting and restoring the remaining fragments. On Biodiversity Day, we’re celebrating five key rainforest species that are helping us do just that: the willow, beaver, white-tailed sea eagle, Atlantic salmon and hazel gloves fungus. In this blog, we will explore the role these species play in the ecological web and nutrient cycle of temperate rainforests.
Sky Seeding: 75,000 Native Tree Seeds Sown by Drone
At the Woodland Trust, we are taking a bold step towards restoring the UK’s forgotten temperate rainforests with an innovative drone-seeding trial in the South West of England. In one of the largest trials of its kind, we have used native tree seeds and high-tech drones to sow 75,000 seeds across the rolling hills of Bodmin, Cornwall.
Epiphytes Explained: The role of Lichens and Mosses in our Temperate Rainforests
Temperate rainforests are among the most ecologically diverse ecosystems in the world. Although 90% of the UK’s temperate rainforests have been lost, these rainforests remain a stronghold for a remarkable diversity of lichens and mosses. In this blog, we will explore the essential roles these species play in maintaining the health and balance of temperate rainforests.
Restoring British Salmon Forests - A Lesson from Canada and Yarner Woods
It has been fascinating to stumble into the world of rainforest restoration in the UK, at what feels like a very pivotal time for cultural identity; as the lichen and fern-clad, rain-sodden woodlands of coastal UK are increasingly being reimagined as Atlantic Temperate Rainforests. Having moved over from Vancouver Island, Canada, I’ll admit that the last thing I expected to encounter in the UK was rainforest. Rather, I had pictured wind-battered coastal cliffs, rolling meadows with the occasional craggy old oak, and Heathcliffe emerging from the mist of a heather-clad moorland.