🌳 Looking forward to presenting this at the Britain’s Forest Future Conference on 17th and 18th November I’ll be speaking alongside other researchers and practitioners exploring the future of trees, woodlands and forests in the UK 👉 Hope to see you there britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event

Future of UK Treescapes@uktreescapes.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#Agroforestry is an important tool in the arsenal of farming, protecting soils and livestock against climate change. So why aren't farmers adopting it, and what should policymakers do? Our latest note by @milliehood.bsky.social has some answers. Read the note on this link buff.ly/VqBQXFU

Next week, we will be hosting “Britain’s Forest Future: Research-Practice Exchange” alongside #Defra and @uktreescapes.bsky.social 🌳 Keep an eye on our social media channels to find out more 👀 #BritainsForestFuture #KnowledgeExchange #TreeHealth @forestresearchuk.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social

Forests are important to humans, not just as carbon sinks or for biodiversity, but also for wellbeing. Our Impact & Insights Note explores research from from Connected Treescapes on the value of treescapes for our mental and physical health 🌳🍃 . Read here: buff.ly/Ss5cNn6

It's getting close to our end-of programme conference, sponsored and organised by Defra, Centre for Forest Protection and us. You can still book tickets on this link: buff.ly/ARiBDZi 20% discount for five or more people.

Our programme is unique in combining interdisciplinary perspectives to produce insights into the ecology & meaning of treescapes. Here we present Membra's many arts-based activities, undertaken in collaboration with Walking Forest arts collective 🌳🎭. Read our Note here: buff.ly/a56FD2A

Another nice output from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social: a video on integrating natural processes into woodland creation has just been released www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2...

Integrating natural processes into woodland creation

YouTube video by TreE PlaNat

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We have known for a while that river tree planting is a great way to reduce flood risks in certain food-prone areas. But what is the best way of planting them for maximum effect? Our project CASTOR produced this Impact & Insights Note which explains how. Read the full note: buff.ly/gsWce64 🌐

Deer browsing threatens the UK's woodland expansion targets - deer, lovely as they are, eat young trees & saplings. A UK treescapes projects, iDeer, developed an interactive decision support tool that protects our beautiful deer population while growing our forests. Read the Note: buff.ly/X0tG1v1

There is still time to book your ticket for Britain's Forest Future: Research-Practice Exchange 🌳 📅 17 & 18 Nov 2025 📍 Durham Book 5 or more tickets and receive 20% off – no code required, it’s applied directly at the checkout! 🎫 🔗 Find out more: britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event

Centre for Forest Protection@forest-protection.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 BRITAIN'S FOREST FUTURE: RESEARCH-PRACTICE EXCHANGE 🌳 Join us for the most significant forest and woodland research, policy and practice knowledge-exchange event in 2025! 📍 Durham 📅 17 & 18 November 2025 🔗 Find out more and book your place: britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event

Over 900 people have now viewed our film, The Wonder of Treescapes, which creatively showcases some of our wonderful projects along with poetry and hopeful narratives about the meaning of trees to our future. Don't miss your chance to see it too! buff.ly/V5icsaz

Digital Voices worked with primary school children to create an urban tree-inspired Roblox game. We know that being in nature encourages an attachment to it. But is this true of videogames too? Read our Impact & Insights Note: buff.ly/B7Nftyc #education #nature #treescapes

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Archived natural DNA samplers reveal four decades of biodiversity change across the tree of life - Nature Ecology & Evolution

This study explores four decades of biodiversity change across the tree of life in Germany’s terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems by sequencing standardized biota samples from a long-term pollution monitoring archive.

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The Future of UK Treescapes has always sought to highlight the benefits of #nature for community #wellbeing. Our project Connected Treescapes explored the emotional value of nature connectedness. Read the Note here: buff.ly/oRgH6S1

It's up! What, you may ask? Well, we finally have our agenda for our upcoming conference, Britain's Forest Future. We're also doing discounts for block bookings. Find the agenda and contact us here:

Britain’s Forest Future: Research-Practice Exchange

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We've been featured in the latest edition of the Global Ecology Feed @global-ecology.bsky.social. Check it out here (and sign up!). globalecologybs.github.io/feeddigest.g...

bluesky Global Ecology Feed Digest #34

Curated digest of the bluesky Global Ecology feed on biodiversity, ecosystems & conservation at large scales. Terrestrial, freswater & marine realms.

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BIFoR-FACE facility for temperate forests is wishing to recruit three Doctoral Research Fellows (PhD students) with a fantastic salary, benefits and mobility allowance under the MSCA ITN project called FutureForests. Find it on this link: futureforests.uk/team/

Our Impact & Insights Note from our project Connected Treescapes highlights the importance of diversity and connectivity to woodland invertebrates - animals without a backbone, like snails, worms and butterflies 🪱🐌🦋. 🌐 Read the Note here: buff.ly/lQaWMl1

Diversity is good for #woodlands and #forests helping to support more #biodiversity. But there are different approaches we can take and that's where good science comes in. If you want to find out more, come to our conference on the 17th/18th November buff.ly/H7tPsc7 🌐

🌐 Global Ecology feed Digest #33, Sept 22-29, 23 posts! ✨For the lazy (yes we are!) & friends who don't like social media but might benefit from this feed, here’s a DIGEST crafted with 💚 for you to share 👉 globalecologybs.github.io/feeddigest.g... DM if you want to receive the link weekly 🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

bluesky Global Ecology Feed Digest #33

Curated digest of the bluesky Global Ecology feed on biodiversity, ecosystems & conservation at large scales. Terrestrial, freswater & marine realms.

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📢 BRITAIN'S FOREST FUTURE: RESEARCH-PRACTICE EXCHANGE 🌳 Join us for the most significant forest and woodland research, policy and practice knowledge-exchange event in 2025! 📍 Durham 📅 17 & 18 November 2025 🔗 Find out more and book your place: britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event

Britain’s Forest Future: Research-Practice Exchange

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Here is our second top message from all the projects of the Future of UK Treescapes programme - the science of #epigenetics and why that matters for growing and preserving our #forests and #woodlands 🌐 Want to here more? Come to our conference in November: buff.ly/H7tPsc7

The UK is launching a massive tree planting programme, with two new national forests & planting millions of new trees. But what is the best way to grow forests? Is it by planting new trees or by allowing trees to spread naturally, or a combination of both? Read the research: buff.ly/BVH4ioz 🌐

Calling all foresters, woodland managers, ecologists, farmers & anyone involved in growing the UK's treescapes. Join us for Britain's Forest Future: Research-Practice Exchange in leafy Durham on the 17th and 18th November 2025. Find out more and book now before tickets go: buff.ly/H7tPsc7 🌐

Impact and insight note from TreE_PlaNat @uktreescapes.bsky.social project is out! Natural colonisation can successfully create structurally diverse woodlands and can be combined with tree planting to reduce the uncertainty of using natural processes alone www.uktreescapes.org/wp-content/u...

#Agroforestry is an important tool in the arsenal of farming, protecting soils and livestock against climate change. So why aren't farmers adopting it, and what should policymakers do? Our latest note by @milliehood.bsky.social has some answers. Read the note on this link buff.ly/VqBQXFU

Our research programme produced some incredible insights, which we brought together as ten top messages that will transform treescapes in the UK. Here's number 1 - preparing for #climatechange. What do we need to do to ensure resilience? 🌐🌳🌏

Our new #TreeDivNet paper led by Hernán Serrano-León is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social! Using data from 9 forest diversity experiments across Europe, we showed that tree diversity effects on tree growth responses strengthened during consecutive drought years dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Our new study in @science.org shows that over half of forests have become more fragmented since 2000, threatening biodiversity and climate. Brilliantly led by @yibiaozou.bsky.social as part of his PhD — and a huge team effort from @crowtherlab.bsky.social 👏 doi.org/10.1126/scie...

There are a myriad of ways that trees have shaped human behaviour, from shaping sleep to using its products to power our consciousness and societies, as this article shows. In turn, our behaviours can help trees perform vital functions such as pollination. Read the article here:

The genius of trees: how forests have shaped humanity, from chocolate cravings to our ability to dream

Since our early ancestors came down from the canopy, we may think we have learned how to live without trees. But our lives remain intertwined in incredible ways

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This Treescapes project explored and applied treescapes research in collaboration with farming and landscape professionals from the Chilterns National Landscape and beyond. Here are the stand out findings. To read more, see our Impact & Insights Note on this link: buff.ly/LgZ4SkG