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Woodland in protected landscapes: the figures
13 October 2026
Woodland in protected landscapes: the figures
Woodland cover in Britain’s 93 protected landscapes ranges from 61.6% in The Trossachs to none at all on St Kilda. Drawing on the National F...
The Church of Resilience
10 October 2026
The Church of Resilience
British forestry has long had two churches, Naturalness and Production, each with its own ten commandments. Now a third, the Church of Resil...
Woodland where people live
7 October 2026
Woodland where people live
Half of Britain’s population lives in constituencies holding just 2.5% of its woodland. My fresh analysis of all 632 parliamentary sea...
Documenting the Journey of Trafalgar Square’s 2026 Christmas Tree
5 October 2026
Documenting the Journey of Trafalgar Square’s 2026 Christmas Tree
In anticipation of releasing The Little Christmas Tree Book on 5th November, I will document the 80th annual Christmas tree journey from the...
Should the UK bring back a tax incentive for forestry?
1 October 2026
Should the UK bring back a tax incentive for forestry?
UK tree planting targets demand new funding approaches. While past forestry tax relief led to disastrous monocultures, a modern Woodland Res...
Should woodland ownership carry an obligation to plan?
27 September 2026
Should woodland ownership carry an obligation to plan?
In this two-part thinkpiece series, Gabriel Hemery explores whether the UK needs a national woodland register and management planning duties...
Who is responsible for the UK’s woods?
27 September 2026
Who is responsible for the UK’s woods?
With UK woodland registration incomplete and management records dispersed, this thinkpiece explores whether a dedicated woodland register co...
Two futures, three woodlands: testing the UK’s forestry against extreme warming and AMOC collapse
19 September 2026
Two futures, three woodlands: testing the UK’s forestry against extreme warming and AMOC collapse
The UKs forestry plans assume one climate future: hotter and drier. But an AMOC collapse could bring the opposite, colder, stormier winters ...
AMOC Collapse: an Overlooked Risk to UK Forestry
16 September 2026
AMOC Collapse: an Overlooked Risk to UK Forestry
UK forestry faces dual climate futures: a hotter, drier scenario or a potentially cooler one due to the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional ...