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Practical conservation in brief

A collection of articles designed to help you get started with practical conservation in no time at all. For further, much more detailed information, please consider subscribing and get access to all of our conservation handbooks.

Green gardening without peat

Sundew - a carnivorous bog plantPeat is, without a doubt, great for growing plants in. So why should we not use peat in our gardens? Well, peat bogs are home for a wide range of plants, insects and bird life. Since 1999 the development of commercial alternatives to peat has increased. The media has also made efforts to help ...
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Filed Under: Gardening, How To, Why

Why manage dunes?

Sand dune systems occur on the coast throughout the UK and Ireland. They support a diverse range of flora and fauna. Although inherently unstable to start with, once vegetation is established they are often protected from change by low-intensity grazing of cattle, sheep and rabbits. Changes can ...
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Gardening for bees

Bees entering a bee hiveWe often consider gardening something that we do for ourselves. And this is great. Gardening for bees (and us) is one way we can give something back to a group of creatures we depend on. Bees are well known for their honey, but there’s more to these wonderfully diverse insects than ...
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Why improve access?

Man walking on a rural pathThe network of around 130,000 miles of public rights of way in the UK, is one of the country’s greatest recreational resources. A 1993 survey showed that of 320 million ‘visits’ to the countryside, 120 million visits involved a walk of some sort. Despite the demand for greater ...
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Filed Under: Footpaths, Why

Why fell trees?

A felled tree with a chainsaw sitting on the stumpTree felling is a positive management technique which increases the health and diversity of trees and their associated wildlife within woods. It should be carried out as part of a management plan based on scientific research of the effects caused, and should be appropriate to the species ...
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Filed Under: Tree planting & Aftercare, Why, Woodlands

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