TCV Practical Conservation Handbooks
The definitive guides to practical conservation work
We urge everyone who has planted trees in the last five years to revisit them and give them some vital aftercare. Trees are great at locking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – using it to build their limbs and leaves. As they grow, more carbon is stored away, so trees are considered ...
Ever wanted to know how tall the tree you’re planting might eventually grow? Here’s a list for you. Most trees will only attain the maximum height in ideal conditions – this is unlikely in most cases. Click on the common name for more information about each tree. Each link ...
Tree 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 ...
In recent decades there have been a number of important stimuli for tree planting, including the loss of hedgerow elms to disease, the millennium and, perhaps most dramatically, the estimated 15 million trees uprooted during the storm of 16 October 1987. Native tree species blend in most ...