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Good news!!! Another year of funding in the post-Brexit limbo (the new Environmental Land Management schemes are still being developed).
Flagship environment scheme receives further funding boost - Verderers of The New Forest
www.hlsnewforest.org.uk
England’s largest agri-environment scheme has been extended for a further year supporting vital conservation projects and commoning in the New Forest. The Verderers of the New Forest Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) scheme protects and enhances the New Forest National Park’s internationally-import...This brings us back to nuance, right tree and the right place.
More trees do not always create a cooler planet, geographer finds
phys.org
New research by Christopher A. Williams, an environmental scientist and professor in Clark University's Graduate School of Geography, reveals that deforestation in the U.S. does not always cause planetary warming, as is commonly assumed; instead, in some places, it actually cools the planet. A peer-...This radical project in Stockon-on-Tees could signal a green revolution in our High Streets that would bring nature to the city and reinvigorate the local economy. Just imagine if more of our city centres were transformed from empty or boarded-up retail units into playgrounds, wide lawns and flower beds, boating lakes, and picnic areas. Fragile landscapes, such as the New Forest, would then be relieved of a great deal of recreational pressure: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/11/is-this-the-future-for-britain-stockton-on-tees-park...
Bulldoze the high street and build a giant park: is Stockton the future of Britain?
www.theguardian.com
What do you do when M&S, Debenhams and New Look are all gone? Knock down the shopping centre and replace it with green space. Could the ‘visionary’ plan of Stockton-on-Tees spark a revolution?