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Government launches new tree-planting incentives
The Department for Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched a new promotional drive to encourage farmers and landowners to plant more trees.
Podcast: Discussing rewilding with rural commentator Rob Yorke in the Black Mountains
Talking rewilding, farming issues, wildlife and love of nature with hunter naturalist Rob Yorke over breakfast in the Black Mountains in Wales – episode 4 of season 7 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
Podcast: Discover the medicinal powers of wildflowers and plants
Take a wild wander with modern herbalist Maria Fernandez Garcia in a woodland on the edge Bristol to learn how common 'weeds' have healing properties – and taste good too. Enjoy episode 8, season 5 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
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Podcast: Climb into the Brecon Beacons for a spring wildlife special
Get some welcome fresh air on a Brecon Beacons hill; roam tangled oak woods and follow a mountain stream in episode 4, season 5 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
Walk: Calke Park, Derbyshire
Fall under a fairy’s spell in bluebell woodland on this majestic estate in the Peak District
Spending more time in forests is good for both people and the planet
Research finds that spending time in nature is beneficial for people, and it may also help to benefit the wider world, too.
UK's forests celebrated in new Royal Mail stamps
A new nature-inspired stamp collection has been unveiled by the Royal Mail to help celebrate 100 years of the nation’s public forests and woodlands.
Searching for nightingales in Gloucestershire
Nightingales are our most famous songsters – but they are becoming rare in the UK. Join nature writer James Fair and our own Fergus Collins in a Gloucestershire woodland on a quest for a night-time chorus
Walk: Bedford Purlieus, Cambridgeshire
Walk through the royal forest of Rockingham on a 7.5-mile path from historic Apethorpe village to the woodland of Bedford Purlieus
Tree-felling in Wales’ largest ancient woodland
Woodland Trust take action after discovering larch trees at Wentwood Forest have become infected with a deadly fungal disease.
UK Forestry Commission launches Woodland Carbon Code
Applications for woodland creation projects are being encouraged under the new Woodland Carbon Code
Green Chain, London
Walk the parks, commons, woods and backstreets of the Capital's suprisingly green South-East