Category: Conservation
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Planting Wildflowers For The Environment
Native or Indigenous Species A native plant is one that naturally occurs in a region without being introduced or genetically modified by humans. So the plant evolved in situ, spread there naturally or was carried there by wind, water, birds, animals or other life. Benefits of Native Species Native plants will be suited to the environment…
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Low Carbon’s solution to saving the honeybee
The plight of the honeybee is unsurprisingly a fast-growing concern for scientists, posing threats to our ecosystem, food security and life on this earth as we know it. So what is the future of the honeybee? If honeybees were no longer a part of our world, it’s not just their honey we’d miss; other foods…
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What is a Sustainably Managed Forest?
Throughout history wood has always been a vital resource. However as the world’s population grew the pressure from increased demand, plus the need for alternative use of the land covered by forest, led to its destruction at an unsustainable rate. Aside from its use in fuel, in cooking, for paper and as a construction material,…
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Woodland Management Techniques
Trees have existed on earth for many millions of years, long before man appeared on the scene and will doubtless still be around long after mankind has disappeared so any suggestion that woodlands can somehow be managed seems at first sight to be a rather arrogant view of man’s self-importance. But, throughout human history, mankind…
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Sustainable Wood Fuel
Sustainable Wood Fuel Wood has always been used as a source of domestic fuel to heat the home and cook food. Fossil fuels such as coal and gas reduced the use of wood significantly in large parts of the world, but once again wood is being seen as a good alternative. As the limited supplies…
