West Midlands commissions large-scale study of its tree population

Citizen science groups and volunteers, engaged through local urban forest volunteer schemes, will play a significant role in a new study of the West Midlands Urban Forest. The study, commissioned by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), will investigate and...

Government launches Species Survival Fund

The Government has launched a new £25 million Species Survival Fund to help drive action to halt the decline in species. The new funding will support projects with grants of up to £3 million to tackle habitat loss, safeguard our fragile ecosystems and create...

Labour Shortage in the Food Supply Chain report published

An Independent Review into Labour Shortage in the Food Supply Chain report has just been published.  A key recommendation in the Government Food Strategy was the need for an independent review into labour shortages in the food supply chain.  The independent review has...

July eHort Message from the President

We held a joint branch chairs and council meeting in Maidenhead on the 29th of June and had a really positive day with constructive ideas about where we are and what we want and we’ll be sharing this with membership shortly. The photograph above is the...