OAKBANK NEWS AND BLOG

Today, the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) for England , - a "detailed roadmap" to deliver legally binding environmental targets under the Environment Act 2021. Alongside the EIP, the government has announced £500 million in public funding for Landscape Recovery , designed to leverage private finance such as Biodiversity Net Gain units and carbon credits, and £85 million to improve and r

When planning new tree planting, increasing the diversity of our woodlands is an important way of strengthening them against future threats, such as changing temperature, pests, diseases, wildfires and winter storms. This diversity includes the age and species of trees and the provenance of the plants (i.e. where they come from). Different species will adapt in different ways, so planting lots of different species spreads the risk and increases resilience to a wider range of

At Oakbank, we spend a lot of time helping clients design and establish new hedge plantings. Done well, they can transform a farm - in...

Version 3 of the Woodland Carbon Code (WCC), the quality assurance standard for verifying woodland carbon credits in the UK, was unveiled...

Herbal leys are more than just a latest fashion in livestock grazing swards - they play a strategic role in arable rotations, delivering...

With hot, dry days dominating much of the UK and some combines already rolling across the South and East before the end of June, many...