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World Bog Day!

Today we celebrate one of our planet's most under-appreciated ecosystems: peatlands!

Additionality: Why do we need it?

What is additionality and why does the UK voluntary carbon market need additionality to function?

A Welsh first at Bwlch y Groes!

A peatland restoration project on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park is the first of its kind.

New Partnership: Northwoods

We are delighted to announce a new partnership, with the Northwoods Rewilding Network!

Blackthorn and Hawthorn

Attitudes are changing towards these two small trees, as appreciation of thorny scrub grows.

For Peat's Sake: Restoring Rotten Bottom

The Forest Carbon team recently visited Rotten Bottom, one of our partner's peatlands.

Beyond Carbon: Integrating new ecosystem markets (Part 4/5)

This blog considers emerging ecosystem markets and how they will interact with the carbon market.

The rising price of carbon

These are crucial years for voluntary carbon markets across the globe. But with huge potential comes

The Woodland Carbon Guarantee in England (Part 3/5)

A source of carbon funding that exists only for woodland creation schemes in England: the ‘Woodland ...

Woods and Wildlife

One of the most heartening aspects of our work is seeing and hearing about the benefits of our partn

How to release income from Woodland Carbon (Part 2/5)

The Woodland Carbon Code exists to make financially unattractive woodland creation projects attracti

Natural regeneration - The good, the bad and the scrubby

Woodland creation through natural regeneration offers big rewards. It preserves soil carbon stocks,

Planting Partner: The Borders Forest Trust

One organisation we have partnered with extensively is the Borders Forest Trust, a fantastic charity...

Species Profile: Rowan

As summer draws to a close and we head into the autumn months many of our native trees and shrubs be...

Understanding the UK’s Woodland Carbon Market (Part 1/5)

For any voluntary carbon market to operate smoothly, a degree of governance and regulation is essent...

The Post-COVID World

The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 is reshaping our world in profound ways. It has exposed the f

The Not-So-Wild West

In recent weeks there has been some welcome scrutiny of the tree planting agenda. Misguided plans to...

The Woodland Carbon Guarantee

This week marks the start of the first auction of the Woodland Carbon Guarantee (WCaG), a government

Magic Machines: Why Companies are Backing Europe’s Forests

Our friends over at Natural Capital Partners have done a nice job summarising the webinar they hoste...

Carbon mitigation for small businesses and households

We had a fantastic week at the Chelsea Flower Show - met hundreds of people with loads of questions ...

Resources and Waste Management 2019

Forest Carbon is partnering wth the Resources and Waste Management Expo to plant an area of woodland...

Webinar: How business is helping reforest Europe

Forest Carbon's Steve Prior will be a panelist on a forthcoming webinar, alongside sustainability sp...

Trees made from beer

Yes, really. The Natural Selection Brewing Company launched its limited edition beer The Altruist on...

Turning targets into action

After several weeks of Extinction Rebellion protests in London, it was encouraging to learn that the...

Come and see us at Chelsea Flower Show

We're chuffed to have been invited to exhibit at this year's Chelsea Flower Show. We'll be in the Di...

New carbon and energy reporting rules may be coming your way

What now?

Announced in July last year but coming into force for financial years starting after April...

Benefits rooted in science

Speaking recently at the Science Museum in London on climate change projections, Michael Gove, the E...

First Peatland Code validation awarded

This September the first Peatland Code registered restoration project achieved validation. The peatl...

Budget 2018 - Woodland Carbon Guarantee

We were delighted to hear in yesterday's budget that the government plans to support the UK forest c...

What difference does 0.5°C make?

The recent Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report rather alarmingly gave us all 1...

NEX Group commits to UK's first ever Peatland Code project

NEX Group recently re-affirmed its commitment to UK landscape projects as part of its ongoing carbon...

Forest Carbon supports new Northumberland forest

Forest Carbon is suporting the largest new productive woodland to be planted in England in the past

Kier Living's carbon investment is supporting sustainable timber in the UK

With the UK being the third largest importer of timber in the world, after China and Japan, and with

Forest Carbon supports Microsoft in new Irish forest creation programme

Ireland’s targets for afforestation have received a boost thanks to a new intervention by Microsoft,...

Forest Carbon completes Defra research project

Throughout 2015 Forest Carbon’s Steve Prior was working with academic Andrew Moxey on a project for

Forest Carbon on the news

Forest Carbon featured on both BBC Look North and BBC North West Tonight on 2nd December after Judy

Forest Carbon develops the first ever grown in Britain partner woodland

The Grown in Britain initiative has announced the launch of its first partner woodland, a 55ha plant

The UK Forest Carbon market - a win-win-win

Despite the many benefits UK woodlands bring to the UK – including flood amelioration, carbon dioxid

Forest Carbon highly commended at Sustainability Leaders Awards

In a year with record numbers of entries Forest Carbon was 'Highly Commended' in the carbon manageme

Woodland Carbon Code credit registry launched

The Woodland Carbon Code credit registry was launched at an event held at Markit's London offices on

First WCC group validation

Since late 2012 Forest Carbon has been working with the Forestry Commission and its Woodland Carbon

Climate North East interview

Forest Carbon's Steve Prior interviewed for Climate North East

A few days in Berlin

I spent the last week of January in Berlin, sharing ideas with scientists and policy-makers from the...

Woodland Carbon Code one Year on

The Woodland Carbon Code, a voluntary UK standard which ensures that ‘carbon forestry’ projects real