Online Resources

Forestry

• The Forestry Commission (UK Government’s forestry body)
• The National Forest (DEFRA-funded initiative to increase woodland cover over 200 square miles of the East Midlands)
• The Royal Forestry Society (UK non-governmental organisation for foresters and woodland owners)
• Small Woods Association (UK charity for owners and managers of smaller woodlands)
• The Tree Council (UK charity implements the Tree Warden Scheme)
• University of Wales, Bangor, School of the Environment & Natural Resources (Excellent forestry and land management courses)

Ecology & Conservation

• DEFRA (UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)
• Natural England (UK Government-funded organisation that aims to conserve and enhance the natural environment)
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (Statutory adviser to the UK Government on nature conservation)
• UK BAP  (UK Biodiversity Action Plan - UK Government's response to the Convention on Biological Diversity)
• The Wildlife Trusts (Largest UK voluntary organisation dedicated to the conservation of habitats and species)
• IEEM (The Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management)
• The Wychwood Project (Oxfordshire County Council-funded project aimed at enhancing the environmental, cultural and historical features of the Wychwood landscape)
• Flora Locale (UK charity that restores and protects wild plant communities)
• Plantlife (International charity dedicated to conserving plants in their natural habitats)
• The Bat Conservation Trust (UK bat conservation charity)
• The Mammal Society (Organisation dedicated to the study and conservation of all British mammals)
• RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - large UK charity focused on protecting birds)
• The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (UK charity set up in response to growing concern over ‘the plight of the bumblebee’)
• Froglife (UK charity committed to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles)
• British Mycological Society (UK charity that promotes all aspects of fungi)
• Naturenet (Independent advice on UK countryside & nature conservation)

Environmentally Friendly Products

• The Green Wood Centre (Promotes sustainable living through a wood-based economy by running woodland management courses and making furniture from local FSC timber)
• The Greener Company (Cheshire-based company selling wide range of woodburning and multifuel stoves and cookers)

Other

• The Good Shopping Guide (Free ethical shopping tool that allows you to check whether products are made by companies that respect human rights, the environment and animal welfare)
• The Ecologist (Magazine highlighting ecological and environmental issues, with advice on ethical living)
• Zero Art Design (Small, independent web design business hosting Native Forestry)

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