EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (EP) BACKS THE PROTECTION OF ROADFREE AREAS Press release - October 24, 2013 Strasbourg -The European Parliament has backed two proposals by MEP Kriton Arsenis to take action against the construction of new roads in intact forests. With the October 23rd adoption of the Motion for a Resolution [1] on the climate change [...]
Happy Earth Day! Earth Day 2013 is focused on climate change and the many faces it is revealing. Climate change is not just about increased temperatures, it is about all the knock-on effects that come from global environmental change. Whether natural or not, environmental changes are happening on a global scale and it is a [...]
On the 17th April, pupils from Monks Eleigh CEVC Primary School visited an old hay meadow owned by Strutt & Parker (Farms) and transformed it into an exciting new apple orchard. The new orchard boasts 12 local heritage varieties: Catherine Clopton Red Honey Pippin Lady Henniker Maxton Old Blake Red Millers Seedling Suffolk Pink St. [...]
There are some amazing opportunities for wilderness protection coming up this year - you may want to make a note of the following dates in your diary: WILDERNESS IN A MODIFIED EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE Date: 14-16. May 2013 Location: Westport, County Mayo, Ireland Theme: 'The Potential and Challenges of Developing Wilderness in Modified European Landscapes' [...]
On the 27th February, the whole of Tiptree Heath Primary School visited the Chatham Green Project site as part of the Diamond Jubilee Woods project! Arriving on two double-decker buses and a coach, 170 students and around 30 teachers, parents and support staff made there way over to our plantation and enjoyed a morning of [...]
Over 200 students from both Otley College in Suffolk and Writtle College in Essex have participated in the Diamond Jubilee Woods project this winter. During this winter, 150 Animal Care and Countryside (FE) students from Writtle College braved the cold to plant around 2,000 trees at the Chatham Green Project. During their visit they participated [...]
Local Explorer Scouts returned to the Chatham Green Project on the 9th February to help plant some more trees and to experience our Mongolian Yurt. Later this year, the group will be taking a trip over to Mongolia and will spend two nights sleeping inside a yurt similar to ours. During the tea break we [...]
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited the Chatham Green Project to plant a tree and open our new Diamond Jubilee wood
Help ban the Thai Ivory Trade Every day in the savannas and forests of Africa, elephants are being gunned down for their ivory tusks. Across the continent, tens of thousands of these majestic animals are being slaughtered each year. In many places the species has already been poached to extinction. If we don’t act now there [...]
During one of the hedgerow surveys I came across an Ash tree with a very old (non-biodegradable!) tree guard flat against the trunk. I estimated that the tree was about 30 or so years old and seemed to be in good condition. It was part of a very small plantation opposite Hyde Hall. I've yet [...]
Luke Baker is raising money for his Tall Ships Race in July 2013. He will be racing from Helsinki to Chatham Docks aboard the Morning Star of Revelation - a 62ft gaff ketch yacht. At the time this video was made, he had planted 150 trees and plans to plant even more in the coming [...]
Roger Tabor - TV presenter, cat expert and chairman of the British Naturalists' Association visited the 'Chatham Green Project' on the 31st December 2012 to contribute to our new Diamond Jubilee Wood. Roger met with staff from the Wilderness Foundation UK's 'Chatham Green Project' and together they planted 15 Small-leaved Lime (Tilia cordata). Roger was [...]
Today 4 members of staff from Epping Forest Woodland Burial Park visited The Chatham Green Project to help plant our Diamond Jubilee wood.
Over 1200 trees were planted this past weekend when the Wilderness Foundation UK and Strutt & Parker Farms hosted the first of many community tree planting days to celebrate the creation of Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Wood on their site in Chatham Green. Around 80 people attended with visitors coming from as far [...]
We're planting new Diamond Woods in partnership with the Woodland Trust and Strutt and Parker (Farms)