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TREE RADICAL PODCAST

If you want to expand your knowledge about trees and forests whilst exploring ways to help them, this is the podcast for you.

THE PODCAST

We talk radical ideas with guests from diverse backgrounds, delving deep into the policy, ecology, economics, attitudes and perceptions that underpin the current state of affairs, and explore meaningful interventions. This podcast is part of the Tree Radicals inquiry brought to you by The Woodland Presents CIC and Timber Strategies.

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Future Forests

Can you improve trees? In This episode, Jo Clark discusses the future of our native forests. She describes how research is helping create a next generation of broadleaved trees that produce better quality timber more quickly and will deliver all the environmental, social and economic benefits that they possibly can. By helping trees to survive longer, sequester more carbon and produce timber quicker, the hope is that many more people will choose to plant broadleaved trees, with all the benefits they will bring to our environment, our society and our economy.

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Balancing Act

Is it possible to balance the environment, economy and people's needs? and can we build a stronger integrated land-use system with modern forestry? Jez Ralph talks about these things and more with Confor National manager for England, Caroline Ayre.

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The Joy of High Pruning

What type of tree should we be building things with? Kath talks with Charley Brentnall - a leader in timber construction and conservation - about the underutilization of certain tree species and sizes of timber, as well as the possibilities that lie within slow grown timber. Charley talks about the joy of high pruning and the future of timber construction in the UK and what that might look like.

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