Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 @PaulBrannenNE@respublicae.eu

This might be a visual prediction of how London will look if we don't address climate change and the sea level rises as a consequence of our inaction.
RT @matthew_downie: A lot of snow snaps, but what about this from above it all…

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This book from Island Press sets out clearly & accessibly how we can turn the construction industry from a huge emitter of carbon into the opposite - a carbon sink. Multiple doors for entrepreneurs to head through! ⁦
⁦@CEIBois⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@Wood4Bauhaus⁩

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RT @JenBartram: Check out these absolutely AMAZING ice pancakes! They were captured by Paul Sundin when paddle boarding on the Tyne near Hexham.

They form when swirling eddies of water freeze. Good enough to eat! 🥞

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@JTynrhos @forestsandwood @TimberDevUK @CEIBois It’s fairly simple. The only structural building material that can replace concrete & steel responsible for 12% global carbon emissions is timber. No conifers = no net zero = massive biodiversity loss.

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No idea if the article is any good but this is a great front cover.
RT @hendopolis: THE ECONOMIST: Free The North #TomorrowsPapersToday

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@JTynrhos @forestsandwood @TimberDevUK @CEIBois Forestry planting has moved on since the 1960s. Below is the most recent new forest which is clearly no monoculture. The biodiversity is higher than many would think, including a red squirrel stronghold at Kielder Forest see: https://www.confor.org.uk/news/latest-news/biodiversity-forestry-and-wood/

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@NQOsprey @forestsandwood @TimberDevUK Key point to note: both food and timber fibre production have increased on a farm that hasn't increased in size. Biodiversity also up.

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@NQOsprey @forestsandwood @TimberDevUK It's not an either or. An agroforestry approach allows for significantly more trees on farms while maintain a high level of food production. Add in degraded/under used land & land released from a reduction in meat consumption as recommended by independent Climate Change Committee

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@jonat5nu @forestsandwood @TimberDevUK @CEIBois You can get two or more rotations of conifers in the same period as it takes to establish a native forest hence you can sequester more carbon. The key is to continue to store the carbon in long life wood products.

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"More trees the only way to lock up carbon and stop the construction industry belching out carbon" Richard Stanford Forestry Commission #confortimber @CEIBois @TimberDevUK @ForestryComm @forestsandwood

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“Timber is the only way to reduce emissions from the construction industry” Richard Stanford Forestry Commission ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@ForestryComm⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩ #confortimber

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“Significant scientific evidence that commercial forestry is more effective at removing carbon from the atmosphere than native forest” Dr Andrew Cameron ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩

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Crikey he’s done it again. “We need a national debate re land use”. Spot on from Philip Dunne MP ⁦@GeorgeMonbiot⁩ ⁦@friends_earth⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@MikeChilds1⁩ #confortimber

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Hallelujah! A politician nails it. “We are going to have to change how our countryside looks if we are to reach net zero”. Well said Philip Dunne MP. #confortimber ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩

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“We are serious about forestry & timber” new DEFRA minister responsible for forestry declares. 30K hectares will be planted in 2023. Hurrah! #confortimber ⁦@DefraGovUK⁩ ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩

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“Reducing the amount of embodied carbon in construction” can be achieved through greater wood use. Spot on from new forestry minister Trudy Harrison MP #confortimber ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩

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“We must grow more conifers” a clear & welcome message from the new DEFRA minister responsible for forestry Trudy Harrison MP #confortimber ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩ ⁦@DefraGovUK⁩

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We need more trees & hence more wood grown in the UK as we have amongst the lowest forest cover in Europe consequently we import vast amounts of timber #confortimber ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩

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Some conferences have better views then others ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩

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Looking forward to today’s Confor conference ‘Timber! Why the UK needs the wood - and the trees’ ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩

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