Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 @PaulBrannenNE@respublicae.eu

RT @juliahobsbawm: It is debatable whether the complex (understatement) financial affairs of a politician like @nadhimzahawi would not be mapped and scrutinised in a more sophisticated way in virtually any other advanced nation: ever heard of linked databases in the civil service??

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@FlyingQuercus Now that wood make a good PhD subject.

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It is indeed referenced as an option for safely storing carbon & technically it would work BUT it is a ridiculous/criminal waste of wood. You can achieve exactly the same by using more wood in the built environment PLUS it substitutes for carbon releasing concrete & steel.
RT @ErikHoffner: Growing trees to bury them?

Prefer #agroforestry, useful living trees, to this, but it’s being studied:

“Wood harvesting & storage is a method to combat climate change by har…

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@StuartReigeluth @CEPF_EU @CEPI_Paper @Fern_NGO @WWFLeadForests @celine_tellier @1410Waterloo @Belgium @RevolveMediaCo @EU_ENV I'd say it was only deforestation if there is a conscious decision to change the land use and to not replace the felled trees either via new planting (say three saplings for one felled tree) or to allow natural regrowth.

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@NathanOAdams @forestsandwood @andyheald @lwhemmings @eleanormharris Possibly - follow me and I can message you.

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RT @ed_hawkins: Climate change conversations during live commentary of tonight’s @ManUtd vs @ReadingFC football match because of the ‘warming stripes’ sleeves design on the Reading kit.

Thank you @sammatterface & @itvfootball.

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@MePeterNicholls @cutlerstom @philsturgeon @hanslope @BainbridgeFarms @Ben_Raskin @agricology @wakelyns @pworms @wigsandwords @oxfordfarming @FFC_Commission @Farm3Dwithtrees Indeed trees are gregarious. It's all revealed here:

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RT @Farm3Dwithtrees: @heritage_wheat @PaulBrannenNE @hanslope @BainbridgeFarms @Ben_Raskin @agricology @wakelyns @pworms @wigsandwords @oxfordfarming @FFC_Commission Not always so. Obvs need right tree in right place but it’s all about good drain maintenance. Most trees dormant on winter so not seeking water when drains run. In summer drains shd be dry when trees looking slide water (unless drains broken - when trees exploit excess water)

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This is very good from @alexcobham “The UK employs more than three times as many people to combat ‘benefit fraud’ as it does tax fraud, resulting in 23 times as many criminal prosecutions. Yet tax fraud costs us nine times as much.” 🤷‍♂️
RT @openDemocracy: OPINION: Paying tax is a social act, a contribution to a better society. The government is jeopardising that.
Read the full opinion piece from @alexcobham on Nadhim Zahawi's tax row ⤵️
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nadhim-zahawi-tax-system-reform-resignation-rishi-sunak/

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RT @Ben_Raskin: @Fraser_Bain @PaulBrannenNE @hanslope @BainbridgeFarms @agricology @wakelyns @pworms @wigsandwords @oxfordfarming @FFC_Commission @Farm3Dwithtrees On wet ground trees can dry soil allowing earlier cultivation and therefore longer growing season.
Overyielding in middle of rows can also compensate for losses next to trees

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@tylersteinhrdt Agroforestry https://www.agforward.eu/ and using it to grow wood fibre insulation for homes.

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9% of EU agriculture is agroforestry of some kind & the trend is upwards. Much lower in the UK. It’s actually how we used to farm so more a case of rediscovering the benefits. See https://www.agforward.eu/
RT @RichMadd86: @heritage_wheat @PaulBrannenNE @hanslope @BainbridgeFarms @Ben_Raskin @agricology @wakelyns @pworms @wigsandwords @oxfordfarming @FFC_Commission @Farm3Dwithtrees Agree. I don’t think there is anywhere near enough evidence for this on a large scal…

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RT @SustainableTall: Hemp has incredible carbon sequestration properties, and hempcrete blocks are a great alternative to concrete

In five months one hectare of hemp can trap 9 - 15 tonnes of CO2. This company aims to grow 1,000 hectares

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63666195

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@heritage_wheat @hanslope @BainbridgeFarms @Ben_Raskin @agricology @wakelyns @pworms @wigsandwords @oxfordfarming @FFC_Commission @Farm3Dwithtrees This does get raised as an issue - any comment @Farm3Dwithtrees ?

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@Fraser_Bain @hanslope @BainbridgeFarms @Ben_Raskin @agricology @wakelyns @pworms @wigsandwords @oxfordfarming @FFC_Commission @Farm3Dwithtrees Open to discussion on this but as I understand this picture is in the south of France where it's getting too hot in the summer for crops unless there is shade. Plus trees roots go deeper & don't compete with cereal roots @pworms can you comment?

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@aribertdeckers One of the beauties of agroforestry is that it can be deployed in a myriad of ways and the evidence is that it virtually always increases biodiversity and hence diversity http://www.agforward.eu/

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@horton_official What's odd is that there's a growing body of evidence that agro-forestry is a win-win and not an either/or. Plenty of UK farmers who can explain this to the NFU & DEFRA ie more trees on farms can increase farm incomes & deliver the same amount of food production +new wood fibre.

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What's odd is that there's a growing body of evidence that agro-forestry is a win-win and not an either/or. Plenty of UK farmers who can explain this to the NFU & DEFRA ie more trees on farms can increase farm incomes & deliver the same amount of food production + new wood fibre.

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If true this is very disappointing to read: "Defra slashed tree target after lobbying by National Farmers’ Union" @confor @TimberDevUK @GreenAllianceUK @NFUtweets https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/defra-trees-lobbying-national-farmers-union-land-value-trees/?utm_source=tw?utm_source=tw

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