by admin | Feb 3, 2025 | News
January 13 – With some 55% of the world’s GDP either moderately or heavily dependent on nature, according to PwC, much more finance needs to flow away from activities that harm nature towards activities that support it. Indeed, the U.N. Environment Programme...
by admin | Sep 26, 2024 | News
Myerscough staff have been in Ghana to train locals in a range of land-based skills including tractor and chainsaw operation. James Willoughby and Steve Slater from Myerscough’s main Preston campus, along with Steve Williams, workbased arboriculture tutor, have spent...
by admin | Jun 27, 2024 | News
Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, today announces the placement of the first Carbon Credits Warranty and Indemnity (W&I) insurance policy. The W&I policy provided insurance cover on the sale of carbon credits for the reafforestation project of...
by admin | Jun 10, 2024 | News
Forestry is not an industry that tends to move quickly. Trees need years to grow, even in tropical climates. But there are clear trends supporting the worldwide growth of commercial forestry. One factor is the rising consumer demand for timber products. Wood is...
by admin | Apr 29, 2024 | News
March 4 – The idea that companies can offset their emissions by purchasing credits from schemes that remove carbon from the atmosphere, or avoid emissions in the first place, has never been universally welcomed. Critics fear that carbon credits merely serve as a...
by admin | Feb 15, 2024 | News
The annual event a huge celebration of the outdoor environment, those that work with trees (arborists), and recognition of a hugely important global industry. Related story: Final planting of trees marks completion of Myerscough’s King’s Drive The day featured a...
