National Trust joins push for temperate rainforest revival in North Devon with new 100,000-strong tree planting project

A large-scale project to create a wilder, woodier and wetter landscape is underway in north Devon with the National Trust planting over 100,000 trees this winter to re-establish approximately 50 hectares (123 acres) of temperate rainforest, one of the UK’s most endangered habitats, and other wooded habitats. The planting will take place across three sites, with 50,000 trees to be planted at Arlington Court, 38,000 on Exmoor and 20,000 at Woolacombe/Hartland, with more planting to follow in the coming years. Temperate rainforests, also known as Atlantic or Celtic rainforests, are…

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National Trust uses ‘Isaac Newton’s lockdown legacy’ to launch Time + Space Award for young people

The National Trust has opened applications for a Time + Space Award for young people, inspired by Sir Isaac Newton’s annus mirabilis or ‘year of wonders’, which happened when he was just 23. The new Award will support some of today’s 16-25s to bring their ideas to life at Newton’s home, Woolsthorpe Manor, a farmhouse in Lincolnshire. Newton said of his ‘year of wonders’, “In those days I was in the prime of my age for invention.” Working with a panel of experts and voices from the fields of science,…

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Adapting to climate change needs our ‘urgent, unswerving attention’ says National Trust with launch of landmark report

The National Trust is calling on all political parties to ramp up progress on adaptation by introducing new legislation that recognises the importance of adapting buildings, coastlines and countryside to cope with the impacts of climate change. It comes as the Trust launches a landmark report – A Climate for Change – which outlines for the first time the charity’s approach to climate adaptation and details how technology is helping detect future threats to its places, ahead of COP28. The charity says parties should commit to legislating in the first…

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National Trust issues key manifesto asks to protect nature and heritage for everyone

The National Trust’s Director-General Hilary McGrady has recently outlined the three minimum requirements any future Government should commit to, so the future of nature and heritage can be secured for everyone. The Trust has 5.7m members and cares for over five hundred historic buildings, 250,000 hectares of land and over 780 miles of coastline around England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was established more than 128 years ago for the promotion and preservation of nature and heritage for everyone. Hilary McGrady said: “The next general election will have a profound…

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National Trust devotes record sum to historic buildings and collections conservation in 2022/23

The National Trust dedicated a record amount of funds to the conservation of historic buildings and collections in the last financial year, the charity’s latest Annual Report reveals. A total of £179.6 million was spent on projects large and small, such as the reopening of Northumberland’s Seaton Delaval’s iconic Hall following an ambitious £7.4 million restoration project and the transformation of the Dyrham Park house and estate in Gloucester. New openings post conservation work included the ‘Garden in the ruins’ at Nymans, Sussex, and the first ever Children’s Country House…

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