John Weir
johnthetree.bsky.social
John Weir
@johnthetree.bsky.social
Retired forester, keen fisherman, Gardner with an interest in adaptation to climate change
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Climate projections can help land managers anticipate both challenges & opportunities with changing weather patterns, from drought & flooding risks to extended growing seasons.

Discover how climate projections up to 2080 inform risk and adaptation guidance: ow.ly/7xSr50WR6E2

👀📹➡️ ow.ly/yBys50WR6CZ
Projected average annual temperature change (°C) across the UK from 2000 to 2080 across 4 distinct periods
Average annual temperature change (°C) across the UK from 2000 to 2080 across 4 distinct periods
ow.ly
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Good article

“The Biggest Threat to Native Woodland in the South East 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Isn’t Climate Change. It’s Deer.”

We need coordinated culling, to help better manage and expand woodland 🌳🌲

wildscapedeermanagement.co.uk/blogs/news/t...
The Biggest Threat to Native Woodland in the South East Isn’t Climate
In recent years, the conversation around threats to British woodland has understandably centred around climate change, pests, and diseases. However, for those of us working daily in woodlands across S...
wildscapedeermanagement.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Potential merging of environmental regulators ... lets hope a lot of lessons have been learnt from NRW.
Government to appoint a lead environmental regulator for major projects. Natural England, the Environment Agency, the Forestry Commission and the Marine Management Organisation will be ordered to work alongside it and MHCLG.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth (HTML)
www.gov.uk
March 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Our paper that showed alternations in masting patterns are leading to growth decline in European beech is now in @PNASNews, as a part of highlighted content; check out that summary! :)

Funded by @NCN_PL

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
February 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM