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Forestry on the Windsor estate. John Deakin Chief Forester.<\/u><\/p>\n
John Deakin from the Crown Estate gave an extremely insightful and interesting presentation to the LHC on 5th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>September 2018, covering all aspects of the management of the Crown Estate, and their forestry management.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to note that John works for the Crown estate and not the Queen, although he does communicate directly with some of the Royal family. \u00a0The Crown estate is unusual in that it is not a private nor a public company.\u00a0 Established in 1760 it maintains large areas of land and is partly a commercial property company, generating \u00a3 330m profit from \u00a3 14b, of which all profit goes back to government.\u00a0 They own all sorts of property, land and some sea beds around the UK (think wind farms), 200,000 acres of rural land, although Scotland has been devolved<\/p>\n Windsor is managed estate with 180 staff , with the D of E in charge of park and 3 senior royals on the estate.\u00a0 There is 3274h of land to be managed at Windsor and 12000 tonnes timber produced PA, using Silviculture which is the practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition health and quality of natural resources associated with and developed from forest lands<\/p>\n The primary objectives for John and his team;<\/p>\n Economic sustainability<\/p>\n Biological sustainability<\/p>\n Increased forest resilience<\/p>\n Public access<\/p>\n And finally, managing all the above in harmony !\u00a0 which involves a 150 year management plan,GPS mapping, a felling plan, which produces the action plan and a diversity of species mix (90% Scots pine)<\/p>\n The Estate has less broadleaf species, mostly dictated by soil type, of which there are many on the estate.\u00a0 Windsor is also home to the oldest oak tree in the world, est 1350years<\/p>\n There are many other\u00a0 activities on the Estate which generate income;<\/p>\n Biomass<\/p>\n Firewood<\/p>\n Filming<\/p>\n Christmas trees<\/p>\n Forest school<\/p>\n Wildlife trust<\/p>\n Charity events<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Following his presentation John fielded a high number of questions from a clearly engaged audience to round off another informative and interesting LHC lunch meeting<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Companies Present<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canada Wood UK<\/p>\n<\/td>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n Palmer Timber Ltd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n D.N. Green & Co (Timber)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Robbins Timber Ltd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Danzer UK Ltd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n TFT Woodexperts Ltd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n DW Mouldings Ltd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Thorogood Timber Ltd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n James Latham PLC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Timber Connection Ltd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Malaysian Timber Council<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Timber Dimension<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Moss & Co (Hammersmith)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Tradelink Wood Prod<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Northwood Forestry<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Vastern Timber Co Ltd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n Wellwood Ltd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Forestry on the Windsor estate. John Deakin Chief Forester. 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