The Nature Commission's State of Nature Report 2024 found that the island's native hedgerows have declined by 52% since 1999, ...

The mix of plants provides a range of ecosystem services and habitats that natural colonisation would not achieve ...

The proportion of hedgerows in good structural condition increased from 43% to 55% between 2007 and 2023. For hedgerows under AES the figure rose to 63.5%, compared to 46.8% for those outside such ...

A new grant scheme has been launched to help plant more trees and hedgerows across Westmorland and Furness. The Community Tree and Hedgerow Planting Grant is part of the area's One Tree per ...

Larger field size means more space to grow more crops. Loss of hedgerows leads to a loss of animal habitat, which leads to a loss of biodiversity. Increased yield means increased profit for farmers.

It is important to monitor the health of these tree and hedgerows, particularly in urban areas. This helps us to spot signs of disease, as well as to identify opportunities to improve our management ...

The farmer's solution to this is to remove the hedgerows. The farmer can now easily harvest the crops, much more quickly than if they were to do it without machinery. Hedgerows, however ...