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Hedge cutting: answers to 18 common questions
Guidance for farmers and land managers on how often to cut hedges.
Year of Publication2007
Prepared on behalf of the Steering Group for the UK Biodiversity Action Plan for Hedgerows, this document is intended to help farmers and other land managers make decisions about how often to cut hedges. It will also help improve the wider rural community’s understanding of hedge management. In particular, this document focuses on the practicalities and environmental benefits of hedge cutting every two or three years, rather than every year.
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- Subject Collection > Trees & timber
- Subject Collection > Environmental impact > Wildlife & biodiversity
- Subject Collection > Environmental impact > Managing land for environmental benefit
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campaign for the farmed environment
Natural England works for people, places and nature to conserve and enhance biodiversity, landscapes and wildlife in rural, urban, coastal and marine areas.
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