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Forestry

The Forestry Commission (UK Government’s forestry body)
The National Forest (DEFRA-funded initiative to increase woodland cover over 200 square miles of the East Midlands)
The Royal Forestry Society (UK non-governmental organisation for foresters and woodland owners)
Small Woods Association (UK charity for owners and managers of smaller woodlands)
The Tree Council (UK charity implements the Tree Warden Scheme)
University of Wales, Bangor, School of the Environment & Natural Resources (Excellent forestry and land management courses)

DEFRA (UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)
Natural England (UK Government-funded organisation that aims to conserve and enhance the natural environment)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (Statutory adviser to the UK Government on nature conservation)
UK BAP (UK Biodiversity Action Plan - UK Government's response to the Convention on Biological Diversity)
The Wildlife Trusts (Largest UK voluntary organisation dedicated to the conservation of habitats and species)
IEEM (The Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management)
The Wychwood Project (Oxfordshire County Council-funded project aimed at enhancing the environmental, cultural and historical features of the Wychwood landscape)
Flora Locale (UK charity that restores and protects wild plant communities)
Plantlife (International charity dedicated to conserving plants in their natural habitats)
The Bat Conservation Trust (UK bat conservation charity)
The Mammal Society (Organisation dedicated to the study and conservation of all British mammals)
RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - large UK charity focused on protecting birds)
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (UK charity set up in response to growing concern over ‘the plight of the bumblebee’)
Froglife (UK charity committed to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles)
British Mycological Society (UK charity that promotes all aspects of fungi)
Naturenet (Independent advice on UK countryside & nature conservation)

The Green Wood Centre (Promotes sustainable living through a wood-based economy by running woodland management courses and making furniture from local FSC timber)
The Greener Company (Cheshire-based company selling wide range of woodburning and multifuel stoves and cookers)

Other

The Good Shopping Guide (Free ethical shopping tool that allows you to check whether products are made by companies that respect human rights, the environment and animal welfare)
The Ecologist (Magazine highlighting ecological and environmental issues, with advice on ethical living)
Zero Art Design (Small, independent web design business hosting Native Forestry)