|
Dear Visitor,
STILL PLACES AVAILABLE, DO COME, EMAIL ASAP
Cirencester Science and Technology Society (CSTS) visit to Norbury Park Estate, BIFoR (Birmingham Institute of Forest Research and
FACE ( Free Air Carbon Enrichment facility) Staffordshire.
Tuesday 16th April 2024
Leaving 8.30am returning approx. 7.00 pm
Norbury Park Estate is 2,100 acres of woodland and farmland in Staffordshire.
Purchased by Professor Jo Bradwell in 2009 it is managed as a private ‘carbon storage project’, harnessing and maximising the potential of trees and soil to sequester CO2.
Around 500,000 trees have been planted and a range of innovative forestry practices and research developed, notably around planting diverse intimate mixtures and nitrogen fixing species.
A philanthropic grant to Birmingham University led to the creation of BIFoR and the internationally important FACE experiment based on the estate.
All the agricultural land has been converted to multi species herbal leys and ‘mob grazing’ system.
We will start the visit at the BIFoR FACE experiment, which addresses the impact of climate and environmental change on woodlands. CO2 is pumped around trees to simulate the predicted levels of 2050, to learn about the effects of increased CO2 and help plant woodland most likely to thrive in the future.
We will then have lunch at the Long Barn, followed by a tour of the estate and a Q&A discussion.
We will meet Professor Jo Bradwell and Steve Spencer, the Estate Director.
This special visit is possible thanks to an introduction by CSTS member John Cookson.
We plan to arrive at 11.00am , so will leave Cirencester Football Club, Corinium Stadium, Kingshill Lane, GL7 1HS at 8.30am, and return to Cirencester shortly before 7.00pm, your car can be left here.
The coach is provided by Ellisons, and cost per person is £32.
We will be outside most of the day, so come prepared for the weather and walking in woods.
There are a maximum of 30 places, please email me at as soon as possible if you would like to join us.
Chris Stevens
|
|
