Trees and Forests and todays 5RF
Richard Hardwick
2026_04_03
Todays discovery — Le Monde "Atlas des Arbres et forêts"
(which is also un livre. Translated from
The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems )
Meanwhile here come todays 5RF reads
Richard H.
NVRS-HRI-gg
1. 20 To 26 April Mammal Discovery Challenge –
A Nationwide Citizen Science Initiative
Clik in the pic ...
2. 28-30 April London, Regenerative Agriculture Europe Summit
Clik in the pic ...
And see — EU's Soil Strategy for 2030.
3. Thursday 7 May 9am - 6pm London SE1 7LB, Symposium
"Seeds Of Exchange: Canton And London In The 1700s"
Clik in the pic ...
Garden Scene; Anonymous; Chinese (Guangzhou); c.1850. Watercolour on pith paper.
4. Researchers In The School Of Life Sciences (CV35 9EF)
Are Increasing Our Knowledge Of Soil Organisms
Clik in the pic ...
5. "Botany Has All But Disappeared As A Stand-Alone
Undergraduate Degree In The UK"
Clik in the pic ...
6. Fungi-Rich, Natural, Circular-Economy Plant Nutrition
Clik in the pic ...
7. RHS - How To Grow Your Own Basidiomycete Spp.
Clik in the pic ...
But please NOT Pleurotus citrinopileatus (Singer (1943)).
8. Seed Biology: The Birth Of Plant Life
Clik in the pic ...
9. The Plane Tree As A Natural Logbook For Air Pollution
Clik in the pic ...
w.t.t. rtbf actus.
10. Wakelyns Agroforestry: Resilience Through Diversity **
Clik in the pic ...
** In memoriam the late Martin Wolfe.
11. The Evenlode Landscape Recovery Project
Clik in the pic ...
And — more.
12. How The Marais Poitevin Clay Self-Organizes
Clik in the pic ...
In science speak — click here.
13. Sand
Clik in the pic ...
14. The World's Deadliest Animals
Clik in the pic ...
15. Honey Bees Follow Idiosyncratic Paths With Striking And Repeatable Precision
Clik in the pic ...
Original paper click here.
Pic credit: Andrew Straw
16. Hedgehog Hearing
Clik in the pic ...
Hedgehog model showing ear bones. Credit: Rasmussen et al 2026
Version for scientists — click here.
17. The Plastic That Made Hollywood
Clik in the pic ...
Prawny/Pixabay
And see The Ottawa Valley Button Club.
18. How Many Workers To Build A Medieval Cathedral?
Clik in the pic ...
To read previous postings use your ifone 
or clik
in the QR pic.
Michael.Dodd
Seeing that Evenlode item reminds me that all this years fieldwork, including there, is at risk due to the war in Iran. Last time I went to fill up the garages had no fuel which means no fieldwork on the large numbers of sites we are supposed to be monitoring and will have all sorts of other knock on effects. Not to mention the huge effects on farming itself.
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Bruxelles
2026_04_03
Todays discovery — Le Monde "Atlas des Arbres et forêts"
(which is also
un livre. Translated from
The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems )
Meanwhile here come todays 5RF reads
Richard H.
NVRS-HRI-gg
1.
20 To 26 April Mammal Discovery Challenge –
A Nationwide Citizen Science Initiative
Clik in the pic ...
And see —
EU's Soil Strategy for 2030.
3.
Thursday 7 May 9am - 6pm London SE1 7LB, Symposium
"Seeds Of Exchange: Canton And London In The 1700s"
Clik in the pic ...
But please NOT
Pleurotus citrinopileatus (Singer (1943)).
8.
Seed Biology: The Birth Of Plant Life
Clik in the pic ...
** In memoriam the late
Martin Wolfe.
11.
The Evenlode Landscape Recovery Project
Clik in the pic ...
Hedgehog model showing ear bones. Credit: Rasmussen et al 2026
Version for scientists —
click here.
17.
The Plastic That Made Hollywood
Clik in the pic ...
Prawny/Pixabay
And see
The Ottawa Valley Button Club.
18.
How Many Workers To Build A Medieval Cathedral?
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Collier, Rosemary
Alwyn has just passed on the sad news that Surindar has died.
Surindar’s funeral will be at Oakley Wood Crematorium at 11.30 am on Tuesday 21st April. We don’t have any further details…
Best wishes.
Rosemary
alwyn thompson
Thanks, Ro. And yes, we will phone to arrange a meet-up.
Have a good day!
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On 9 Apr 2026, at 12:05, 'Collier, Rosemary' via NVRS-HRI-gg <nvrs-...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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Richard Hardwick
Bruxelles
2026 04 11
Details of Surindar Soni's ceremony will be in next 5RF.
If you have a photo, or a url, that would add a bit of
humanity, please send off-list to me r...@skynet.be
Thank you
r.