Read about our Harvesting & Marketing SIG’s 2024 Study Tour
Our Harvesting & Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG) held their first Study Tour in March 2024 in South Scotland. Emma Grey, Operations Manager at Scottish Forestry and member of the SIG, has reported back on the Study Tour’s activities and outcomes. The first Harvesting & Marketing SIG tour began with an introduction from Neil McKay […]
Help improve the new Plant Health Information service
The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) is developing a new ‘Plant Health Information service’ to enable users to search for up-to date information about plant imports, biosecurity risk and trade requirements. This new service will provide specific answers to questions such as: Is this plant prohibited from the country I am importing […]
Is your forest fit for climate change?
Led by researchers at the University of Freiburg in Germany, the EU Horizon 2020 project RESONATE aims to enhance the resilience of European forests and their value chains. As part of the project, a survey has been published to investigate the possible adaptation measures for forests and related value chains in Europe and hopes to […]
Institute of Chartered Foresters celebrates launch of new Technical membership category
The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) is delighted to announce the launch of its new Technical membership category, aimed at opening membership to skilled arboriculturists and foresters currently working in technical roles across the sector. Institute members voted to introduce the new category at their AGM in May 2021, to support and recognise an under-represented […]
Prestigious Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards ceremony moved to National Tree Week
The Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards ceremony will be moved to November to give the chance to celebrate National Tree Week at the same time, the charity’s Trustees have announced. The decision was made after the Scottish Parliament was secured as a venue to showcase the best of woods and forests across Scotland. It also means […]
Dr Guillaume Moreau awarded Silvicultural Prize 2023
The Percy Stubbs and John Bolton King and Edward Garfitt Prize for Silviculture (Silvicultural Prize) is awarded annually for work advancing the sector’s knowledge of silviculture published in the Institute’s prestigious journal Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research. We are delighted to announce the 2023 Silvicultural Prize has been awarded to Dr Guillaume Moreau for the […]
Professional Forester of the Year Winner Announced at Confor Dinner & Awards 2024
The Institute of Chartered Foresters is delighted to announce that Gordon Brown MICFor, Managing Director of TreeStory, has been awarded Professional Forester of the Year 2024. Presented on 12 March at the Confor Dinner & Awards 2024, the award recognises contributions to the betterment of forestry on a community, regional, national or international level. Professional […]
Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards 2024 – One Month Left to Nominate
There is now just over one month left to nominate for Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards! Jean Nairn, Executive Director of Scotland’s Finest Woods, gives us an insight into what we can expect this year… The landscape is changing, in more ways than one. Forestry and farming are now working more closely together with agroforestry becoming […]
Changes to the Forestry Commission’s consultation process
Announced in September 2023, the first phase of the Forestry Commission’s new approach to consultation has been implemented. The changes hope to reduce the complexity and length of time it takes to apply for and get approval to plant and fell trees, with a more simplified approach to evidence gathering for forestry proposals without duplication […]
Professional Forester of the Year 2024 – Shortlist announced
The Institute of Chartered Foresters is delighted to announce the four shortlisted candidates for the 2024 Professional Forester of the Year, the prestigious award that recognises outstanding service to the profession and the sector. This award recognises the contributions made by Chartered Arboriculturists or Chartered Foresters to the betterment of forestry on a community, regional, […]
