Events
Sep 2010
This year's site visit will be to two woodlands in the Central Lowlands and will focus on the role of appropriate silvicultural practices in an urban setting. In both sites there are numerous woodland management issues to be tackled and pressure from the public for CCF management methods. We shall be looking at how these pressures can be met whilst also producing a good quality successional crop.
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Facilitator: Colin Carpenter, Community Tree Trust
Based at a recently established woodland created using seed from an ancient woodland SSSI, this day provides an opportunity to learn from the experiences of the Community Tree Trust, a successful community initiative.
The benefits of seed collection and planting over natural regeneration and direct seeding will be considered and a nursery visit will provide hands-on experience of propagation techniques including seed collection, cleaning and processing, planting out and introducing ground flora.
This event will be useful for landscape professionals, those working on community projects, for parish or town councils and other managers of amenity land.
To book on this workshops and find out about other Flora locale training events go to www.floralocale.org and click on Training & events 2010.
Fee £100 (Concessions £75) with an extra 10% discount for early booking.
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Last year 1,500 people attended to see equipment for firewood production and burning and buy firewood from the auction (250 lots).
The event is organised and supported by people involved with the local forest industry
Full details at: www.lincolnshirefirewoodfair.co.uk
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This workshop is specifically aimed at local authority tree managers, though it will benefit those responsible for any stock of trees managed as a public asset. The presenter will demonstate how CAVAT is designed to enable arboriculturists to become asset managers, and to show how the care and expertise they exercise can be shown to be reflected in practice by the changes in the measured profile and value of their tree stock. The results of the application of CAVAT to the tree stock in Barnet will be shown, and how it reinforces good practice by demonstrating its benefits in reality.
Attendance at this workshop is recognised by the ICF as counting towards a professional member's CPD activities. It is up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development plan as to the number of CPD hours that they may record in respect of their ICF Professional Membership at the workshop.
Website: www.nato.org.uk
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The QTRA method assesses the risk from tree-failure and facilitates proportionate tree safety management.
For information contact Diane Ellison by email below or phone 01625 618999.
Website: www.qtra.co.uk
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The QTRA method assesses the risk from tree-failure and facilitates proportionate tree safety management.
For information contact Diane Ellison by email below or phone 01625 618999.
Website: www.qtra.co.uk
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Sue Everett, a leading local ecologist, will introduce a basic introduction to some of the issues and challenges facing the River Kennet, one of Britain's most important chalk rivers.
Two stretches of river on grazed common land 'before' and 'after' restorative work will be visited. We will consider issues such as riverbank grazing impacts, recreational disturbance, abstraction and over-widening, impacts of artificial water bodies and consider measures that can be taken to restore the in-river and bankside habitats.
This event is hosted by the Trustees of the Town and Manor of Hungerford.
Fee £100 per person; £75 per person for employees/volunteers of charities, parish councils, fulltime students and those not economically active. (28 day discount price : £90 full fee, £67.50 concessions)
For further information see the training and events page of the Flora Locale website and to book email Contact below or phone 01672 515723.
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An overview of the tree stability assessment process.
For information contact Diane Ellison by email below or phone 01625 618999.
Website: www.qtra.co.uk
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Designed to bring QTRA Licensed Users up-to-date with developments in the system and expand their application of the method.
For information contact Diane Ellison by email below or phone 01625 618999.
Website: www.qtra.co.uk
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Organised by: Forestry Engineering Group part of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers
Supported by: ICF & UKFPA
This conference will open with a keynote address on "Increasing tree cover in Great Britain - the challenges" before the speakers, all experts in their fields, explore the subject in detail.
For further information
Contact Group Secretary Bruce Hamilton using Contact below to email him or by calling him on Mob: 07900 607785 Tel: 0131 464 0500.
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Following the consultation earlier in the year of the National Tree Safety Group’s draft report: www.charteredforesters.org/upload/file/NTSGDraftGuidanceDoc.pdf this meeting will discuss the responsibilities and need for tree safety inspections, record keeping, methods and levels of survey, different approaches for different situations etc and will debate the findings of the released for consultation earlier this year.
It will be relevant to all members, especially those responsible for advising clients, employers and landowners on tree safety issues.
Short presentations in the morning will set the scene will be followed by an outdoor session to explore different scenarios.
Venue: Knightshayes Court, Tiverton, Devon by kind permission of the National Trust. (www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-knightshayescourt)
Cost: £10 per person
Important: Please bring a packed lunch, outdoor and hi-vis clothing and clean footwear (disinfectant will be provided for those without).
Booking by 6 September is essential due to limited capacity.
Email Contact confirming your commitment to pay on the day or complete the booking form attached and send with your cheque to Craig.
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Lidar aerial surveying provides an unprecedented insight into our historic landscape.
Short laser pulses from an aircraft can penetrate the woodland canopy and provide measurements to create accurate maps of the underlying terrain.
It can reveal archaeological remains in exceptional detail but a clear understanding of the technique, its strengths and limitations, is required for it to be used effectively.
This one day conference will explore the technical uses of Lidar in woodlands and its utilisation alongside other more traditional research methods. Case studies in the historic forests of Wyre, Dean and Savernake will be used to demonstrate how this methodology is being employed to disclose the development of past landscapes.
The conference will consider its application in mapping and, in turn, its direct relevance to heritage and forest management.
The confirmed conference speakers are at the forefront of the application of Lidar techniques, identifying imagery and using evidence to guide and steer further post
survey investigation.
The conference will be of relevance to professional archaeological practitioners, woodland managers, advisors, academics and students.
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This event is organised jointly by the ICF North Scotland Regional Group, Forestry Commission Scotland and the Highland Forest Industries Cluster Group.There is no charge for attendance.
The seminar will feature the FCS Practice Guide "Identifying the historic environment in Scotland's forests and woodlands", which was launched in April.
Indoor sessions will be followed after lunch by two optional site visits to Rogie Falls and Castle Leod to look at some practicals examples of Forest Archaeology.
Download the programme and further details
To make a booking email Stuart Meikle by clicking: Contact
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More details available soon from the Arboricultural Association.
Visit their website
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Interactive workshops to provide research information on the implications of climate change.
Organised by: High Weald AONB and Forest Research
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The QTRA method assesses the risk from tree-failure and facilitates proportionate tree safety management.
For information contact Diane Ellison by email below or phone 01625 618999.
Website: www.qtra.co.uk
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Facilitator: Pete Potts
Based at the Claylands and Dundridge Nature Reserves, which have over 20 ponds between them, this day will look at techniques for pond creation and management. Topics include selecting suitable locations, using clay liners, costs and initial planting.
There will be hands-on advice for the ongoing management of ponds and their vegetation including the control of alien species. Practical information on bentonite clay liners and bespoke tools will be available.
Fee £100 per person; £75 per person for employees/volunteers of charities, parish councils, fulltime students and those not economically active. (28 day discount price : £90 full fee, £67.50 concessions)
For further information see the training and events page of the Flora Locale website and to book email Contact below or phone 01672 515723.
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An overview of the tree stability assessment process.
For information contact Diane Ellison by email below or phone 01625 618999.
Website: www.qtra.co.uk
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Professor Ian D. Rotherham and colleagues are organising this major international symposium.
The event will address topics fundamental to the conservation of wonderful and iconic landscapes, covering the lessons of history and landscape change, of cultural change and abandonment. It will be international in flavour with speakers from the USA, India, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Hungary, Poland amongst others as well as speakers from the UK.
The guest speaker at the conference dinner will be Professor David Bellamy.
The event will raise critically important issues of cultural severance and abandonment of tradition in terms of sustainability, landscape quality and diversity. There will be a broad range of themes addressed over the three days of the international symposium. These will include:
- the impacts of changes from subsistence, often rural, communities and landscapes to technology driven agri-industry and urbanisation, and the consequences for local people;
- the debates around perceived ‘re-wilding’ of natural areas or ‘abandonment’ and ‘dereliction’ of cultural landscapes and the impacts of climate change;
- the uses and management of ‘commons’ now and historically and the consequences of the loss of subsistence uses or local ‘ownership’ including those within an urban landscape; and
- the ‘common’ uses of landscapes and environmental resources now and historically, from medieval coppice woods to deer parks, from alpine pastures to grazing meadows, from coastal flats to peat bogs and fens.
The event, organised by the Geography, Tourism and Environmental Change Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University, in partnership with the Biodiversity and Landscape History Research Institute and South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research Group is open to everyone with an interest in the topics covered. It will enable a broad range of people to engage in discussion with leading researchers from across the world on critically important issues of cultural change and future sustainability. Is it already too late for some?
Posters and other displays, materials to hand out, advertising and inserts in delegate packs all welcomed by prior arrangement. Further posters, sponsorship or other support welcome!
Further information about the event including booking details can be found on www.ukeconet.co.uk or enquiries can be made to the Conference Team, BaLHRI / BRG, Venture House, 103 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NT, UK;
Tel: 0114 272 4227
The event is already being supported by:
Sheffield Hallam University
Natural England
English Heritage
The Landscape Conservation Forum
The Forest History Society
The IASC (International Association for the Study of Commons)
IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organisations)
BANC
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Aimed at existing and fledgling firewood businesses, this course will provide producers with the latest inforamation on production and supply techniques and best practice from the UK and abroad, helping them to create a firewood industry for the 21st Century.
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This course is designed to give woodfuel suppliers and large scale end users a better understanding of the various standards and regulations applied to solid biofuels.
It includes practical sessions on sampling and measurement.
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The APF 2010 is a biennial event. This is the 18th Exhibition. The first Exhibition was held at Longleat Estate in 1976
The Exhibition is the largest such Exhibition in the UK and the 3rd largest in Europe and is the leading exhibition for the forestry, woodland, arboriculture, wood fuel and utility sectors in the UK. 260 Exhibitors and 20 000 visitors are expected over the three days of the show.
Over 2000 exhibitor staff and thousands of visitors will bring more than £1million pounds into the local economy during the course of the Exhibition in terms of hotel bookings and meals.
It features a 2650m demonstration circuit where machines are shown working in a realistic setting. With exhibitors on both sides of the circuit that is over 3½ miles of working machinery. An estimated £30 million pounds of machinery will be on show.
The following events will take place at APF 2010;
The European Lumberjack Sports Championships
European Pole Climbing Championships
European Chainsaw Carving Competition
UK Forwarder Driving Competition
Bio energy seminars
World ‘Log to leg’ pole lathe turning championship
Extreme mountain biking demonstrations
Organised school visits to see ‘from seed to sawmill’
Technical updates & seminars.
Next year the site layout will be altered slightly to accommodate more exhibitors and include more clearfelling areas. Exhibitor details will be sent out in Early August and will be available on the website.
The first exhibitor site meeting to inspect and choose a site is Thursday October 8th at 2pm.
APF Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Confor.
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Interactive workshops to provide research information on the implications of climate change.
Organised by: High Weald AONB and Forest Research
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The QTRA method assesses the risk from tree-failure and facilitates proportionate tree safety management.
For information contact Diane Ellison by email below or phone 01625 618999.
Website: www.qtra.co.uk
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Examining the potential role of native riparian woodland in water quality protection and flood mitigation in north-east Scotland. The meeting will examine mature riparian woodland habitats (lower and middle catchments), sites where new riparian woodland has been planted recently and sites where such action might be beneficial.
Field examples will be based on the River Spey at Fochabers and the River Deveron at and above Huntly. A brief final stop may also include River Bogie above Huntly.
New Meeting Point: Garmouth: Convene at the old railway viaduct across the Spey near Garmouth (NJ 347642.
Outline Programme
9.30am Stop 1:
Convene at Forestry Commission car park at Earth Pillars south of Fochabers (NJ 337564) or at old railway viaduct across the Spey near Garmouth (NJ 347642). Overview of mature riparian woodland on the River Spey braided channel system. Field contribution from SNH (Jennifer Heatley, Elgin) on issues affecting management of active floodplain woodland.
10.45am Stop 2:
Indoor speaker session at Fochabers Public Institute, Fochabers. Dr. Tom Nisbet of Forest Research, Alice Holt to present on his recent research on the significance of riparian woodland creation for flood risk mitigation. Eilidh Johnston of SEPA, Stirling to present on the role of riparian woodland in addressing Water Framework Directive (WFD) priorities.
1.15pm Stop 3:
Lunch in parkland along River Deveron at Huntly (or cars nearby if wet). Near location of 2009 Huntly town flooding – residential areas and adjacent riparian woodland and scrub context (NJ 529408). William Murdoch of Aberdeenshire Council to make an informal field contribution on potential for riparian woodland as an element of flood control schemes.
2.30pm Stop 4:
Close views of mature semi-natural riparian woodland on the Deveron (Wellheads/ Broadland). Close views of recent riparian woodland habitat creation at Wellheads Farm on the Glen Burn (tributary of the Deveron). Field contribution from Matthew Young (Forestry Commission Scotland) on the scope and incentives for riparian and floodplain woodland creation and management under the current SRDP/ RDC funding mechanism. Carol Robertson of Scottish Native Woods to contribute from agent perspective.
4.15pm Stop 5:
View of potential future riparian woodland creation sites along the River Bogie above Huntly from bridges near Gartly. Possible input from FCS and Scottish Native Woods (reps as above) on site selection for riparian woodland riparian woodland habitat creation, design of schemes etc.
Disperse directly from final stop t circa 4.45pm.
CPD: Attendance at this event may account for up to 4.5 hours CPD.
Booking by Friday 24 September is essential as a maximum number for this event has been set.
Fee: £10 for ICF members/non members. Free for Students. Email Ben Clinch using Contact below to confirm your attendance (and if you are interested in car sharing) but first download and note the terms of booking on the event flyer.
Important Notes:
Attendees to bring their own vehicles (no bus provided); car sharing encouraged.
All sites easily accessible or visible from the public roads.
Short walk on roads and fields at Stop 4 to access one of the new planting areas.
May be some need to combine into fewer vehicles for Stops 4 and 5 as parking is limited along narrow country roads.
Attendees to bring packed lunches and flasks or other refreshments.
Attendees to bring suitable footwear and clothing for field walks.
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Organiser: Forest Resaerch
Forest Research pathologist, Sarah Green and entomologist, Roger Moore, will deliver the main presentations and site visits. A representative from Forestry Commission Plant Health will also attend.
In the morning, the sessions will cover the basics of what to look for as indicators of when things may be going wrong as a result of pests or disease, how to monitor these, how to report them and to whom, and then opportunity to cover any specific concerns. The sessions will include an overview of current threats and those that may be just over the horizon.
The afternoon site visits will be targeted at specific issues.
Full details to be confirmed shortly.
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Oct 2010
This meeting will include a guided tour of the Garden by Ewen Donaldson and a short walk along the Kelvin Walkway discussing the management of the riparian woodland.
Full details of this CPD event to be posted shortly.
Email Eamonn Wall to register your interest using Contact below.
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Facilitator: Ancient Tree Forum, Dr David Lonsdale, City of London
Ancient trees are irreplaceable parts of our living heritage and it is important to care and manage them to ensure that they live as long as possible.
This day is aimed at owners, site managers and tree workers who may be called in to advise on tree management.
Burnham Beeches is at the forefront of ancient tree management and staff there have an excellent track record of managing ancient oak and beech. Participants will be introduced to the relationship between tree development, ageing and decay and will be shown how to relate this to practical tree management.
To book on this workshops and find out about other Flora locale training events go to www.floralocale.org and click on Training & events 2010.
Fee £100 (Concessions £75) with an extra 10% discount for early booking.
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Organiser: Forest Resaerch
Forest Research pathologist, Sarah Green and entomologist, Roger Moore, will deliver the main presentations and site visits. A representative from Forestry Commission Plant Health will also attend.
In the morning, the sessions will cover the basics of what to look for as indicators of when things may be going wrong as a result of pests or disease, how to monitor these, how to report them and to whom, and then opportunity to cover any specific concerns. The sessions will include an overview of current threats and those that may be just over the horizon.
The afternoon site visits will be targeted at specific issues.
Full details to be confirmed shortly.
Venue location: OS Grid NH 508417 (12 mls west of Inverness)
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Diary this date now and email Conact below to register interest and receive full details as soon as they are confirmed.
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Raising awareness of coppice woodland management in the south east, particularly the specialist hazel and chestnut industries.
This event is being organised by representatives from local coppice organisations, the coppice industry and woodland managers with support from FC South East and West Sussex County Council.
The CANW conference held in October 2009 agreed that a conference in the south east should be held as a pre-requisite to further discussions on the potential benefits of forming a national coppice association. The target audience is coppice workers, woodland owners and all other stakeholders interested in maintaining and developing this aspect of our cultural and natural heritage.
Contact: Debbie Bartlett Tel: 01227 700627 or 07974 162045; Email: Contact
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Organiser: Forest Resaerch
Forest Research pathologist, Sarah Green and entomologist, Roger Moore, will deliver the main presentations and site visits. A representative from Forestry Commission Plant Health will also attend.
In the morning, the sessions will cover the basics of what to look for as indicators of when things may be going wrong as a result of pests or disease, how to monitor these, how to report them and to whom, and then opportunity to cover any specific concerns. The sessions will include an overview of current threats and those that may be just over the horizon.
The afternoon site visits will be targeted at specific issues.
Full details to be confirmed shortly.
Venue location: OS Grid NH 508417 (12
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Organised by ConFor
This meeting has been arranged to look at some achievements in continuous cover forestry in Sitka spruce, in upland Northumberland. We are most grateful to Max McLaughlan, harvesting and marketing forester for Forest Enterprise, for agreeing to lead us around several sites of interest.
The committee will meet in the morning, followed by a buffet lunch for everyone in the classroom (look for ConFor signs). We recommend you allow some time to take a look around, as there is plenty to see in and around the visitor centre. Max will give us a brief introduction at 1.15pm and we will set off sharply at 1.20pm in a minibus (provided by FE), plus the minimum of cars. It is very important that we keep the number of vehicles on the visit to an absolute minimum and we ask for your cooperation in this.
We will then look at three or four sites (depending on time) to consider a range of different scenarios. There will be a very short walk at each stop, but the terrain is rough. You are advised to have stout footwear and outdoor clothing. Some protection against midges may also be useful! For the less able, you will still be able to see the subjects under discussion without leaving the forest roads or rides.
This meeting will be advertised beyond ConFor membership. Non-member friends and colleagues are welcome.
Members are asked to pay £10 plus VAT (£11.75 including VAT) towards costs and non-members £12.77 plus VAT (£15 including VAT). Please complete the booking form below, which must be returned by Friday 8th October 2010.
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Discovering the South Downs
The role of woodlands in the National Park area
Sponsor:
Media partner:
Bookings now being taken
Members and non-members welcome for this CPD event.
Click here for the Study Tour programme and details
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Dr. Anna Brown, Forest Research, will lead this event which is one of a series of meetings focusing on the Wessex Silvicultural Group's 2010 study.
Organised by: Wessex Silvicultural
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Workshop Details
The Environmental Sustainability KTN and Society for the Environment invite you to participate in an exciting facilitated workshop. It will explore the opportunities created by combining innovate thinking practices with environmental professionalism to deliver sustainable value to business.The event is designed for environmental practitioners and individuals of any profession seeking to acquire knowledge and tools to make them and their organisation better equipped to succeed in the low carbon economy.
Aims
- To provide insight into successful eco-innovation practices and what these mean for individual environmental professionals and businesses
- To provide tools to help participants progress their professional development in this expanding field
- To demonstrate the advantages of multi-disciplinary and open innovation working to achieve commercial advantage
This workshop will provide participants with a thought provoking introduction to sustainable innovation concepts, applicable to solve real-world industry problems. We would like to welcome environmental practitioners, industry representatives, academia, government authorities and NGOs to this exciting event.
Chartered Environmentalists and Members of the ESKTN will benefit from a reduced registration fee.
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Clim-ATIC is hosting a FREE 2 day seminar in Florø, Norway on 26th and 27th October 2010, with presentations, poster sessions, round table debates and local excursions designed to:
1) Help mainstream climate change adaptation at the community level
2) Discuss what is the role of local government in this emerging area
2) Present Clim-ATIC project lessons – challenges and opportunities
3) Provisionally launch Clim-ATIC’s new international training course and information service in climate change adaptation
4) Explore future opportunities in the Northern Periphery
A FREE conference dinner is also available on the evening of the 26th October.
Also, on the 28th October there is a one day, one way excursion through the through the County of Sogn og Fjordane to explore local adaptation activities.
For more information visit: http://www.clim-atic.org/
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The QTRA method assesses the risk from tree-failure and facilitates proportionate tree safety management.
For information contact Diane Ellison by email below or phone 01625 618999.
Website: www.qtra.co.uk
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This workshop is aimed at planning arboriculturists who have a responsibility for determining schemes. It will also be of interest to those in local authorities who have to deal with trees in the public realm, particularly street trees. The workshop highlights the importance of engineered solutions designed before granting planning permission to avoid detail having to be left to a planning condition.
Attendance at this workshop is recognised by the ICF as counting towards a professional member's CPD activities. It is up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development plan as to the number of CPD hours that they may record in respect of their ICF Professional Membership at the workshop.
Website: www.nato.org.uk
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An overview of the tree stability assessment process.
For information contact Diane Ellison by email below or phone 01625 618999.
Website: www.qtra.co.uk
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Nov 2010
This advanced workshop is aimed at experienced individuals engaged in the processes of tree hazard assessment. This may include consulting arboriculturists, landscape architects, highways engineers and open space managers. The workshop will involve participation of the delegates throughout the day.
Recent case law has focused attention on the level of knowledge, training and competence of those assessing the hazard potential of trees. It is vital that the professionals involved are well equipped to assess the risk of failure of trees.
The aim of this workshop is to increase an understanding of biology and biomechanics relevant to the structural integrity of trees. Also to adopt a systematic approach to assessing the hazard potential of trees within the framework of current legislation and requirements for record keeping.
This advanced level workshop is aimed at those with more experience who need to either refresh their knowledge or update themselves on new and challenging issues that they face in their current jobs.
Attendance at this workshop is recognised by the ICF as coutning towards a professional member's CPD activities. It is up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development plan as to the number of CPD hours that they may record in respect of their ICF Professional Membership at the workshop.
Website: www.nato.org.uk
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Facilitator: Justin Smith
Aimed at trainee botanists, ecologists, environmental consultants and others working in the ecological and environmental sectors.
Participants will learn about the diversity of lower plants and fungi, an often neglected group of plants, especially in the management and/or development of ecologically important sites. Learn how to identify the basic groups of lower plants, including lichens, bryophytes and fungi and why they are important.
The day will provide an introduction to undertaking a preliminary assessment of a site for bryophyte, lichen or fungal diversity and discuss methods of managing land for these groups.
To book on this workshops and find out about other Flora locale training events go to www.floralocale.org and click on Training & events 2010.
Fee £100 (Concessions £75) with an extra 10% discount for early booking.
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Topic and location to be confirmed shortly.
Please note this date and email Andrew Sheridan using Contact below to register an expression of interest to be kept informed of deatils.
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Please diary this date and email Contact below to register your interest to receive priority notification of the conference details.
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Scotland is playing host to this year's conference
Go to the conference website where more information will be posted shortly.
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Dec 2010
This introductory workshop is aimed at those who have recently come into their jobs in both local government and the private sector, who need to investigate tree problems and provide recommendations for their management. It explores in some depth a number of different disease types using examples drawn from diseases of current importance. It is intended as an introduction to disease and decay, using the latest research findings and will involve a significant amount of practical work and evaluation. Any laboratory techniques used will be those within the capabilities of most Local Authority Arboricultural Departments. Clear guidance will be given on when it is appropriate to utilise specialist laboratories and expert tree pathologists.
The presenter will be able to quickly assess knowledge levels and experience/expertise and enable those attending to come away with a solid grounding in the subject area.
Attendance at this workshop is recognised by the ICF as counting towards a professional member's COD activities. It is up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development plan as to the number of CPD hours they may record in respect of their ICF Professional Membership at the workshop.
Website: www.nato.org.uk
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Jan 2011
This workshop is specifically aimed at local authority tree managers, though it will benefit those responsible for any stock of trees managed as a public asset. the presenter will demonstrate how CAVAT is designed to enable arboriculturists to become asset menagers, and to show how the care and expertise they exercise can be shown to be reflected in practice by the changes in the measured profile and value of their tree stock. The results of the application of CAVAT to the tree stock in Barnet will be shown, and how it reinforces good practice by demonstrating its benefits in reality.
Attendance at this workshop is recognised by the ICF as counting towards a professional member's CPD activities. It is up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development plan as to the number of CPD hours that they may record in respect of their ICF Professional Membership at the workshop.
Website: www.nato.org.uk
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Feb 2011
This advanced workshop is aimed at experienced individuals in both local government and the private sector, who need to investigate tree problems and provide recommendations for their management. The advanced level will help attendees refresh their knowledge and update themselves on new and challenging issues that they face in their current jobs.
This advanced workshop explores in some depth a number of different disease types using examples drawn from diseases of current importance, looking closely into specific diseases and their diagnosis. It will introduce the latest research findings and will involve a significant amount of practical work and evaluation. Any laboratory techniques used will be those within the capabilities of most Local Authority Arboricultural Departments. Clear guidance wo;; be given on when it is appropriate to utilise specialist laboratories and expert tree pathologists.
Attendance at this workshop is recognised by the ICF as counting towards a professional member's CPD activities. It is up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development plan as to the number of CPD hours that they may record in respect of their ICF Professional Membership at the workshop.
Website: www.nato.org.uk
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Trees in Towns II is presented by Keith Sacre MICFor
This workshop will explore the implications of the government’s Trees in Towns II report on the current status and future of our urban trees.
It will focus specifically on Strand 2 of the research, which looks at the policies and practice of urban tree management within local authorities. This will include the 12 case studies looking at good and innovative practice in various aspects of urban tree management.
Finally, the workshop will explore the opportunities and constraints in implementing the 10 targets for tree management that the government hopes all local authorities will try to achieve.
Attendance at the workshop is recognised by the ICF as counting towards a professional member's CPD activities. It is up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development plan as to the number of CPD hours that they may record in respect of their ICF Professional Membership at the workshop.
Website: www.nato.org.uk
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Mar 2011
The Effective Tree Officer is presented by Richard Nicholson MICFor
The Effective Tree Officer workshop is designed for the less experienced arboriculturists who have to deal with Planning matters. This course is therefore ideal for those who wish to develop their set of skills or who need to widen their effective role within the planning team.
Chartered Arboriculturist Richard Nicholson has drawn on 17 years of experience at the sharp end of local authority arboriculture to produce this one day workshop.
It will cover:
- Levels of information required: when and why do you ask for it
- Communication with Development Management: dealing with blockages
- Amenity assessments: visual and non-visual amenity
- The influence of potential land use on making a TPO
- Assessing benefits v disbenefits
- Planning conditions: Circular 11 of 1995
- Meeting with Site Agents
- Validation of Planning applications
- Engineering Plans and BS guidance
- Enforcing Planning Conditions
- Pre start meetings
- Con 29 Notices
- Permitted Development Rights
Attendance at the workshop is recognised by the ICF as counting towards a professional member's CPD activities. It is up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development plan as to the number of CPD hours that they may record of their ICF Professional Membership at the workshop.
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This advanced workshop is aimed at experienced individuals in both local government and the private sector, who need to investigate tree problems and provide recommendations for their management. The advanced level will help attendees refresh their knowledge and update themselves on new and challenging issues that they face in their current jobs.
This advanced workshop explores in some depth a number of different disease types using examples drawn from diseases of current importance, looking closely into specific diseases and their diagnosis. It will introduce the latest research findings and will involve a significant amount of practical work and evaluation. Any laboratory techniques used will be those within the capabilities of most Local Authority Arboricultural Departments. Clear guidance will be given on when it is appropriate to utilise specialist laboratories and expert tree pathologists.
Attendance at this workshop is recognised by the ICF as counting towards a professional member's CPD activities. It is up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development plan as to the number of CPD hours that they may record in respect of their ICF Professional Membership at the workshop.
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Apr 2011
This Tree Research Conference is hosted by the Institute of Chartered Foresters as its 2011 National Conference and is a partnership initiative.
The supporting Conference Steering Group partners, who will guide the programme content and format, are:
Arboricultural Association l Ancient Tree Forum l Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories l Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment l Forest Research l Forestry Commission l International Society of Arboriculture l Landscape Institute l London Tree Officers Association l Midland Tree Officers Association l Myerscough College l Natural England l Royal Town Planning Institute l Trees and Design Action Group l University of Manchester l Utility Arboriculture Group
Promoting your organisationFor sponsorship, promotional or other enquires contact Allison Lock on 0131 240 1425 or email Allison using "Contact" below.
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Jun 2011
This conference, currently in the planning stage, will focus on Green Networks and urban forestry, reflecting the emerging strategic delivery agenda in Scotland.
For more information contact Bob Frost, Forestry Commission Scotland, by email below.
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