Why Forestry? – Joanna Jervis BSc Hons
Why Forestry? Student member and 2014 ICF Best Student Award winner Joanna Jervis discusses why she chose to study forestry, her experience of Bangor University, and what’s next for this up-and-coming forester. Why Forestry? This is a question that I have been asked many times by family and friends, many of whom were […]
Support for Forestry Businesses from FC England
Support for Forestry Businesses from FC England Forestry Commission England are promoting free support forestry businesses in relation to new grants within the new Rural Development Programme, set to start in 2015. Details of future schemes are yet to be decided or announced but if arrangements are similar to the last programme, those areas that […]
Forests, Food Security and Nutrition
Forests, Food Security and Nutrition The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has published a factsheet on the links between ‘Forests, Food Security and Nutrition,’ in the context of a growing global population and rising demand for food. The publication notes that while agricultural expansion continues to be a major driver of deforestation, forests provide […]
