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 […]
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 […]
Policy Roundup – March 2024
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news March has been a busy month for the Institute with many staff getting out and about, engaging with our members and stakeholders. We have also launched ten events, including our Early Careers […]
Get involved with a DiversiTree project
Dr Seumas Bates, Research Officer in Environmental Social Science at Bangor University’s School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, is looking to hear from woodland managers as part of work with the DiversiTree project. Dr Bates is looking to engage with particularly excellent or interesting examples of specific woodland management methods and hopes to interview woodland […]
UKWAS Chair sought from summer 2024
The UKWAS company is a not-for-profit body which fulfils the role of the standard-setting body charged with developing a forest management certification standard for the UK. The UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS) is vital to forestry in the UK. It provides an audit protocol that gives access to certification through both FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) […]
International Women’s Day 2024
Join us on International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March and: Celebrate women working with trees Encourage more women and girls to consider forestry and arboriculture as a career Share your experiences to #InspireInclusion Women are still underrepresented in our sector and we need to ensure that people from all genders and backgrounds consider forestry […]
Institute attends Defra Future of Trees & Forestry Forum
The Institute’s Head of Policy & Partnerships, Jo Fox-Evans, was in London on Tuesday 5 March 2024 to attend the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) Future of Trees and Forestry Forum. ‘Team Tree’ at Defra updated attendees on the achievements of the Nature for Climate Fund Tree Programme, including progress on planting […]
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 […]
