Policy Roundup – July 2023
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news New Head of Policy and Partnerships This month has been one of change and celebration as we said farewell to Jemima Cooper. Jemima looks back at her time with us in a […]
Policy Roundup – June 2023
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news Institute’s Council meets On the 6 and 7 June, the Institute’s Council met in Hereford to welcome new trustees, discuss our current five-year strategy’s progress and priorities for the coming years, and […]
Institute signs EPF response to Environmental Outcomes Report consultation
As a member of the Environmental Policy Forum (EPF), we recently signed their joint industry response to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ consultation into Environmental Outcomes reporting. The response outlined four key concerns relating to how a new approach to environmental reporting can be delivered in practice: Missing details Absence of research […]
Forestry key for future Net Zero workforce
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) recently published the briefing, A Net Zero workforce, outlining the impact of a transition to Net Zero by 2030, and how the transition will affect workers across a range of sectors. This briefing will inform the UK Government’s Net Zero and Nature Workforce Action Plan that is due to be […]
Help steer research on development-related impacts on ancient woodland
Funded by Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund, the AWDev (NCF): Ancient Woodland and Development Impacts project aims to deliver evidence that will underpin future policy, practice, and sector guidance for safeguarding ancient woodlands whilst supporting responsible development and woodland use. The project is jointly run by an interdisciplinary team of landscape ecologists, social scientists, forest ecologists […]
Policy Roundup – May 2023
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news New President and Vice President Appointed Following our AGM on 25 April, we welcomed a new President and Vice President. Geraint Richards MVO FICFor, Head Forester for the Duchy of Cornwall, succeeds […]
Institute’s Executive Director speaks at Westminster Employer Forum
Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, Louise Simpson, spoke at the Westminster Employment Forum’s recent keynote seminar – ‘Green skills – next steps for policy, and priorities for education and training, businesses, and the workforce’ on Tuesday 23 May. With the UK Government’s commitment to the creation of two million green jobs by […]
Policy Roundup – April 2023
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news New Cabinet Secretary for forestry in Scotland The Institute welcomed a Cabinet reshuffle in Scotland that saw Mairi Gougeon MSP take up the new role of Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land […]
New forestry Cabinet Secretary in Scotland
Following Humza Yousaf’s election as First Minister of Scotland, and a Cabinet reshuffle, Mairi Gougeon MSP’s new role of Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands now includes the responsibility of forestry and woodlands. Ms Gougeon was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2016 and has previous knowledge of the sector, having been […]
Policy Roundup – March 2023
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news The Spring Budget to Parliament on 15 March touched briefly on waste and agriculture but barely mentioned nature and the environment, so despite positive progress on trees and woodlands with Defra and […]
