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2 May 2024
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Find out what we got up to in April 2024, with news on Trees, People and the Built Environment 5, the launch of Technical membership, sector consultations, Institute Representation and more.
30 April 2024
Louise Simpson was recently invited onto Radio 4’s Farming Today programme to discuss commercial forestry. Speaking with presenter Charlotte Smith, Louise outlined that the current negative public perception of commercial forestry, due to the tree felling involved, could be hampering efforts to grow more productive timber in the UK.
27 March 2024
March has been a busy month for the Institute with many staff getting out and about engaging with our members and stakeholders, and have launched ten events to further CPD. We submitted our response to the Sustainable Farming Scheme in Wales and were recognised in a new report on the organisations addressing diversity in the environmental sector.
Check out our upcoming calendar of events and start planning your CPD activities!
19 – 22 June 2024 | Dresden & Tharandt, Germany
Join us for our first ever International Study Tour!
Germany is one of Europe’s most densely wooded countries, with over 11 million hectares of forest cover that has increased by one million hectares in the last five decades. It has a booming forest and timber industry and is the second largest exporter of timber in the world after Canada, accounting for almost 1.3 million jobs and an annual turnover of €170 billion.
During this Study Tour, we will visit the state of Saxony in East Germany where there is 520,000 hectares (28.3%) of woodland cover, coniferous species making up 70% of this. There are visits planned to the Forest Botanical Garden in Tharandt, Tharandter Forest and a sightseeing tour of Dresden.
Louise Simpson, Executive Director of the Institute, was recently invited onto Radio 4's Farming Today programme to discuss commercial forestry. Speaking with presenter Charlotte Smith, Louise outline...
Join us on Wednesday 29 May for our AGM 18:00 | ICF Head Office, 59 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2JG RSVP Fellows, Professional Members and Technical Members of the Institute of Chartered Foresters a...
We regret to report an initial notification from HSE involving a person crushed whilst unloading tree trunks from a forwarder trailer. The incident took place in April 2024 in Heathfield, East Sussex....
This year we are holding our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 29 May at 18:00 at our Head Office in Edinburgh. We invite all members to attend to hear about the Institute's priorities, recent...
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news Trees, People and the Built Environment 5 From the 23-24 April, all In...
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 r...
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, biosecu...
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...
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 I...
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 ...
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