From Natural England to Woodland Heritage
After retiring from his role as Principal Adviser for External Funding at Natural England in 2024, Institute Fellow, Huw Davies FICFor, was recently appointed a trustee of Woodland Heritage. Huw has written a blog sharing his thoughts on this new voluntary role and the important work being delivered by Woodland Heritage. I’ve recently […]
Policy Roundup – January & February 2025
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news Welcome to the first Policy Roundup of 2025 with a newish year, two months in, from the Institute’s Technical Policy Manager, Caroline Harrison MICFor, who is now four months into the role. […]
National Tree Officers Conference 2025 – Call for presentations open!
Building on the success of nine previous events, we’re delighted to announce the National Tree Officers Conference will return on 5 November 2025 for its tenth anniversary! Proudly hosted by the Association of Tree Officers (ATO), Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF), London Tree Officers Association (LTOA) and the Municipal Tree Officers’ Association (MTOA), the […]
ICF wins Building Industry Resilience Award at Confor Dinner & Awards 2025
The Institute of Chartered Foresters was delighted to be crowned the winner of the ‘Building Industry Resilience Award’ at the Confor Dinner & Awards 2025 for their work in delivering the wildly successful Emerging Leader Programme – an initiative aimed at helping forestry professionals build leadership potential, strengthen their networks and drive social, environmental, and […]
Professional Forester of the Year winner announced at Confor Dinner & Awards 2025
The Institute of Chartered Foresters is delighted to announce that Peter Wharton MICFor, Director of Wharton Natural Infrastructure Consultants, has been awarded Professional Forester of the Year 2025. Presented on 19 February at the Confor Dinner & Awards 2025, the prestigious award recognises contributions to the betterment of forestry on a community, regional, national or […]
Strong roots in woodlands and forestry championed at Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards 2024
A bumper year of entries saw excellence in all sectors, from community to forestry, conservation to farming and climate to schools. And each was showcased during a grand ceremony at the Scottish Parliament. Local groups, farmers, foresters and large estates were all recognised at the national event, held by Scotland’s Finest Woods to coincide with […]
Institute bestows Honorary Fellowship on His Majesty King Charles III
The Institute of Chartered Foresters was delighted to award His Majesty King Charles III with an Honorary Fellowship at a special private ceremony held at Highgrove House. The award was presented to The King by the Institute’s Executive Director, Louise Simpson, alongside President of the Institute, Geraint Richards MVO FICFor. A dedicated champion of the […]
Scotland’s Finest Woods appoints trio of trustees
The team of tree champions at Scotland’s Finest Woods has been given a big boost with the appointment of three new trustees. Alison Chisholm, a chartered landscape architect with Forestry and Land Scotland, Dr Alicja Dzieciol, an entrepreneur and chemist, and Sam Howard, a forestry lecturer at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), will join the existing […]
Read about our NEMN Professional Development Day
On 24 October, our North England Member Network (NEMN) held their AGM and annual Professional Development Day at Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre in Ripon. Tom Coates MICFor, Chair of the NEMN, has shared a write-up of the event. The morning session started with an introduction to Fountains Abbey by Bec Evans (Visitor Operations & Experience […]
Policy Roundup – August 2024
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news With Summer drawing to an end, we’re looking ahead to a busy autumn events calendar, with a highlight being the anticipated Horizon Scan series. Read all about this partner webinar series below, […]