Interview with Executive Director at the Global Timber Forum
Speaker Day 1: Delivering economic benefits from the world’s forests The Institute interviews Rachel Butler as she prepares to address the Institute’s forthcoming National Conference: The UK’s Role in Global Forestry. Tell us about your presentation? Wait and see! Why is your presentation important for our conference? We are advocating a different approach to engage […]
Interview with Co-Founder of Women In Wood, Lacey Rose RPF
Speaker Day 2: Inspiring the Next Generation The Institute interviews Lacey Rose RPF as she prepares to address the Institute’s forthcoming National Conference: The UK’s Role in Global Forestry. Tell us about your presentation? My presentation, through telling the story of my career path so far, will highlight the important role that mentors, colleagues – and our […]
World Experts drawn to Oxford for Global Forestry Conference
Duncan Pollard MICFor from Nestlé, sustainability expert, will address the Institute of Chartered Foresters’ (ICF) annual flagship two-day conference. The UK’s Role in Global Forestry – Past, present and future will be held on 10-11 April at the Examination Schools in Oxford. Forests are increasingly being relied upon to provide a sustainable future for the […]
Exploring Higher and Degree Level Apprenticeships in Forestry and Arboriculture
What next for forestry and arboriculture apprenticeships? Ros Burnley, Director of Adrow Ltd, provides an insight into how employers need to be proactive in developing professional apprenticeships “Over 70% of the businesses stated that they would consider taking on a higher level apprentice”. Apprenticeship reform in England has been happening since 2014 and tree-related industries […]
Promoting preparation: Tree health & biosecurity plans
Forestry Commission is a sponsor of the 2018 National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC). If a notifiable pest or disease were to be found affecting a tree, woodland, or forest under your management, what would be your response? Would you: Take early retirement? Ask yourself where you are going to find the additional time and funding to […]
Andrew Heald MICFor visits Uganda
Chartered Forester Andrew Heald MICFor, Technical Director at Confor, visited Uganda. Andrew reports on his visit. A ‘blended return’ sounds like something you might order in one of Edinburgh’s many hipster coffee shops, but it was something I heard repeatedly on a recent WWF NGP study tour in Uganda. Uganda certainly has great coffee, but […]
Woodland Creation Design
Woodland Creation Design: One Day, interactive Workshops for Woodland Creation Applicants. Forestry Commission England and the Institute of Chartered Foresters are delivering interactive woodland creation design workshops across England in June 2018. These workshops will provide practical and technical information and advice on how to design new woodlands that fit within the landscape and accommodate […]
Plastic with a purpose
Associate member Simon Place, Account Manager at Tubex, explains how plastic still has a vital role to play in forestry. I read with great interest Stuart Wilkie’s FICFor CEnv recent blog on forest plastic. The first thing that struck me after reading it was why nobody had really written about this subject before? The BBC show […]
2018 Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award Recipients Announced from the UK and Canada
The Institute of Chartered Foresters is pleased to announce the four recipients of the 2018 Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award. The Institute’s Student members Tom Haynes and Michael Wilson from the University of Cumbria were selected among talented competition as the United Kingdom applicants, while Daniel Root from the University of Toronto and Erin […]
Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards Executive supports #ILookLikeAForester
In the run-up to International Women’s Day, many female foresters joined the ICF campaign and declared #ILookLikeAForester. There were reminders of historic breakthroughs, going back to the Lumberjills and further back to Margaret Sutherland, the first woman to qualify as a forester. There were many examples of modern women making waves in forestry – in […]