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COVID-19 Events Update

As you will no doubt be aware, the UK and much of the world is currently experiencing a significant health crisis. In these unprecedented times, and in light of recent advice from the government and WHO on the coronavirus, the Institute has decided to postpone or change a number of events that were planned over […]

Scottish Government Provides £7 Million for Timber Transport Projects

Fergus Ewing has reminded local authorities and land owners that they could miss out on funding support for Timber Transport projects if they don’t get application proposals in by the 9th March deadline. The Strategic Timber Transport Fund (STTF), managed by Scottish Forestry, provides co-funding for projects that minimise the impact of timber lorries on […]

DAERA Pledge to Plant 18 Million Trees Over the Next 10 Years

DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA has pledged to help tackle climate change by planting 18 million trees over the next 10 years – 10 for every person in Northern Ireland. The ‘Forests for our Future’ programme is Northern Ireland’s biggest and most ambitious plan to develop our forests and contribute to sustainable economic growth and […]

Tustins: New Forestry Agency

2020 saw the launch of Tustins, a bespoke business aimed at providing the highest levels of service for forestry sales, acquisitions and valuations throughout England, Wales and Scotland. The two directors of Tustins are certainly not newcomers to this business and are well known throughout the UK forestry sector. Mike Tustin MICFor and John Clegg […]

Laying the Groundwork for Managing Ash Dieback in Scotland

Jonathan Callis MICFor, Senior Asset Engineer at Network Rail, attended Scotland’s Ash Dieback Risk Group meeting, coordinated by Scottish Forestry, last month in Edinburgh. With the help of a newly formed Ash Dieback Risk Group, Scotland is gearing up to deal with a significant increase in damage likely to arise from ash dieback over the […]

Sir William Worsley Appointed as Forestry Commission Chair

Announced today by Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers, Sir William Worsley will take on the role as the new Chair of the Forestry Commission. He follows on from Sir Harry Studholme who was Chair for seven years. Sir William will step down as the government’s Tree Champion when he starts his new three-year-long role on 10 […]

A 2020 Vision: To Find Scotland’s Finest Forests and Woods

The annual search to find Scotland’s finest forests and most wonderful woods has begun. Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards 2020 celebrates the programme’s 35th anniversary and builds on its biggest-ever year in 2019, when Fort Augustus Woodlands won the one-off 1919 Forestry Act Centenary Award. Angela Douglas, Executive Director of Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards, said: “2019 […]

Working Together for Trees: A New Standard for Individual Tree Data Collection

There has never been a more important or urgent time to collect data on urban trees. High-quality data will help harness the current wave of enthusiasm for tree planting, and to address the challenges to urban trees from pests, diseases, climate-change and development. However, the resources to support urban trees have declined rapidly in the […]

ICF Executive Director Awarded MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

A Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) medal has been awarded to Shireen Chambers FICFor, Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2019. It is in recognition of the positive contribution she has made to forestry, including her work with TREE AID, an international charity […]