‘Welsh Government to be more Ambitious on Woodland Policy’
According to a National Assembly committee, the Welsh Government should urgently rethink its woodland strategy and aim to significantly increase planting rates. A report calls on the Welsh Government to be more ambitious on woodland policy in Wales and address barriers to increasing planting. The Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee launched their report […]
Aerial spraying trial set for area south of Inverness
Forestry Commission Scotland is to step up the fight against tree pests and diseases – by quantifying drift patterns by spraying a common food colouring from a helicopter. Commission staff will undertake an aerial spraying trial – which will not involve the use of any pesticides – to improve their understanding should this technique ever […]
Invest in Professional Arboriculture and the Urban Forest
The Arboricultural Association organised the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Horticulture and Gardening event on 18th July 2017 in Victoria Tower Gardens, London. The event focused on the need to invest in the Urban Forest and the need for skilled and professional individuals to be utilised by decision makers from a local to national level. Keith […]
Forest tourism boost for Tweed Valley
Plans for luxury woodland eco-cabins and new trails at Glentress Forest could take the popular visitor destination to the next level and grow the Borders’ tourism economy. That’s the aim of a joint partnership between Forest Enterprise Scotland and Forest Holidays who are joining forces for an £11.3 million investment to create 56 secluded eco-cabins, […]
New £13m tree Planting fund for England’s Woodland Announced
A £13 million fund to help landowners plant more trees to protect wildlife, boost the timber sector and reduce flood risk will soon open for applications, Forestry Minister Thérèse Coffey confirmed today. Farmers, foresters and land managers across the UK will be able to apply for up to £6,800 per hectare to plant, weed and […]
GreenBlue Urban are Delighted to Celebrate their 25th Silver Anniversary
The month was July, the year 1992 – A landscape gardener from Hastings, East Sussex having studied horticulture, arboriculture, tree nomenclature and landscape design at Plumpton Agricultural College soon realised there were causes for early tree mortality. On a particularly dry summer he discovered that drought stress was the biggest single killer for newly planted […]
New chair for UKWAS Interpretation Panel
Graham Gill OBE, FICFor has been appointed chair of the UKWAS Interpretation Panel. Graham who graduated from Edinburgh University in 1975 spent his entire career with the Forestry Commission during which he worked in a wide variety of roles including as a researcher focusing on forest genetics, a forest manager in the Scottish Highlands and […]
ProArb Catches up with our President, David Edwards FICFor
ProArb catches up with our President, David Edwards FICFor, to find out about his ambitions for the Institute. At the Trees, People and the Built Environment 3 Conference in April, David Edwards FICFor was elected as the successor to David Henderson-Howat FICFor, who stood down after two years at the helm. David is the District […]
Call for Views: Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament is currently considering the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill. Arguably, this is the most significant piece of forestry legislation since the Forestry Commission was created in 1919. ICF members with any concerns about its impact have until 16 August to submit their views to the Scottish Parliament – to do this […]
Associate member John Parker, Chair of the LTOA Wins Top European Award
In Barcelona at the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) John Parker, Chair of the London Tree Officers Association (LTOA) was awarded the title of European Young Urban Forester of the Year 2017. This prestigious award is a reflection of John’s ongoing hard work for the LTOA and Transport for London (TfL), where he is […]