New OPM Outbreak Confirmed
Oak Processionary Moth caterpillars found in south east London. The Forestry Commission has confirmed that Oak Processionary Moth caterpillars (OPM) have been found in the West Wickham area of Bromley in south-east London. The location is about 9 miles (15km) from the nearest known infestations in the established west London OPM outbreak, prompting the Forestry Commission to […]
Government Receives Final Forestry Panel Report
Government presented with final Forestry Panel Report at stakeholder event in London. The Independent Panel on Forestry’s Final Report to Government was formally presented to Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State for the Environment, yesterday, Tuesday 10 July, at a National Stakeholder Event organised by Defra. The report, which was published on 4 […]
ICF Appoints Deputy Director
ICF Appoints Deputy Director The Institute of Chartered Foresters is pleased to announce the appointment of Russell Horsey as its Deputy Director, based in Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire. Russell has spent a good deal of his career working in urban forestry for local authorities in the south of England, most recently with Bristol City Council where […]
Consultation Underway on New Cumbria Campus Plans
Consultation Underway on New Cumbria Campus Plans The University of Cumbria has launched its draft masterplan for the Ambleside Campus 2012-2022 together with a stakeholder consultation. Over the last few months the university has been examining its estates plans and investigating the best location for its policing, forestry, outdoor studies, conservation and applied science subjects […]
FSC Stakeholder Consultation Carried Out by Soil Association
FSC Stakeholder Consultation Carried Out by Soil Association Stakeholder Consultation for 2nd annual surveillance (S2) of forest management practices carried out by The Crown Estate. This consultation covers all forest areas managed by The Crown Estate, however, the S2 surveillance visit planned for 13th August 2012 will include audit inspections at the following four sites: […]
Bangor Student Wins ICF Forestry Award
Bangor University student Richard Belcher was delighted to receive a special award at his graduation ceremony on 18 July where he was named the Institute of Chartered Foresters’ Best Student on the University’s Forestry degree course. Richard’s challenging final year dissertation looked at the “Spatial correlation between environmental/climatic variables with Net Ecosystem Production and Net […]
Prestigious ICF Forestry Awards for Two North England Graduates
Two north England based degree graduates have got their new careers off to a flying start, winning top student awards from the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF). These prestigious awards recognise talented students graduating with forestry or arboriculture degrees in the UK. Winners receive a cheque from the ICF together with an award certificate presented […]
ICF to Host Urban Tree Research Conference 2014
ICF to Host Urban Tree Research Conference in 2014 Following the success of last year’s “Trees, People and the Built Environment”, which the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) hosted on behalf of a twenty-strong organisation partnership, the ICF has announced its appointment of Dr Mark Johnston to chair another urban tree research conference in 2014. […]
Forest Sale Minister Felled as Renewables Sceptic Takes Job
She weathered the storm of the 2011 government U-turn on the sale of the Public Forest Estate and formed the Independent Panel on Forestry whose final report was delivered in July (see page 8), but it wasn’t enough. This month Caroline Spelman was ousted as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in […]
Destructive Disease Now Found on Larch in South East England
Destructive Disease Now Found on Larch in South East England The forestry industry was dealt a blow with news that Phytophthora ramorum (P. ramorum) has been found on larch trees in South East England for the first time. P. ramorum has been confirmed in larch trees in two woodlands: one in West Sussex, and the […]