Amanda Bryan MICFor visits Ukraine
Professional Member Amanda Bryan MICFor visited Ukraine at the end of January 2017. As Programme Leader for the new Honours Degree in Forest Management at the Scottish School of Forestry (SSF), Inverness College UHI, I was invited by Dr Dan Ridley-Ellis from Napier University to join the fact finding British Council funded visit to Ukraine […]
Riccardo Arnone, shares his experience of presenting at the National Tree Officers Conference in 2016
Riccardo Arnone, Arboricultural Officer at London Borough of Camden, tells us about his experience of presenting at the inaugural National Tree Officers Conference in 2016. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT? I was working with my colleague on a study of species diversity in Camden’s annual tree planting programme when the call for […]
Kelly Suvari, shares her experience of presenting at the National Tree Officers Conference in 2016
Kelly Suvari, Arboricultural Officer at London Borough of Camden, tells us about her experience of presenting at the National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC) in 2016. Why did you decide to submit an abstract? When I first heard about the National Tree Officers Conference, I was interested to attend but I never thought I would end […]
Andy Tipping MICFor tells us about his experience of presenting at the inaugural National Tree Officers Conference
The Institute of Chartered Foresters Professional Member Andy Tipping MICFor, Trees & Woodlands Manager at London Borough of Barnet, tells us about his experience of presenting at the inaugural National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC) in 2016. Why did you decide to submit an abstract? We had recently let new tree contracts and challenged the usual […]
Chatham House biomass report: dancing on a pinhead!
Why is one of the oldest uses of wood quite so controversial? How is it that European regulators regard using woody biomass for industrial-scale heat and power generation as ‘carbon neutral’ for purposes of carbon accounting but that some NGOs claim it is ‘dirtier than coal’ or poses an existential threat to the World’s forests? […]
Phil Simpkin MICFor tells us about his experience of presenting at the first National Tree Officers Conference
The Institute of Chartered Foresters Professional Member Phil Simpkin MICFor, Natural Environment Officer at Wycombe District Council, tells us about his experience of presenting at the inaugural National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC) last year. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT? I had never spoken at a conference when I saw the call for […]
Are all urban forests equally beneficial?
What is an ‘urban forest’? ‘Urban forest’ is a term that is being increasingly used by those engaged in thinking about (and even delivering) resilient cities. But what does it actually mean? There are various published definitions but for our purposes here we adopt a definition that we and our colleagues proposed last year: ‘The […]
Interview with Sam Bristow, Tilhill Forestry
The Institute asked Associate member Sam Bristow, Assistant Forest Manager with Tilhill Forestry and one of the hosts for his views on the up and coming Young Professionals Study Tour. WHAT DID YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT THE LAST YOUNG PROFESSIONALS STUDY TOUR? The YPST in 2016 gave me a great opportunity to meet and talk […]
Andrew Heald MICFor visits Ukraine to learn more about the Hardwood Forests of Eastern Europe
Andrew Heald MICFor visited Ukraine at the end of January 2017. For several years, I have been working for WWF (World Wildlife Fund) on their New Generation Plantation Project, focussing on the better management of plantations, particularly in South America and South East Asia. Following on from this international experience, I was offered a chance […]
The Urban Forest – In the Cloud
Manage the urban forest, online, on any device, in real-time. Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) analysis and tree inventories are, respectively, top-down and bottom-up assessments. Cities use inventories to improve management and maintenance, and they analyse UTC to develop a benchmark, inform master plans, prioritise, and monitor change. As a natural progression with innovations in mobile […]