Quicker approvals, increased need for professionalism?
Quicker approvals, increased need for professionalism? Ahead of the November workshop series Better Management Plans, Faster Approvals, Neville Elstone MICFor, Director at Cumbria Woodlands, discusses how quicker grant approvals require better professionalism and responsibility on the part of the English private sector. Our current approach to regulation and land management payments for forests and […]
Recognising Forestry in England’s Open Environment Plan
Recognising Forestry in England’s Open Environment Plan On 15 October ICF Policy and Development Officer Alex McAuley attended the National Forestry Forum at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, where the Government outlined plans for a 25 year Open Environment Plan. Alex discusses what this means for UK Forestry. The National Forum […]
Using Green Infrastructure to Manage Urban Flooding and Stormwater Run-off
Using Green Infrastructure to Manage Urban Flooding and Stormwater Run-off With both urban populations and instances of flooding and stormwater on the rise, urban greening presents a viable alternative to engineered drainage systems, with numerous other benefits. Steve Chatwin-Grindey, General Manager at DeepRoot Urban Solutions Ltd, looks at the challenges and potential solutions for employing […]
A Year in Forestry: 2015 Analysis
A Year in Forestry: 2015 Analysis Shireen Chambers FICFor, Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, examines the developments and challenges for the UK forestry sector in 2015, a year that has seen a changing political landscape matched with an increased demand for both forest properties and personnel. The Political Landscape 2015 may […]
Wood-based Bio-refineries
Wood-based Biorefineries The forthcoming ICF National Conference 2016 will look at the entire timber supply chain, including future markets for the booming UK timber industry. Providing an introduction to his presentation, conference speaker Roger Kilburn, CEO of the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Glasgow, focuses on the potential market for biorefinery products, making a compelling argument for […]
Environmental Change Preparedness
Environmental Change Preparedness prɪˈpɛːrɪdnəs/ a state of readiness, especially for war The COP21 talks at Paris are behind us, and now the ambitious targets must be implemented. Meanwhile, we are living with the ‘future climate’ (average global temperatures have risen by 1°C), pest and pathogen immigration increasingly threatens, and winter storms impact with […]
In The Beginning, There Was Wood…
Why the 21st Century will be the ‘Wood-Age’Part 1: In The Beginning, There Was Wood… In an eight-part series leading up to the 2016 ICF National Conference, Tilhill Forestry’s Investment and Property Director Jason Sinden MICFor looks at developments in the timber supply chain that have created a new ‘Wood-Age’. In part one, he takes […]
How Forests and Trees Civilised Us
Why the 21st Century will be the ‘Wood-Age’ Part 2: How Forests and Timber Civilised Us This is Part 2 of guest series of blogs leading up to the 2016 ICF National Conference in which Tilhill Forestry’s Investment and Property Director Jason Sinden MICFor looks at developments in the timber supply chain that have created a new ‘Wood-Age’. […]
Building Our Future Out of Wood
Why the 21st Century will be the ‘Wood-Age’ Part 3: Building Our Future Out of Wood Shelter is one of mankind’s most fundamental needs. In Part 1 of this blog series, we learned that construction of wooden shelters was one of the key technologies that allowed mankind to colonise the world. In Part 2, we heard […]
The Sexiest Material in the World
Why the 21st Century will be the ‘Wood-Age’ Part 4: The Sexiest Material in the World In Part 3, we looked at how wood can be used to provide our fundamental need for shelter. In this article, Jason Sinden MICFor looks at how, in the 21st Century, wood and trees can meet our fundamental needs […]