Forestry, wood processing & “green Brexit”
Confor has launched a writing competition designed to stimulate debate on the potential for forestry and wood processing to deliver the a more sustainable society. […]
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No deal Brexit & timber
This post is just to highlight some key areas of the Brexit preparedness notices issued by the UK Government and the European Commission (EC). You […]
Structural timber awards 2018
The Structural Timber Awards is a great showcase for innovation in building with wood – both in architectural design and engineering excellence. For that reason […]
Free seminar / research update
Fri, November 17, 2017 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM General audience 1:30 PM – 16:00 PM SIRT sponsors only Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) 3 […]
CALEDON game
You may have seen the article by Max Coleman in Scottish Forestry about CALEDON – a computer game about tree health – and seen that […]
The future of forestry in Scotland?
The Scottish government has launched a consultation seeking views on the devolution of forestry (making management of forestry directly accountable to Scottish Ministers). There are proposed new […]
Tree of the year nominations
The shortlists are up for tree of the year for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. You can vote on the Woodland Trust website until […]
Tree health – PhD funding
The Scottish Forestry Trust, in partnership with Forestry Commission Scotland, have established a scheme for part funding PhD research in the area of tree health (relevant […]
Award winning home work
Congratulations are due to our colleague Robert Hairstans, who heads up the Centre for Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures. His family home has scooped him […]
Wood Technology Society – 60th birthday
The Wood Technology Society is the continuation of the Institute for Wood Science – and it reached 60 years old this year. The Society is […]