IAgrE Forestry Engineering Group (FEG) Symposium 2019
IIAgrE Forestry Engineering Group (FEG) Symposium 2019 “New developments in timber extraction” 26 September 2019 Newton Rigg, Penrith The Institute of Agriculture Engineers (IAgrE) and […]
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Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in a day
You may have seen it reported that Ethiopia has planted 350 million trees in one day as part of their “green legacy” initiative. You might […]
RFS Conference 2019 – Evolving the forest
“A three-day forum drawing together a wide variety of voices to explore a heritage of woodland and forest and look to their future. In celebration […]
Roots for further growth
“Roots for Further Growth” is a document prepared by the Forest and Timber Technologies Industry Leadership Group (ILG), and sets out a strategy and action […]
Forestry Commission v2019
The Forestry Commission was established as part of the Forestry Act 1919 – and is therefore celebrating its centenary this year. A lot has changed […]
How lovely are thy branches?
The modern timber industry is very dependent on a small number of commercial species, yet according to the GlobalTreeSearch there are more than 60,000 different […]
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. […]
Wood is not what you think it is
This is the transcript of what I said in the initial statements, prior to audience discussion, at the Confor organised seminar “Forestry and The Bioeconomy”, […]
Future forests and the bio-economy
Expert panel and discussion in the Confor Seminar programme at the APF exhibition Confirmed panellists: Adrian Campbell (Change Building), Dan Ridley-Ellis (Napier University), Jez Ralph (Timber Strategies), […]
ICF national conference
The National Conference of the Institute of Chartered Foresters “Behind us we have three industrial revolutions, with legacies of steam, electricity and computing; all ground-breaking […]