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
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 […]
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 […]
Citius, Rigidius, Fortius
Today, 20th July, is Gregor Mendel‘s birthday*. And we are excited to see the new research developments in tree breeding and genomics – and the […]
Job – Wood Props for Ireland project
NUIG 086-17 Postdoctoral Researcher 1 (WoodProps Project) College of Engineering & Informatics, National University of Ireland Galway. Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for […]
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 […]
Event: alternative species in the forests of Atlantic Europe
Forest Research is organising the annual meeting of the Joint EFI ATLANTIC & IEFC “The Role of Alternative Tree Species in the Forests of Atlantic […]