RFS - Esmond Harris Award

This award is named after Esmond Harris MBE, a well known and highly respected forester. 

He is a recipient of the RFS Gold Medal in 2000 in recognition of his lifelong work championing education in forestry circles. A published author, Esmond is a retired director of the Royal Forestry Society.

The Award is presented by the South West Division for the best forestry related dissertation in the Exeter University Geography department. Exeter University is in the top 100 Universities in the world.

 2020

Eve Woodall

"An investigation into the appropriateness of British restoration of conifer plantations with amenity broadleaf woodland from a carbon perspective."

2019

Elinor MacDonald

"Comparison of Broadleaf and Conifer Carbon Stocks in an English Woodland".

2018

Jennifer Withers

"The impact of of slope aspect on carbon accumulation in an ancient woodland".

2017

Fiona Gage 

“Carbon Stocks and

Woodland Structure of Holyford Wood”.