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Forestry Training Fund Announced
A new Forestry Training Fund is available now to cover 100% of eligible short, practical forestry courses to build and diversify skills in forestry.
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Book Club: Prof Julian Evans OBE FICFor
Catch up with RFS talking trees from the virtual sofa with this interdisciplinary session about "Gods Trees; Trees, Forests and Wood in the Bible" with Professor Julian Evans OBE FICFor.
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Forest Education Network Provides Part-Funded Training
Thanks to a generous grant from the Forestry Commission, the Forest Education Network for England (FENE) has teamed up with Cambium Sustainable to provide training courses by their Associate Trainers across nine different locations in England.
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Welcome for new GB Plant Biosecurity Strategy
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) supports the new GB Plant Biosecurity Strategy. It sets out a new vision for the next five years.
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Book Club: Tracy Chevalier & Jonathon Drori
Catch up with RFS talking trees from the virtual sofa about bestseller At the Edge of the Orchard and Around the World in 80 Trees.
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Brand New Employers’ Toolkit from the ICF
Developed by the Institute of Chartered Foresters, and based on a previous piece by Lantra Scotland, this publication offers guidance for Forestry apprenticeships, training, and placement support.
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Three Counties Winter Lecture
Hosted by Herefordshire Division and Chairman Nick Smith, David Jam was invited to present his lecture "Deer Management in England; The Forestry Commission's Current & Future Priorities", including Q&A.
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5-year grant partnership to adapt more woodland
A new five-year partnership has been agreed between the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) and the Royal Scottish Forestry Society (RSFC), Trainhugger UK and GreenTheUK. It means £100,000s of new grant money is available to plant and adapt woodland to be resilient of climate change.
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Teaching Trees expands
We have said a very warm welcome to two new members of our Teaching Trees Education Officers Team.
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Proud to be Partners
The Royal Forestry Society is delighted to be project partners in Building the links for Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire.
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Helping Adapt Woods for Climate Change
Through our Grants for Resilient Woodlands, the RFS has approved the planting of 108,000 trees, incorporating 48 species of broadleaves and 16 species of conifers.
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Revisiting Mycorrhizas: Fungi & the Climate
Looking at the relationship between trees, fungi, and climate change, with a throwback to Dr Martin I. Bidartondo's fascinating blog from 2018.
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