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The Duke of Cornwall’s Award for Resilient Multi-Purpose Forestry 2025
Congratulations to Gold winner The Perridge Estate and to Silver winner Miserden Estate.
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New RFS video raises awareness of mental health in forestry
Every Interaction Matters: a short animation launched on World Suicide Prevention Day, brought to you by the Royal Forestry Society, working in partnership with Confor, FISA, Forestry Contracting Association, the ICF, and kindly funded by the Forestry Commission.
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Urban tree researcher awarded 2025 Viking Bursary
Aakash Basi is a PhD candidate in Physical Geography. His project titled: "Development of neosoils for ecological remediation of legacy pollutants" will receive £2,000 from the RFS bursary.
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New Gone Foresting Podcast episode for Plant Health Week
Join host Elle McAllister, Jen Turner (RFS Development Manager), and special guest Matt Parratt (Observatree Scientific Coordinator), for a Plant Health Week Special.
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QJF Plant Health Articles: Editors’ Choice
We asked the Editors of the Quarterly Journal of Forestry what articles they wanted to share for this year's Plant Health Week science day. They did not disappoint!
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New analysis shows that tree diversity builds climate resilience and boosts economic return
In the face of mounting threats from climate change, mixed species forests have been called an 'insurance policy' for UK forestry in a new literature review supported by DEFRA and Teagasc.
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The Duke of Cornwall’s Award for Resilient Multi-Purpose Forestry 2024
Congratulations to Gold winner Morton Hall Estate, owned by the late Bill Mason, and to Silver winner Sennowe Forest.
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Forestry for Non-Foresters: Woodland Regeneration
This video has been brought to you by The Royal Forestry Society, Penfolds Forestry, and Cumbria Woodlands. It was funded by the Forestry Commission Forestry Innovation Fund.
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A Geographer’s Career In Forestry: How I Got Here
Director of Isis Forestry Ltd, Graham V Garratt, answers our questions about his career so far and his perspective of forestry as a vocation, not just a job.
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Drought and disease researchers awarded Viking Bursary
This year's Viking Bursary has gone to PhD students, Emily Grace and Andrea Rabbai, who are studying bacterial tree diseases and the impact of drought on mixed forest stands respectively.
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New Measures To Stop Ips Spread
The Forestry Commission is expanding the current eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) demarcated area in England following findings on Norway spruce in East Anglia.
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Ips in East Anglia: Be Vigilant
All woodland owners and managers across the country are being asked to be extra vigilant for signs of Ips typographus. The warning comes after the Forestry Commission confirmed eradication measures are being undertaken for Ips in East Anglia.
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