Conferences and Seminars

The Importance of Carbon in a Climate Emergency

Various presenters on behalf of Forestry and Climate Change Working Group

Free online workshop - Tuesday 20^th April at 11.00am

To book your free place click HERE

The Forestry Climate Change Working Group is delighted to announce the launch of a free online workshop for forestry practitioners and will explore the importance of carbon in a climate emergency.

As a result of the UK’s commitment to becoming a Net Zero economy by 2050, carbon sequestration is likely to become a significant additional source of income for landowners looking to enhance their property with woodland creation and can underpin the financial viability of a project. Join FCCWG to find out how you could join the journey to Net Zero and play a part in supporting the drive for woodland creation across the UK:

Join the workshop and find out:

How the Woodland Carbon market works in the UK
What you need to do to join
How to access different parts of the market and find out first-hand from advocates just how attractive it really is
Experienced professionals in forest carbon will explain how carbon markets work, how they can get started, and answer questions and concerns from attendees
The benefits of conservation and nature as a solution to climate change

Chair - David Edwards, Tilhill, Regional Manager for Wales and soon to be Forestry Director

Andy Baker, Woodland Carbon Code: Woodland Carbon Code Explained

Chris Waterfield, Carbon & Water Advisor, Forestry Commission: Carbon Auctions

David McCulloch, Head of CarbonStore: Carbon Investments

Ilona Coulson-Ashworth, Carbon Projects Manager, Woodland Trust: Nature Based Solutions

To book your free place click HERE

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RFS AGM and talk on grey squirrel fertility control

Monday 10 May 2021 at 1.00pm by Zoom webinar

This year we are delighted to offer RFS members the opportunity to participate in the AGM by Zoom

webinar. In addition, after the meeting we will be welcoming Dr Giovanna Massei who will talk about the progress of the grey squirrel fertility control research backed by the UK Squirrel Accord and supported so generously by RFS members following our appeal in 2018.

Giovanna Massei is the leader of the Wildlife Research and Control Team at the National Wildlife Management Centre, part of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in York, with broad research interests in methods to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts. Her main research areas are fertility control for wildlife and feral livestock and wild boar ecology and management.

To book your free place click HERE

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RFS Conference - Treescapes 2021

Birmingham University

www.birmingham.ac.uk/treescapes2021

Tuesday 06, Wednesday 07 and Thursday 08 July

ONLINE

Previous RFS Conferences & Seminars

Soils cultivation on afforestation sites

Dr Jens Haufe, Forest Research, on behalf of Forestry and Climate Change Working Group

Foresters know there is a desperate need for a huge increase in afforestation to combat climate change through carbon sequestration. This webinar is aimed at bolstering the forest industry's technical expertise in one of the most important first steps to achieving this – management of soils.

This excellent talk was hosted by the RFS on behalf of the FCCWG on 20 January 2021 and repeated due to high demand on 03 February. You can watch a recording of one of the sessions on the RFS YouTube channel by clicking HERE