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18 August 2020
The Royal Forestry Society 2020 Viking Bursary has been awarded to Katy Faulkner to support her PhD on the impacts of elevated CO2 and high rainfall on soil microbial community structure and function in...more
The Royal Forestry Society 2020 Viking Bursary has been awarded to Katy Faulkner to support her PhD on the impacts of elevated CO2 and high rainfall on soil microbial community structure and function in...more

31 July 2020
Following extensive consultation with forestry organsations, foresters and stakeholders, a joint response from the Institute of Chartered Foresters, Confor, the Royal Forestry Society and the Woodland Trust has been submitted in response to Environmental Land Management...more
Following extensive consultation with forestry organsations, foresters and stakeholders, a joint response from the Institute of Chartered Foresters, Confor, the Royal Forestry Society and the Woodland Trust has been submitted in response to Environmental Land Management...more

06 July 2020
Finland, Ecuador, Indonesia and New Zealand – all destinations this year’s successful Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Randle Travel Bursary recipients are hoping to visit to enhance their forestry knowledge. Due...more
Finland, Ecuador, Indonesia and New Zealand – all destinations this year’s successful Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Randle Travel Bursary recipients are hoping to visit to enhance their forestry knowledge. Due...more

22 June 2020
Tree Strategy in England offers a unique opportunity to shape policies. Picture Credit: Forestry Commission The Tree Strategy consultation in England is a unique opportunity to shape policies which bring more woods into management, accelerate...more
Tree Strategy in England offers a unique opportunity to shape policies. Picture Credit: Forestry Commission The Tree Strategy consultation in England is a unique opportunity to shape policies which bring more woods into management, accelerate...more

16 June 2020
Research has begun this summer to throw new light into a little understood condition in older oak trees – heart-rot. Richard Wright: "To be involved in this sort of pioneering fungal ecology is an aspect...more
Research has begun this summer to throw new light into a little understood condition in older oak trees – heart-rot. Richard Wright: "To be involved in this sort of pioneering fungal ecology is an aspect...more

11 June 2020
New woodland creation is continuing to fall woefully short of government targets across the UK and a seismic shift will be required if government targets of 30,000 ha per year are to be met, says...more
New woodland creation is continuing to fall woefully short of government targets across the UK and a seismic shift will be required if government targets of 30,000 ha per year are to be met, says...more

03 June 2020
“There is widespread interest in woodland creation among land managers, but a prerequisite for most is a financial case that recognises the risk and uncertainty in taking an irreversible decision, the reduction in the...more
“There is widespread interest in woodland creation among land managers, but a prerequisite for most is a financial case that recognises the risk and uncertainty in taking an irreversible decision, the reduction in the...more

28 May 2020
As a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and current Public Health advice, we have had to cancel the vast majority of our events programme in 2020. A few events are now able to go...more
As a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and current Public Health advice, we have had to cancel the vast majority of our events programme in 2020. A few events are now able to go...more

24 April 2020
The British Woodlands Survey 2020 (BWS2020), which is supported by the Royal Forestry Society, has been launched and remains open until end June. In this new survey, researchers want to understand awareness, action and aspiration...more
The British Woodlands Survey 2020 (BWS2020), which is supported by the Royal Forestry Society, has been launched and remains open until end June. In this new survey, researchers want to understand awareness, action and aspiration...more

25 March 2020
A series on Forest Resilience in British Forests, Woods & Plantations in the Quarterly Journal of Forestry should be “compulsory reading for anyone involved in deciding or advising on managing and creating forests for the...more
A series on Forest Resilience in British Forests, Woods & Plantations in the Quarterly Journal of Forestry should be “compulsory reading for anyone involved in deciding or advising on managing and creating forests for the...more