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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
05 March 2020
Where My Wellies Take Me competition entries have caused quite a splash with the six amazing winners announced today, World Book Day. The response to the competition held by the Royal Forestry Society to help...more
Where My Wellies Take Me competition entries have caused quite a splash with the six amazing winners announced today, World Book Day. The response to the competition held by the Royal Forestry Society to help...more
25 February 2020
RFS Position Statement RFS Chief Executive Simon Lloyd: "Economic and environmental benefits from woodland are not mutually exclusive, they must be addressed in tandem." Recognising woodlands for locally targeted environmental outcomes could help bring many...more
RFS Position Statement RFS Chief Executive Simon Lloyd: "Economic and environmental benefits from woodland are not mutually exclusive, they must be addressed in tandem." Recognising woodlands for locally targeted environmental outcomes could help bring many...more
03 February 2020
Growing not planting trees is the key to unlock climate change benefits climate change, warns the Royal Forestry Society (RFS). The charity fears planting millions of trees risks being a short-term indulgence if we don’t...more
Growing not planting trees is the key to unlock climate change benefits climate change, warns the Royal Forestry Society (RFS). The charity fears planting millions of trees risks being a short-term indulgence if we don’t...more
