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25 March 2019
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is once again able to offer four unique opportunities under our Forestry Roots scheme to launch young foresters in their careers in 2019 – thanks to the continuing support of...more
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is once again able to offer four unique opportunities under our Forestry Roots scheme to launch young foresters in their careers in 2019 – thanks to the continuing support of...more
11 March 2019
The RFS Teaching Trees team is gearing up to make Outdoor Classroom Day 2019 a truly memorable event for primary schools across the country. Contact your nearest RFS Teaching Trees Officer for details about Outdoor...more
The RFS Teaching Trees team is gearing up to make Outdoor Classroom Day 2019 a truly memorable event for primary schools across the country. Contact your nearest RFS Teaching Trees Officer for details about Outdoor...more
04 March 2019
Up to 300 forestry and arboriculture students, apprentices and ‘new starters’ are expected to come together in October for a unique Future Foresters Skills Day which will introduce them to some of the most advanced...more
Up to 300 forestry and arboriculture students, apprentices and ‘new starters’ are expected to come together in October for a unique Future Foresters Skills Day which will introduce them to some of the most advanced...more
18 February 2019
A midsummer three-day symposium, Evolving the Forest, is all set to mark 100 years of modern forestry in the UK and look forward to the next hundred. It will do so through the voices of...more
A midsummer three-day symposium, Evolving the Forest, is all set to mark 100 years of modern forestry in the UK and look forward to the next hundred. It will do so through the voices of...more
06 February 2019
Nearly thirty forestry employers, associations and educational providers, including the RFS, have pledged to work together to attract the very best of young and new talent into the sector. The five-year Forestry Skills Plan aims...more
Nearly thirty forestry employers, associations and educational providers, including the RFS, have pledged to work together to attract the very best of young and new talent into the sector. The five-year Forestry Skills Plan aims...more
17 January 2019
Many tens of millions of pounds in timber, fuel, amenity value and ‘public goods’ could currently be locked up in the UK’s unmanaged woods and forests, suggests a new report from the Royal Forestry Society...more
Many tens of millions of pounds in timber, fuel, amenity value and ‘public goods’ could currently be locked up in the UK’s unmanaged woods and forests, suggests a new report from the Royal Forestry Society...more
09 January 2019
The Royal Forestry Society’s Teaching Trees programme, which brings primary schools together with local woods and woodland owners, has received the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s LOtC Quality Badge mark. The Quality Badge recognises...more
The Royal Forestry Society’s Teaching Trees programme, which brings primary schools together with local woods and woodland owners, has received the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s LOtC Quality Badge mark. The Quality Badge recognises...more
02 January 2019
A unique online archive charting the concerns of foresters in the UK throughout the First World War, leading to the creation of the Forestry Commission 100 years ago, has gone live here. Images:credit RFS This...more
A unique online archive charting the concerns of foresters in the UK throughout the First World War, leading to the creation of the Forestry Commission 100 years ago, has gone live here. Images:credit RFS This...more
12 December 2018
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has donated more than £40,000 towards a £1.1m five-year project researching grey squirrel control – and now it has called for others in the countryside sector to do the same!...more
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has donated more than £40,000 towards a £1.1m five-year project researching grey squirrel control – and now it has called for others in the countryside sector to do the same!...more
19 November 2018
Expectations are running high as the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) brings the Excellence in Forestry (EIF) Awards to the most densely populated region of England in 2019, London and the South East. "We urge...more
Expectations are running high as the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) brings the Excellence in Forestry (EIF) Awards to the most densely populated region of England in 2019, London and the South East. "We urge...more
