We’re working with Defra, @forest-protection.bsky.social, Kew Gardens, @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social, @inrae-hdf.bsky.social & @sylva.org.uk on #ClimateChange & woodland resilience projects. ⬇

👍 A great day at the Creating Canopies II: Resilience, Adaptation & Regenerative Approaches conference last week. 🌟 The event opened with a keynote from @chrisquine.bsky.social on “Perils, pests & protection”, setting the stage for two days of talks, poster sessions & a visit to Coombs Wood Forest.

🪲Last week, Forest Research entomologists presented at the @royentsoc.bsky.social's #Ento25 conference. Topics covered included: 🐛 Oak processionary moth population genetics 🔎 GB-wide monitoring for invasive forest insects 🪳 Using arthropods as indicators for the restoration of peatland

🌳 Cities are setting targets for urban tree cover, but how effective are they? A new study finds targets range from 4% to 50%, with timelines from 3 to 51 years. Researchers recommend using the SMART framework to make these goals realistic and impactful. www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/thinkin...

As our understanding of climate change continues to evolve, keeping abreast of the latest research is key. 🔎 Tailor your learning with resources in the Climate Change Hub: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/climate-chan... #Forestry #ClimateChange

🌳 We need your help in reporting oak shake. 👉 Take part: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/report-... This project is a Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation funded Centre for Forest Protection project, led by Forest Research and @rbgkew.bsky.social

🗣️ Have your say by 30 September. We’re running a survey open to anyone working in forestry or using wood products, from furniture to paper. We want to know: What motivates you to make sustainable choices? 🌱 Take part here: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/nudge-t... #WoodProducts #ForestrySurvey

Climate projections can help land managers anticipate both challenges & opportunities with changing weather patterns, from drought & flooding risks to extended growing seasons. Discover how climate projections up to 2080 inform risk and adaptation guidance: ow.ly/7xSr50WR6E2 👀📹➡️ ow.ly/yBys50WR6CZ

🌳 Forest Research, Forestry England and Forestry and Land Scotland have developed the Forest Biodiversity Index (FOBI), a transparent and repeatable way to assess the biodiversity potential of Britain’s state-owned forests using existing data. 🔎 Learn more: ow.ly/paqX50WPAAs

🗣️ Calling all woodland owners and managers – we need your help to expand a GB-wide network of pheromone traps to help protect Britain’s spruce woodlands from Ips typographus (spruce bark beetle). 🔗 Find out more: ow.ly/rsiF50WOXb2

Forest Research has created an interactive guide to help policymakers and practitioners understand the unique social and cultural values of trees outside of woodlands in peri-urban and rural settings. ow.ly/KsYW50WMVBZ Funded by the UK Government through Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund programme.

Urban forests play a vital role in helping reduce the impacts of extreme weather, from cooling to flood mitigation. But urban forests require climate-conscious planning & management to ensure they continue to deliver multiple benefits for generations to come. 🔎 Explore guidance: ow.ly/yjqP50WMENv

Last week we teamed up with The Royal Scottish Forestry Society for an event at our Northern Research Station, focusing on protecting Scotland’s trees. Events like this help strengthen knowledge and skills to safeguard the health of our forests. #ForestHealth #TreeAlert #ForestResearch

How can subtle ‘green nudges’ guide us towards more sustainable choices in forestry? 💚 📝 We want everyone to take part in this survey, including foresters, forestry advisers and consumers of any forestry products. Survey open until 30 Sept: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/nudge-t...

🎪🌳 Join us on Wed 27 Aug at 7pm #EastgateTheatre in Peebles for a screening of #AshRise + Q&A with Dr Helen McKay, FR Fellow & Chief Forester for Scotland. 🎫 ow.ly/2SL750WHqXn ✨ #ScottishFurnitureMakersAssociation in partnership with #scottishforestry & #AssociationOfScottishHardwoodSawmillers.

🚀 We’re hiring! Join the team at Forest Research and help shape the future of science and the environment 🌿 We’re looking for: 🔍 Mammal Ecologist 🛸 UAV (Drone) Pilot 🔧 Facilities Engineer ⚖️ Finance Administrator – Purchase Ledger and Expenses Apply online: forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...

FR Chief Scientist, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor by Bangor University. “I’m delighted and immensely proud to be appointed Honorary Professor in Bangor University," said Bianca. Read more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/forest-...

🌍🌳 📖 Our latest factsheet explores how a changing climate is influencing bark-boring insects and what it could mean for UK woodlands. 🔗 cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk/2025/06/25_0... #ClimateChange #TreeHealth #BarkBeetle

🌳 Do you own or manage oak trees? Join the #ForestLab Oak Health project and work with researchers from Forest Research, Sylva Foundation and @aberuni.bsky.social 📷 Spend 30 minutes recording oak health on your land. Sign up today: ow.ly/Gxus50Wy0kB More info: ow.ly/k8XU50Wy0kC

Unique #juniper forest at Dundreggan given special European status in UK first 🔗 Read the full story 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/unique-highl... This designation was made possible in collaboration with @forestresearchuk.bsky.social🌲

🌳 💹 After 17 growing seasons, the results of a trial in north-east Scotland, found that alder provided the greatest benefit compared to the other conifer species tested. Read the article: ow.ly/OcxP50WwwZ3 #TreeGrowth #ScotlandForestry #ForestResearch

Explore our current career opportunities at Forest Research ⬇️ 🐛Research Assistant – Entomology Closing Date: 29th July 2025 💰Finance Administrator – Accounts Receivable Closing Date: 10th August 2025 www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car... #Sciencejobs #ForestResearch

🌳🌲If you have experience in growing mixed-species stands, please complete our survey to inform new mixed-species trials and improve our understanding of drought resilience. Survey link: ow.ly/LpP350WtPMk Project info: ow.ly/1Yth50WtPMn @edinburghuni.bsky.social @forest-protection.bsky.social

🌲 We’re at the Royal Welsh Show. Whether you're curious about climate resilience, forest data, or woodland management, we’re ready to chat. 👋 #RWS #ForestResearch #ForestryEvents @forestrycommission.bsky.social

📢 FINAL CALL📢 🌳 Applications for our #treehealth and #forestprotection internships close this week! Have you applied yet? ⏰ @rbgkew.bsky.social close: Tue 22 July (tomorrow!) ⏰ @forestresearchuk.bsky.social close: Thu 24 July For more information, please visit: lnkd.in/eh6GgQh9 #Internships

🌳 Want to help protect the UK’s trees? Six paid internships in #forestprotection + #treehealth now open via Kew & Forest Research. Undergrad or postgrad? Based in London or Scotland? This could be for you! 🧪 Apply by 22 July (Kew) / 24 July (Forest Research) www.forestprotection.uk/vacancies-cf...

This week, Dr Gail Atkinson, Head of Climate Science spoke to the BBC’s Justin Rowlatt, about how our trees, woodlands and forests are being impacted by climate change Find out more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/head-of... #ClimateChange #ForestResearch @forestrycommission.bsky.social

📽️ Two farmers, from Lincolnshire and Cornwall, talked to us about their values and how they influence their decisions about trees. 🔗 Read some of the case studies 'Further paths to embracing trees on farms': www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications... Supported by Defra.

📣 In partnership with @sylva.org.uk, we’ve launched the British Woodlands Survey 2025, focused on resilience. If you own, manage, or work with woodlands, we need your insights to help shape future policy and practice. 🔗 www.sylva.org.uk/bws2025 ⏰ 30 minutes to complete 📅 Closes on 31 August

📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢 Join @forestresearchuk.bsky.social @edinburghnapier.bsky.social to help detect internal defects in oak trees using cutting-edge tech 🌳🧪 📍 Midlothian, Scotland 🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026 Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgpCaX #Internship #PlantScience #TreeHealth

Successful biodiversity protection and actions require more inclusive practices that engage a diverse range of stakeholders, including local communities, according to recent research published in People and Nature: ow.ly/xJlc50WifC4 Find out more: ow.ly/R7kq50WifC2

🌿 We’re hiring! Join Forest Research as Head of the Society and Environment Research Group – a senior leadership role combining strategic vision with applied research. 📍 Various locations 🗓️ Apply by 6 July 2025 🔗 Find out more and apply: ow.ly/iRoT50Wjxll

In collaboration with @forestresearchuk.bsky.social we have developed an easy-to-follow protocol for improved sampling of Sooty Bark Disease (Cryptostroma corticale)🔬🌳 Designed to enhance early detection and monitoring of this fungus 📄Protocol available: www.bgci.org/wp/wp-conten...

✨📰 New research has been published which explores how to enable & encourage access to woodlands for members of the public from five different minority groups. Find out more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/underst...

🤝 We are one of 34 organisations taking part in the LUNZ Hub – an innovative research initiative, led by ‪@hutton.ac.uk‬ and the University of Leicester, that will help drive the transformation of UK land use needed to achieve net zero by 2050. 📧 Read the latest #LUNZHub newsletter: bit.ly/3QJTmOf

🌳We have released the latest official provisional statistics on: 🔸UK woodland area 🔸Certified woodland area 🔸Areas of new planting and publicly funded restocking 🔸Projects registered under the Woodland Carbon Code Read more: ow.ly/a77q50WgznG

We had a great day at Chesterblade Hills for the #EcologyDay meet-up last week. FR is studying natural colonisation through 56 10m² plots as part of a 30-year project to inform policy & practice on woodland creation using natural processes. 🔗 ow.ly/nMBt50WaGX9 @forestrycommission.bsky.social

🌳🌳Tree planting, natural colonisation, hybrid approaches: Land manager decisions explored @forestresearchuk.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Great to see research briefing from our @uktreescapes.bsky.social TreEPlaNat project on using natural processes for woodland creation published by @forestresearchuk.bsky.social Research briefing: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications... News: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/new-res...

🎪 Forest Research will be at the Royal Welsh Show on the Forestry Commission stand from 21 - 24 July - come and see us. 📍 Royal Welsh Showground | Tickets available online: ow.ly/AGYc50Wa5AW #RoyalWelshShow #TreeHealth

📢 The Net Positive Centre website is live! 🌍Focused on advancing climate-health research & real-world solutions — from urban design to food systems.Funded by @UKRI_News led by a partnership @exeter.ac.uk @ukhsa.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @forestresearchuk.bsky.social netpositivecentre.com

🌱 Why do some land managers choose natural processes for tree expansion—and others don’t? This work aims to inform policy and practice when looking at natural processes as a method for woodland creation. 🌳 🔗 Find out more: ow.ly/bpPX50Wa00v

🌳 In the latest issue of the Royal Forestry Society's Quarterly Journal of Forestry, Dr Andrew Leslie, Head of Silviculture and Wood Properties, talks about the benefits of broadleaf mixed species stands and tools to establish your own. Read the article: rfs.org.uk/wp-content/u...

New resource to help local authorities measure the social and cultural value of trees - @forestresearchuk.bsky.social‬ Understanding how people and communities value their relationship with trees is an important consideration when developing a local authority TAWS c-js.co.uk/3ZPlm7W

💥 Grow your career and make a difference to our forests. Explore our exciting opportunities. 📅 Deadlines 15 June - 6 July 📍 Various UK locations 👉 Find out more and apply now: ow.ly/gbnq50W8SBM #ForestResearchJobs #JoinOurTeam

🤝 Forests cover over four billion hectares globally - 227 million in Europe alone. To protect their vital ecosystem services and climate role, researchers argue it’s time for a new, coordinated approach. 🔗 Read more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/145888-...

🤗🌳 We had a fantastic day at Sheffield Park Gardens in Sussex last week, welcoming #Observatree volunteers for a packed schedule of learning. ✌️ Huge thanks to everyone who joined us. @WoodlandTrust @nationaltrust.org.uk #Biosecurity #TreeAlert

New paper out with PhD @naturefromsam.bsky.social and the @wrenproject.bsky.social 🌳🚜🪲team @forestresearchuk.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A new module designed to help local authorities (and others) understand how people connect with trees that they value in their communities to help inform decision-making has been released. 🌲💬 🔗 treecouncil.org.uk/science-and-... #CommunityEngagement #Wellbeing #GreenSpaces

🌲 #PhD opportunity with Forest Research and @HeriotWattUni to study the role of woodland restoration in landslide hazard reduction. ⏰ Apply by 20 June 📅 Starts in September 2025 🏔️ Research location: Rest and be thankful pass 🔗 Read more and apply: ow.ly/Il3n50W3YHl