Really good example of the potential for “NTFP” (non timber forest products) - historically the fluffy seeds from Kapok (Ceiba Pentandra) have been used for a wide range of uses, including life jackets. rnli.org/about-us/our...

The Scottish Forestry Trust is proud to have once again supported the Association of Applied Biologists' Travel Grants for early-career professionals attending the Creating Canopies II Conference. #AABCreatingCanopies web.cvent.com/event/7e93d2...

The Trust's Executive Director, Dr Stuart Glen is attending both days of the conference. Please say hello, especially if you're interested in learning more about the funding we have available for forestry research, education, and training. #AABCreatingCanopies web.cvent.com/event/7e93d2...

Planning to travel outside the UK? ✈️ Don’t risk bringing back restricted animal and plant products, such as pork or seeds, as they could host harmful pathogens. EPIC and @planthealthscot.bsky.social produced an animation showing the risks: youtu.be/92y4gdX5-Ms

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

I am excited to share that I am a Guest Editor for this Special Issue of Forestry @forestryoup.bsky.social for #Silvilaser2025! Be sure to get your submissions in and feel free to DM me if you have any questions. 👋 Please share to let your colleagues know about this great publishing opportunity!

🎪🌳 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.

If you'd like more info about resources, drop me an email at [email protected]

"The Trust’s mission closely aligns with two subjects I am very passionate about: environmental research and teaching/training of the next generation of scientists." In our July #MeetTheTrustees interview, Professor Ioly Kotta-Loizou explains why she became a Trustee of The Scottish Forestry Trust.

Culture shift begins with real-world conversations. In this blog post, Katherine Giles, Evolving Forests' Sustainable Timber Specialist, reflects on The Future Of Timber project funded by The Scottish Forestry Trust. www.scottishforestrytrust.org.uk/news/2025/ju...

We have a new #blog: @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social wrote a blog on the handover of Lady Park Wood (Wales/ England) from George Peterken to a new academic team at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Read it here: bit.ly/4eoChUS #Woodland #LongTermExperiment #LTE 🌎

We are seeking Head of Research! This position offers a unique #opportunity to work within a stimulating #international environment in one of the Institute’s #senior #leadership positions. All details and how to apply: careers.efi.int/o/head-of-re...

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

Fantastic opportunity to join a great team based at our Northern Research Centre near Edinburgh. If GHG fluxes are you thing do take a look...

Professor David Burslem, "The recent Bursary Student Symposium highlighted the Trust’s role in supporting the next generation of forest scientists. The strength of this emerging cohort provides reassurance of the Trust’s reach and significance." www.scottishforestrytrust.org.uk/about-the-tr...

Excited to see our recent paper on ‘Spillovers and legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity’ on the front cover of @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just sharing our flyer for our fantastic event this August…..do come and see us if you can! #visitscotland #stirlingshire #universityofstirling #printmaking #affordableart

Interested in Temperate Rainforests Globally 🌧️🌳- come to this webinar www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/thi...

🌲 #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

Join Forest Research as Head of the Society and Environment Research Group. 📍 Hampshire, Edinburgh or Bristol 🗓️ Apply by 11 June 2025 🔗 Find out more and apply: ow.ly/W9YP50VZXtI #ScienceLeadership #ForestResearch #JobAlert

Heading towards peak Peony!

A range of opportunities across FR available now!

In 2022, Marta, Kristof and I started a tradition, gathering researchers of wooden cultural heritage for a hugely successful conference in Amsterdam, From Forests to Heritage. FF2H continued with a second meeting in Helsinki 2024. now this: From Forest to Heritage 3 will be in Austria 🏺🌳💍

📊 Our latest research updates 10-year-old data on public access to trees and woodlands. Spending time in nature has huge benefits for health & wellbeing - but how accessible are England’s woodlands? Find out more: forestresearch.gov.uk/news/145635-... Funded by Defra. #EnglandsWoodlands

📢Hot off the press! ✨The #IUFRO2024 World Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, was a landmark event that integrated scientific exchange, policy dialogue, and networking, emphasizing sustainability, diversity, inclusion, and equity in forestry. 📖 Final report: ➡️ www.iufro.org/publications...

🚨 We have a range of exciting roles available — from ecology and fieldwork to finance, project management, and internal communications 📅 Deadlines: 18–26 May 2025 📍 Various UK locations 👉 Find out more and apply: forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car... #ForestResearchJobs #JoinOurTeam

🌷Happy National Plant Health Week 🌷 @planthealthscot.bsky.social are part of this national effort to ensure plant health is protected in Scotland planthealthcentre.scot/news/nationa... #PlantHealthWeek #Scotland #PlantHealth #Research @thebotanics.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social

🌟Open call for plant health research 🌟 The Plant Health Centre has £50,000 available for 2 research projects on focused on plant health in Scotland Apply now www.planthealthcentre.scot/call-for-pro... @thebotanics.bsky.social @srucnews.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk

Modelling in partnership with Stirling Uni, Uni of Glasgow & RSPB Science suggests that planting next to existing woodland is likely to be much more effective in boosting woodland bird populations than planting in isolated patches or small clumps. More ➡️ www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/145043-...

🌳 Nature remembers. 🌿 Happy to share our new paper showing that where species live today isn't just about where habitats are - it's also about what happened there before. 🕰️ rdcu.be/eiVZE @watts-km.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk @tfinch.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social

Effect of bark beetle disturbance on fire dynamics in Central Europe 🪲🔥 Beetz et al. found that forest stands with previous bark beetle infestations had larger areas of very high burn severity and more extreme fire intensities than most other fuel types. Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

Congratulations to the Scottish Forestry Trust on their continued support for PhD bursaries- an impressive cohort of current and recent students gave topical and insightful presentations.

Delighted to see this appointment!!

🌳 A new free Trees Outside Woodland (#TOW) map is now available, identifying lone trees, groups of trees, and small woodlands across England. This resource will: ✔️ Enhance monitoring ✔️ Inform planning ✔️ Guide canopy expansion 🔗 Explore the map: ow.ly/iVX850VutTa #TreeMapping #ForestResearch

New research in partnership with @edinburghnapier.bsky.social identifies emerging tree species that could offer promising timber production in future. 🔗 www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/144588-... #ForestResearch #SustainableForestry #TimberInnovation #TreeDiversity #WoodProperties

🌲 Silvicultural Prize 2024 🌲 We are excited to share that the winner of the 2024 Silvicultural Prize is Dr Tzeng Yih Lam from The University of British Columbia (UBC)! Read more about the Silvicultural Prize and Dr Tzeng Yih Lam here 👇 charteredforesters.org/dr-tzeng-yih...

Proud to showcase some @forestresearchuk.bsky.social science to a gathering of chief scientists from across Defra family. Lively discussion of climate change adaptation, species choice, tree health, monitoring, Centre for Forest Protection etc. Thanks to Alice Holt colleagues (and the weather)!

Pollarded Plane trees and real blue sky at end of leg 1 of journey via Defra to Alice Holt @forestresearchuk.bsky.social

EPIC Conference 2025 gathered #scientists, #livestock industry stakeholders, and #policymakers to explore current and future uses of Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) in the livestock industry and other #OneHealth sectors. Access all session recordings in our latest news story ➡️ edin.ac/4lfj7UI

Our Key Principles to ensure plants in Scotland stay healthy across all sectors including #horticulture #naturalenvironment #forestry and #agriculture @planthealthscot.bsky.social

A new study, published in Nature by INRAE and Bordeaux Sciences Agro reveals that conservative tree species actually grow faster in real-world forest conditions than the traditionally faster-growing acquisitive species. Find out more: ow.ly/tVWF50VkBqJ

Pleased to be able to join the celebrations of 100years of conifer conservation at #BedgeburyPinetum on behalf of @forestresearchuk.bsky.social Fabulous collection of rare conifers, an important contribution to ex situ conservation, managed #ForestEngland with support from talented volunteer group

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 📢 We're searching for someone who’s passionate about internal storytelling & employee engagement to produce content for, & maintain, our busy internal channels. 📝 Apply before 23 March: ow.ly/cTBt50Va9la #Jobs | #ScienceJobs

The WrEN project is now on bluesky! We are a collaboration of academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in ecological restoration. You can find out more at: www.wren-project.com. @kirstyjpark.bsky.social @watts-km.bsky.social

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Just announced! The AAB Creating Canopies II Conference - RESILIENCE, ADAPTATION and REGENERATIVE APPROACHES. Abstract submission is OPEN. 10-11 Sept. Live in Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, and online. The leading tree and forest science event in the UK in 2025! More info: www.aab.org.uk/event/creati...

Meteorological spring tomorrow and the garden knows already!

Took a wander up to the monument commemorating the wonderfully named Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce, hereditary keeper of Falkland Palace, 1828, and the laird who first afforested the Lomond Hills. I like the dedication to the #foresters who followed in his footsteps.

✨ Our Chief Scientist, Prof Chris Quine & Dr Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Head of Society & Environment Research Group, will be speaking at the ICF Centenary National Conference in April. Make sure to chat with Chris & Bianca about their work and say hello 👋🏼 or talk to us at our exhibition stand. #ICF100