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🌿 Webinar Alert: Strengthening the Forest-Health-Nexus 🌿 🗓️8 October 2025 🕘 9:00-10:30 AM CEST Discover how nature-based activities can transform lives - boosting physical health, enhancing well-being, and deepening our connection to the environment. 🔗 www.iufro.org/events/scien... #ForestScience

Tomorrow night I’ll be in #YVR speaking at Woodrise, discussing how #BC leads the world in innovation and design. This year we’re looking at how to build smarter with wood, toward sustainable solutions to housing, and resilient communities. Link: Woodrise2025.com

$15M proposal submitted to advance forest economy in northern New England https://www.europesays.com/2435116/ New forestry technology and the development of wood-based products are the focus of a collaborative proposal by interests…

Very sad news about Christies tree nursery - a well respected 200 year family business 🌳🌲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/adminis...

Join the ASBP on 25 September, for a free webinar on exploring biodiversity in forests and the findings from the IMPACTT project. The session will examine how forestry and construction can better align to support ecosystems while delivering low-carbon materials.

This is a perfect example of using much more timber in our construction processes. We spoke out this on the Countryslide podcast this week. Please see the link in my feed to give it a listen.

⚡️Doctoral Researchers, be quick! 📢10 doctoral researcher positions are open at the University Freiburg for research on FORSCALE "Scaling Effects in the Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change" 🚨Closing: 29 Sept 2025🚨 🔗 www.iufro.org/position-ann... #ForestScience #ForestResearch #ClimateChange

⚡️The Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre is recruiting a PhD Student in climate change adaptation of forest ecosystems. 🕒 4-year full-time PhD position 📅 Application deadline: 8 October 2025 🔗 www.slu.se/en/about-slu... #ForestScience #ForestResearch #AssistedMigration #ClimateChange

Bangor University is Ranked *FIRST IN UK* for Agriculture and Forestry by @thetimes.com 2026 League table of Universities! Feeling proud 🫡 #TimesUniversityLeague @forestryjfr.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social #NorthWales

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... Nick Adams @kilmaha.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of recording the Country Slide podcast this week. Hopefully, it gives people an insight into UK forestry and our work within it. Please give it a listen and share. #positiveforestry 1/2

Glasgow looking rather lovely - On our way to Half Man Half Biscuit at the O2 Academy :)

Imagine you’re the senior manager at @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social responsible for Calton Hill. Money is tight, so you could save some money & cut the grass a bit less. Or ignore the weather, keep cutting and now we have to spend more money to replace the turf. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Timber’s role in tackling climate change explained.

Now that our funding partners have vanished and planting season is any minute we’ve switched gears to enabled direct monthly sponsorship of trees. First milestone is getting to 166 so we can plant a 2,000 tree woodland and pay it off within a year. Help us. shop.protect.earth/products/mon...

TreesCharlotte simple on the ground temperature test shows an 11 F degree temperature difference between open ground space with no tree cover and under trees. Why trees in neighborhoods where people live can have multiple health benefits.

🌲 Join us in Kirkhill, Beauly on [date] for a day exploring Continuous Cover Forestry. Morning at Craggach Woods, afternoon of discussion + ideas. Book here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ccf-in-act...

“In North Wales, where 94% of roads changed from 30mph to 20mph, casualties fell by 46% (Fig. 3).” www.20splenty.org/2nd_annivers...

To build this you need a thriving, productive and sustainable forestry industry. ⬇️ #positiveforestry

Quite a few anti-conifer anti- forestry posts doing the rounds at the minute, happens periodically. This is one of the reasons, among many, why we have conifer plantations and why they're a vital part of decarbonisation ⬇️ #positiveforestry

⚡️Mark your calendars for the 🌱IUFRO International Conference on Reforestation Under Drought 🗓️7-10 July 2026; 📍Independence, OR, USA 📑Abstract submission will be open through 30 November 2025! 🔗 www.westernforestry.org/events/iufro... #ForestScience #ForestResearch #reforestation

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.

Idaho’s 185-Square Pattern Spans 5 Miles While Revealing 200-Year-Old Logging Secret Under Snow https://www.newsbeep.com/us/160894/ IN A NUTSHELL 🌲 The checkerboard pattern in Idaho’s forests is a result of 19th-century forestry practices that…

More than just Mass Timber … it’s “Wood First Design” at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s new headquarters. The design “prioritizes the use of wood wherever possible, incorporating it into structural elements as well as interior and exterior finishes.”

❗Students of tropical forestry: interested in going for an MSc? 🍀You are in luck: there is a fully funded DAAD EPOS #scholarship to study #TropicalForestry at TU Dresden, Germany, during the academic intake 2026-28! Apply by 30 October! tropicalforestry.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/c...

Another example of the potential for "woody" biomass. Bamboo refinery will produce: 49,000 tons of ethanol, 19,000 tons of furfural 11,000 tons of acetic acid 32,000 tons of liquid carbon dioxide. www.etvbharat.com/en/!bharat/p...

Really encouraging to see this investment in UK “national infrastructure” for woodland restoration and future timber production. High quality and dependable quantity of seed, is crucial for tree nurseries & for foresters to do long term planning & investment www.linkedin.com/posts/imam-s...

"The U.S. agricultural workforce fell by 155,000 — about 7 percent — between March and July, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That tracks with Pew Research Center data that shows total immigrant labor fell by 750,000 from January through July."

Science, research and innovation in forestry – your voice matters 📢 Take part in this 10-15 minute survey to help shape the future. It's open to those working across the forestry sector. 🎁 5 chances to win £200 in retail vouchers Take the survey: tinyurl.com/FRPractition...

For insights on #forestry #challenges, #careers and the future of #timberharvesting in the UK, subscribe to Forester Asks Questions on YouTube: youtube.com/@charteredfo...

Game-changer for precision forestry - real-time plant health monitoring Imagine monitoring the inner life of a tree - continuously, in real time, and without harming it. A breakthrough in bioelectronics now makes this possible. #bioeconomy www.linkedin.com/posts/floria...

Nearly home …

So lucky to attend the opening of Treasure History Unearthed exhibition at Liverpool museum with @tessmachling.bsky.social . Not quite back in Wales saw the stunning gold cape from Bryn y Ellyllon (near Yr Wyddgrug/Mold) together with the massive torc from Ysceifiog and the Moel Hebog shield

Well done to @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social for this focus on mental health and understanding pressure in the sector. Please watch the video and please check your tone when speaking with people.

Fingers crossed for a South African rugby double over New Zealand today www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Busy week, so just about got this weeks #positiveforestry posted in time😮‍💨 Is worth it though because this one shows that sometimes forestry doesn't have to be labeled as one thing or the other and neither do the people working in it. And the benefits are sometimes not obvious

....which is what I mean by not labeling people as one thing; yes we mostly plant and maintain trees, but we are also very good at a lot of other tasks. Most people who work in the wood are. Pidgeon holing someone as only able to plant or harvest or whatever else is stupid.

The John Spedan Lewis Emerging Leader Award recognises initiatives that have had a notable positive impact for the UK natural environment. It is named after John Spedan Lewis (1885–1963), founder of the John Lewis Partnership, keen naturalist & Linnean Society Fellow. Nominate by 30 September

Ship’s floor (oak) reused as lintel. Removed during construction work from Cambrian Place Swansea. Dendro dated to spring summer 1778 and sourced from a locally grown Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 tree! #dendrochronology #wales #archaeology

Carbon captured and stored for 600 years

Assembled in 17 days using panelized mass timber, sourced from Ontario. Shaped around the church to create a courtyard at the back. Twenty-five new homes.

Here is Spain’s 10-Point Climate Emergency Plan 1️⃣ Forests: Manage with fire-resilient species & sustainable use. 2️⃣ Water: Boost flood & drought resilience in towns & cities. 3️⃣ Heat: Protect citizens with climate shelters & worker safeguards. 1/4

#EmeraldAshBorer was found in Moscow in about 2010, and Ukraine in 2019 … cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk/2022/02/prep...

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...

. @paulbrannenne.bsky.social and @garethdennis.uk in good company in the @riasbookshop.bsky.social in Edinburgh

Just launched ➡️UKFS for Non-Foresters, a one-hour online course making the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) accessible to professionals beyond forestry. Perfect for farmers, planners, landowners & more. Know someone who’d benefit? Please share! Enrol today: silvestor.org.uk/enrol/index....

@reforestproject.bsky.social is running agroforestry training sessions in a 16th century barn. What a way to connect farming history with producing food today! #AgroforestryShow2025