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The Wales warning hanging over Scottish Forestry 'merger' plan
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (528+ words) THERE has long been the accusation that forestry is undervalued in Scotland. For many, events of this week simply confirmed it. Hidden away in the Scottish Government's new Programme for Government (PfG) was the threat of merging (read also 'abolishing…...
Osprey named Kielder becomes 150th chick to fledge in Northumberland
1+ week, 3+ day ago (404+ words) An osprey named Kielder has become the 150th chick to fledge in Northumberland. The milestone comes 17 years after the rare birds returned to breed in the county for the first time in more than two centuries. In 2009, a single nest produced…...
'Rainforest revival' underway as rare habitat rescued with fresh funding
1+ week, 4+ day ago (371+ words) A rare rainforest revival is underway thanks to fresh funding. Friends of the Lake District has been awarded £14,900 from Westmorland and Furness Council’s Nature Recovery Fund to restore temperate rainforest in the Rusland Valley, a rare habitat found in the…...
How ForestFactory® can guarantee trees for every planting programme
3+ week, 3+ day ago (580+ words) UK forestry can little afford further uncertainty. Recent woodland creation rates have reached only half the government’s annual 30,000-hectare ambition, with the sector facing consistent seedling supply challenges that further constrain woodland creation at a time when it needs to…...
First forestry census in 20 years taking place - how to submit your response
3+ week, 3+ day ago (231+ words) FOREST Research, on behalf of the Forestry Commission, Scottish Forestry, and the Welsh Government, is launching a Forestry Workforce Census. It aims to better understand what the forestry operations workforce in Great Britain looks like today. The Census will capture…...
'It’s unsustainable': the hidden mental health cost of keeping forests working
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1100+ words) The Royal Forestry Society’s Breaking Point survey lays bare the pressures facing forestry’s contractors, machine operators and self‑employed workers keeping the industry moving. From chronic financial insecurity to safety shortcuts and public hostility, it seems clear that without urgent…...
New findings show resistance to pathogen in juniper trees
4+ week, 1+ day ago (641+ words) SOME trees within native British juniper populations carry heritable natural resistance to the invasive tree pathogen Phytophthora austrocedri. That is according to new work from Forest Research, which suggests that juniper populations could have the potential to develop wider resistance…...
Tributes paid to senior forestry figure after his death
4+ week, 2+ day ago (350+ words) TRIBUTES have been paid to a senior forestry figure after his death. Peter Latham OBE, who held key roles with the likes of the Forestry Commission and PEFC, passed away following a short illness. Over his 44-year career, he was…...
Forestry grants, public trust and pay – what’s wrong? Forestry Briefing
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (121+ words) Forestry grants, public trust and pay – what’s wrong? Forestry Journal In the latest episode of Forestry Briefing, John McNee and Jack Haugh explore the growing mental health crisis in British forestry – what’s driving it, who holds responsibility, and what needs…...
Forest near Peebles sold in major investment deal
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (395+ words) A FORESTRY investment firm has expanded its UK portfolio with the purchase of a commercial forest in the Scottish Borders. Blackfinch Group has acquired Harehope East Forest, a 136-hectare (336-acre) site located around five miles north-west of Peebles and 21 miles…...