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Maps showing Canada’s forested ecosystems over time with historic disturbances (1917 to 2021, top map) and 2022 land cover map (bottom map). Figure from Hermosilla et al. 2022.
Tree dynamics at regional scales 🛰️🌲
Hermosilla et al. assess tree area trends over a 39-year period by combining satellite data and historical disturbance records in Canadian forests.
Read more about their mapping approach 👇
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Professional Forester of the Year 2026 shortlist announced!
👏 Tom Coates MICFor – James Jones & Sons
👏 Catherine Nuttgens MICFor – Nuttgens Urban Forestry
👏 Charles Robinson FICFor – Robinson Forestry
The winner will be announced at the Confor Dinner & Awards on 11 March 2025.
How can we design forests that thrive in an uncertain future?
Join Resilient Silviculture for the Future — a 6-part webinar series launching this March, exploring adaptive forest management, resilience & innovation.
🎓 Student tickets available
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A diagram showing the four cutting attachments assessed in the study: (a) wire head, (b) 2-tooth blade, (c) 3-tooth blade, (d) 24-tooth blade. Photo credit Naskrent et al. 2020.
How do different brush cutting attachments influence work efficiency 🧰, environment pollution 🌍 and human health 🩺?
Naskrent et al. assessed which cutting attachments used to manage young forests had the most favourable economic, environmental and health outcomes.
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The four main steps involved in the convolutional neural network (CNN) structure for the training of the whorl and sawlog detectors. Steps: backbone, neck, head and detection.
Training a branching detector 🔎
Pehkonen et al. use deep learning to detect branch whorls to assess wood quality of standing timber.
Read here 👇
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The four main steps involved in the convolutional neural network (CNN) structure for the training of the whorl and sawlog detectors. Steps: backbone, neck, head and detection.
Training a branching detector 🔎
Pehkonen et al. use deep learning to detect branch whorls to assess wood quality of standing timber.
Read here 👇
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Get involved in shaping the Institute’s future 🌳
As we enters our second century, now is the time to stand for Council. Build skills, raise your profile & make a real impact.
👉 Apply by 6 March
🗳️7 seats available for Chartered & Technical members
🔗 charteredforesters.org/stand-for-ic...
Two figures showing the mean values for fine root biomass (FRB) for P. sylvestris (figure a, left hand side) and F. sylvatica (figure b, right handside). Standard errors are shown. Results correspond to the samples collected beside a pine in a pine area (PP), a pine in a mixed area (PM), and a beech in a mixed area (BM).
Fine root responses to changes in nutrient availability in a mixed forest 🌳🌲
Yeste et al. share the results of their 4-year nutrient availability experiment on fine root dynamics of Scots pine and European beech.
Read more here 👇
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Two figures showing the mean values for fine root biomass (FRB) for P. sylvestris (figure a, left hand side) and F. sylvatica (figure b, right handside). Standard errors are shown. Results correspond to the samples collected beside a pine in a pine area (PP), a pine in a mixed area (PM), and a beech in a mixed area (BM).
Fine root responses to changes in nutrient availability in a mixed forest 🌳🌲
Yeste et al. share the results of their 4-year nutrient availability experiment on fine root dynamics of Scots pine and European beech.
Read more here 👇
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🌟 Editor's choice article:
What makes a forest growth model climate-sensitive?
Gilson et al. propose a new model classification scheme based on the statistical and silvicultural model requirements needed in a rapidly changing climate.
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🌟 Editor's choice article:
What makes a forest growth model climate-sensitive?
Gilson et al. propose a new model classification scheme based on the statistical and silvicultural model requirements needed in a rapidly changing climate.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
Connecting experience with emerging talent🌱
We’ve just launched a new mentoring programme linking early-career foresters & arboriculturists with experienced professionals.
Applications are now open for mentors and mentees.
More & apply 👉 charteredforesters.org/what-we-do/i...
Have you seen our collection of high-impact articles?
Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from:
🌳 Forest monitoring
🛰️ Remote sensing
🍂 Ash dieback and more!
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Have you seen our collection of high-impact articles?
Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from:
🌳 Forest monitoring
🛰️ Remote sensing
🍂 Ash dieback and more!
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Announcement of the December issue of Forestry. Text reads: Editor's Choice: What makes a forest growth model climate-sensitive? An examination of statistical and silvicultural model needs under climate change. By Liam Gilson, Bianca Eskelson and Derek Sattler. Plus articles on: Fine root dynamics of Scots pine and European beech. Assessing current and future wood availability in Belgium. Comparison of local vs pantropical allometric models in biomass estimates.
In case you missed it, the last issue of 2025 is out!
This issue covers a range of topics including:
🌡️ Forest growth models under climate change
📉 Fine roots dynamics
🪵 Wood supply assessments
📈 Allometric model comparisons
More here 👇
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Our latest Forestry Policy & CPD Roundup is now live🌲
Featuring key forestry & land-use policy updates, CPD opportunities, and a call for member input on two consultations: biomass sustainability (by 6 Feb) and planning reform (by 20 Feb).
Read: charteredforesters.org/forestry-pol...
Announcement of the December issue of Forestry. Text reads: Editor's Choice: What makes a forest growth model climate-sensitive? An examination of statistical and silvicultural model needs under climate change. By Liam Gilson, Bianca Eskelson and Derek Sattler. Plus articles on: Fine root dynamics of Scots pine and European beech. Assessing current and future wood availability in Belgium. Comparison of local vs pantropical allometric models in biomass estimates.
In case you missed it, the last issue of 2025 is out!
This issue covers a range of topics including:
🌡️ Forest growth models under climate change
📉 Fine roots dynamics
🪵 Wood supply assessments
📈 Allometric model comparisons
More here 👇
academic.oup.com/forestry/iss...
A schematic overview of the carbon stocks study showing data sources, workflow, and how parameters (red text) were derived and utilized in subsequent models and simulations. Climate data included temperature (temp.), precipitation (precip.), and climatological water deficit (CWD).
Out now:
Carle et al. estimate carbon stocks in tropical forests using height allometry models and within-species trait variation data. 📈🌳
Read here: doi.org/10.1093/fore...
A schematic overview of the carbon stocks study showing data sources, workflow, and how parameters (red text) were derived and utilized in subsequent models and simulations. Climate data included temperature (temp.), precipitation (precip.), and climatological water deficit (CWD).
Out now:
Carle et al. estimate carbon stocks in tropical forests using height allometry models and within-species trait variation data. 📈🌳
Read here: doi.org/10.1093/fore...
Deadline fast approaching to submit to our special issue!
⏰ Submissions due 15th January.
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Exciting opportunity for young professionals in forestry ⬇️
08.01.2026 08:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 010 days left to submit to our special issue!
More details here:
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Figure showing stand-level net growth and stand-level growing space efficiency (sum of stem volume increments for all trees in the stand divided by sum of total crown projection areas) in relation to residual standing volume after harvest for the higher productivity site. Solid symbols represent net growth and hollow symbols represent TCA efficiency. STS, single-tree selection; STS + GS, single-tree selection with group openings included.
How does individual-tree growth compare with different silvicultural systems? 📈
Using simulations, Halpin et al. investigate the link between individual-tree growth and net volume growth at the stand level under alternative silvicultural systems in northern hardwood forests. doi.org/10.1093/fore...
In case you missed it:
We have extended the deadline for submitting to our special issue on laser scanning applications in forest management.
⏰ Deadline: 15th January 2026
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Announcement for the call for papers for a new special issue with SilviLaser 2025 with extended deadline of 15 January 2026. In the top right there is the Forestry and Silvilaser2025 logos. There are several green and grey boxes with text. Text reads: Call for papers! SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management. Open for submissions from SilviLaser 2025 conference participants, as well as non-participants. Guest editors: Dr. Alexis Achim, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of British Columbia, Canada; Dr. Amy Wotherspoon, University of British Columbia, Canada. Deadline extended: 15 January 2026. More information here: https://academic.oup.com/forestry/pages/call-for-papers. There is also a QR code that takes you to Forestry special issue webpage.
Important update❗
We have extended the deadline for submitting to our special issue on laser scanning applications in forest management.
⏰ Deadline: 15th January 2026
More information here:
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It's #WorldSoilDay!
Check out these two recent Forestry articles exploring forest 🤝 soil relationships.
🌲 Forest carbon rent policy and soil greenhouse gas emissions (Rautiainen et al.)
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📈 Soil changes with wood ash application (Pitman et al.)
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Announcement for the call for papers for a new special issue with SilviLaser 2025 with extended deadline of 15 January 2026. In the top right there is the Forestry and Silvilaser2025 logos. There are several green and grey boxes with text. Text reads: Call for papers! SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management. Open for submissions from SilviLaser 2025 conference participants, as well as non-participants. Guest editors: Dr. Alexis Achim, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of British Columbia, Canada; Dr. Amy Wotherspoon, University of British Columbia, Canada. Deadline extended: 15 January 2026. More information here: https://academic.oup.com/forestry/pages/call-for-papers. There is also a QR code that takes you to Forestry special issue webpage.
Important update❗
We have extended the deadline for submitting to our special issue on laser scanning applications in forest management.
⏰ Deadline: 15th January 2026
More information here:
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
A map showing location of the lower coastal plain physiographic region (in green) in the Southeastern US as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency level III ecoregions of North America.
Out now:
To add fertiliser, or not to add fertiliser? 🤔
A question addressed by da Silva et al. in their study on fertiliser use in timberland management in the Southeastern US.
Read more about their strategic forest planning framework here👇
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A map showing location of the lower coastal plain physiographic region (in green) in the Southeastern US as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency level III ecoregions of North America.
Out now:
To add fertiliser, or not to add fertiliser? 🤔
A question addressed by da Silva et al. in their study on fertiliser use in timberland management in the Southeastern US.
Read more about their strategic forest planning framework here👇
academic.oup.com/forestry/adv...
⏰ Only a few days left!
Deadline to submit to our special issue is 30th November.
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