Unfortunately the Guardian has a long history of refusing to engage with woodland managers.
Another journalist writes another article about woodland management without including a single quote from anyone actually involved with woodland management 🤦🏽♀️
Majority of timber plantations are usually open access (unless active harvesting) and not restricted as claimed in this article.
Excellent forest ecology insight from @alexanderlees.bsky.social 🌲🦅
Urban landscapes can influence wildlife behaviour even in ancient forest systems.
Discover more forest ecosystem studies in the Journal of Forestry Research: link.springer.com/journal/11676
#JFR #forestryresearch 🌐🌿🍃🧬
There a moments as a journalist working in Westminster that stick with you, this will be one of them.
This is so extremely brave, and a reminder that the epidemic of violence against women and girls affects every part of our society.
Nothing but respect for Charlotte for sharing this.
Really pleased to see better press releases and media coverage of new tree planting projects which are mixed species and which will become multi-purpose woodlands including timber production. 🌳🌲
Ideally it would also mention need for deer & squirrel control.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Back in 1992 I was studying at Cartrefle College in Wrexham, and we followed the famous match against Arsenal in the student union.
Tight second half to come 🤞🏾🏴
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
#OTD in 1955
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‘Automatic Lumberjack - 1958?’
Illustrator unknown
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #forestry #lumbering #lumber #timber
🚨Mark your calendar for the webinar
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This session will feature two complementary perspectives: "Teaching About Forest Carbon in Extension" and "Close-to-Nature Forestry."
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This looks really great and valuable.
Given location it would be good to see bilingual text 🏴👍🏾
New issue out featuring articles on:
📈 Carbon accounting
🌳 Trade-off analysis for forest thinning
🦠 Pathogen impacts and species diversification
🔥 Fire spread prediction models
+ more here 👇
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Good to see that this article by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social includes a quote from a forest manager (although anonymised)
Lynx reintroductions will have a range of impacts, important that those impacts are understood and planned for.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Thanks for following up on this - the Council also needs to explain why it is letting contracts to a company that is repeatedly posting misinformation and which shows little consideration for anyone living or working close to their sites.
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“Overall, we found that 75% of the currently established trees are projected to be outside of their climatic niche by the end of the century under moderate climate change (RCP4.5).”
Our focus needs to be on the best species and silviculture for future climates. 🌲🌳
A great and informative watch for 20mins. ⬇️
#positiveforestry
Quick walk through @thebotanics.bsky.social this afternoon.
Interesting to see these two ancient 🌲Araucariaceae cousins growing next to each and compare their shape and form.
On the left Monkey Puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) and on the right the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis)
Completely agree that tree planting campaigns need to be carefully planned.
Majority of monoculture plantations are planted to produce timber/fibre.
The article seems to ignore that we need timber, & also criticises growing them on marginal land.
We need timber plantations AND natural forests
Position Announcement : Assistant/Associate Professor
"Forest Genetics, Genomics, & Tree Breeding"
At the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
Application deadline: 1 March 2026
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Save the Date!
On 16th October 2026, the SRUC School of Natural and Social Sciences' Future Landscape Conference will be going ahead at our Barony Campus in Dumfries.
Interested in learning more? Email Conference Chair – Ely Blyth at ely.blyth@sruc.ac.uk.
📢 Next week, the Forest Talks webinar series returns for its third edition!
🛰️ Sister initiatives @forestnavigeu.bsky.social, @forestpaths.eu and PathFinder will come together once again as co-organisers, sharing insights on the importance of #EarthObservation in forestry.
Follow Woods for the Trees on Eventbrite for updates on our 2026 Wood-Wide Webinar series!
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🎧Listen to our latest #podcast episode where we talk about a 🌲forest-based bioeconomy🌳!
🌱Our guests Ivana Živojinović and Ricardo Vargas Carpintero from the IUFRO Bioeconomy Task Force explain what it takes to transition to a sustainable #bioeconomy.
⏯️ www.iufro.org/iufro-news/b...
We have to insulate >9 billion square meters until 2050 in the EU.
I don't think it needs many brain cells to realize that this needs to be done with regenerative materials like straw; which is available and cheap instead of fossil, synthetic materials.
So many opportunities for home grown lower carbon bio-materials in a more sustainable future.
And yet these opportunities are often ignored in discussions about land use and net zero.
Do arborglyphs hurt aspen? In our newest paper we examined the ecological effects of arborglyphs. Aspen with arborglyphs had 19% faster radial growth, and no 10-yr mortality bump. This is likely because people carve the healthiest and largest trees!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Truman D. Picard Scholarship uplifts Native students like Cameron Macias, carrying forward land-based knowledge. Open to Native undergrad + grad students in Natural Resources, with preference for Forestry 🌿 and Fire 🔥. $4,000 award. Deadline: March 20, 2026.
Apply: app.ezfiledrop.com/5...
Across much of Europe, there is significant interest in the opportunities of a forest based bioeconomy.
To decarbonise our economy we will need to replace high carbon materials with lower carbon biobased ones.
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www.linkedin.com/posts/the-eu...
The future of low carbon construction is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed 🌲🪚🏗️🏘️
