Forestry Journal - Forest Machine Journal - Forestry & British Timber

Forestry Journal - Forest Machine Journal - Forestry & British Timber

Forestry Journal - About Us
After 13 years trading as Forest Machine Journal in January 2008 we changed our name to The Forestry Journal, this step has been taken to reflect the full content of the magazine. Also in January 2008 we acquired the publication Forestry & British Timber. Relevant components of F&BT will be incorporated within The Forestry Journal

Founded in 1994, Forest Machine Journal was originally conceived as a publication covering the diverse and increasingly complex array of machinery used in woodland maintenance and timber harvesting – machines such as forwarders, harvesters, timber processors, forestry tractors and trailers, chainsaws, chippers, winches, mobile sawmills, planting equipment, road making equipment etc.

Other subjects of interest include timber haulage, fencing and sawmilling, both mobile and static. The magazine also covers forestry shows, both at home and abroad.

Other subjects of interest include timber haulage, fencing and sawmilling, both mobile and static. The magazine also covers forestry shows, both at home and abroad.

Over the years, in keeping with changes in forestry which have seen a move away from skidding equipment and processors towards ‘purpose built’ machines, the focus has widened as more and more readers diversify into areas such as amenity work or tree surgery.

Significant shifts in attitude towards green waste disposal have seen increasing use being made of large chippers and shredders.

This change which is also driven by the role of forestry products and residues as a source of fuel for everything from domestic heating to power stations.

The magazine has also matured to the point where it is now widely acknowledged as an authoritative voice on the politics of forestry. Its original readership of contractors and machinery manufacturers is now supplemented by decision-makers in all the various walks of the industry.

The core principle behind the magazine has however not been lost. FMJ

remains a ‘hands-on’ magazine, and as such is essential reading for the contractor and machinery operator, for the estate worker and for the tree surgeon. These are the people who make machinery buying decisions, and as such they are the principle targets of machinery advertisers.

Decision makers
FJ reports on all the most important events where decisions are
made which affect the industry. Many of these events are key
to the development of forestry policy throughout the UK – yet
surprisingly, at most of them FJ is the only forestry magazine present.

Such events, too numerous to mention in their entirety, include:

TheForestry Commission’s Competitiveness Seminar

The Woods In and Around Towns conference

The Forestry Commission Certification Seminar

The two FEG symposia

The Scottish Forestry Forum

The Forestry & Timber Association ‘Level Playing Field’ conferences

The Forestry Contracting Association AGM

The Wales Forestry Debate

The Institute of Chartered Foresters’ conference.

Typically copies of FJ are handed out free to delegates at these events, and delegates also refer to subsequent copies to see how the event has been reported. This ensures that FJ is required reading at all levels in the industry.

If a magazine wishes to be taken seriously by the forestry community, there are certain events that are simply too important to ignore!