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  • Triggering new hope for old elms

    Dutch elm disease had a devastating impact on the UK’s treescape in the 20th century and its effects are still being felt today. However, for the country’s remaining population of veteran elms, a healthy future can be secured through yearly vaccination

  • Clearing ash with military precision

    Ash dieback has infected many of the woodlands on the Salisbury Plain Training Area, affecting approximately 14,000 trees. To protect the future of uninfected ash trees, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), together with its strategic partner

  • Innovation in action

    The latest kit from a number of global brands was on show at equipment distributor Fletcher Stewart’s recent brand engagement event, which took place at the 3M Customer Innovation Centre in Bracknell, near London. SCIENCE-based technology company

  • Woodland creation? There’s an app for that

    Technology expert and trainee forester Dr Leila Eadie, working for Fountains Forestry in Scotland’s central belt, discusses how the latest innovations can help when planning and planting new woodland. IT is unlikely to have escaped your notice

  • Higher education

    Being a training and LOLER manager for Hi-Line is a job that brings with it tremendous variety, and has taken Kirsty McNicol into the woods, into classrooms and even into prisons. SHOULD you ever happen to see a woman armed with a chainsaw about

  • A matter of people and trees

    David Sulman joined the timber trade in 1979 as a technical trainee for Mallinson-Denny and finished up as deputy chief executive of Confor. Along the way, he became one of the most well-known figures in the timber trade, carrying out important roles

  • Red diesel relief and tree planting mark pro-forestry Budget

    FORESTRY is to hang on to its tax relief on red diesel – contrary to Westminster whisperings ahead of the UK Budget. Detailing his inaugural fiscal package last month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced plans to encourage greener alternatives to

  • COVID-19: the industry reacts

    UNCERTAINTY abounds as the forestry sector – and the world at large – continues to get to grips with the COVID-19 crisis. As the UK Government continues to stress the importance of self-isolation and social distancing, thousands of people have been