Resurrecting habitat fragmentation as a process over time Habitat loss and fragmentation occur over time. Despite this truism, understanding the effects of habitat fragmentation has, in recent years, predominantly focused on interpreting snapshots of current...

“Resurrecting habitat fragmentation as a process over time” - Trends in Ecology & Evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Asking "whether [habitat] fragmentation is good or bad is not the key question; instead we should focus on the process and pattern of land change and its implications"

Considering studying for an #MSc in Environmental Management? Join us at University of Stirling, where we take your learning beyond the classroom and into the heart of #Cairngorms National Park 🐿️ www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-t...
Video credit: Allan Audsley

⏰📢 Two days left to apply for the Head of Finance opportunity at Forest Research.

👉 Apply online: ow.ly/7Brg50YIKgs

#Careers #ForestResearch #Finance

Launch of the Large-scale Ecosystem Recovery Network (LERN) - Forest Research On 17 February 2026, the Knowledge Exchange Network for the Large-scale Ecosystem Recovery Network (LERN) was launched at Harold’s Park Wildland in Essex.

www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/launch-...

2025 Silvicultural Prize awarded to early career researcher 👏

Doctoral candidate Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira wins for her paper on optimising eucalyptus harvest residues, balancing biomass use and soil health 🌱

Full story: charteredforesters.org/silvicultura...

Home Three Words for Forest is a play which draws on interviews with forestry specialists. It explores the challenges, complexities, hopes...

International Day of Forests - maybe you’d like to know a bit more about forests? Three Words for Forest is a play just over an hour long using interviews with a wide range of people from across the forestry sector. Loads of other resources at threewordsforest.org.uk

youtu.be/LsgMTS09-EU

Trees Outside of Woodlands | DataMapWales

Exciting new dataset on 🌳'Trees Outside of Woodlands' in Wales - created by @forestresearchuk.bsky.social

datamap.gov.wales/layers/geono...

Good to see @forestresearchuk.bsky.social involved in this collaboration to improve forest resilience.

Patterns and Drivers of Pest and Disease Occurrence in UK Treescapes Tree pests and diseases can be very damaging to natural and commercial forests. We studied how the risk of tree pests and diseases varies across mainland Great Britain and explored how factors such a...

Congratulations to Peter Stewart and colleagues on a new publication exploring #pest and disease occurence in UK #treescapes, identifying drivers of pest and disease burdens such as #deforestation and differences in drivers of disease between broadleaf trees and conifers 🌳🌲 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Fabulous set of resources and access to the verbatim theatre play too. Of interest? - @theicf.bsky.social @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social @iufro.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social @uofstirling-bes.bsky.social

Table with forest related objects and in distance the lead researcher introducing the website resources to room of people

Great to see launch of extensive resources (for teachers, communities, professionals) from the verbatim theatre ‘Three Words for Forest’ - a play exploring uncertainty in a time of climate crisis.
threewordsforest.org.uk
Congrats @deeheddon.bsky.social and colleagues
@uktreescapes.bsky.social

👩‍🔬Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

IUFRO fosters a diverse global community of forest scientists where every voice matters, because we are convinced that equity and inclusion drive better science.

Let’s connect and move forward together!

#ForestScience #WomenInScience

3rd Annual Women in Science IUFRO Webinar Series In 2026, IUFRO will be celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science with the 3rd annual Women

📅 To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) is hosting their 3rd Annual Women in Science webinar series. 🌲✨

🔗 Register online: www.iufro.org/events/3rd-a...

#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #WomeninSTEM

Comparison of three temperate rainforest climate envelopes for Britain and Ireland: Where could our rainforest be? There are multiple methods for creating climate envelopes for temperate rainforest, and these climate envelopes result in different extents across Ireland and Britain. An awareness of these differenc...

How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9

Only two days left to apply for the post of Field Station Manager with Forest Research - based at either Roslin or Elgin this is a great opportunity to lead a fantastic team!

CircHive's guide to biodiversity events in 2026 | CircHive Check out our ongoing list for this year’s upcoming biodiversity events.

Looking for #biodiversity events to attend in 2026? Check out CircHive site and learn more about BEEHive, a platform for people interested in using biodiversity footprinting & natural capital accounting methods.
circhive.eu/circhive/article/circhiv...

We’re delighted to announce Paul Brannen and Professor Peter Bonfield OBE have been awarded Honorary Fellowships, recognising their outstanding leadership in sustainable forestry, timber and climate action.

Read more: charteredforesters.org/paul-brannen...

My time on the "Expert Committee on Forest Science" is coming to an end, and the Committee is now recruiting for an experienced forestry sector person to take my place.

I am very much not an academic or a scientist, and I've thoroughly enjoyed my time on the Committee.

www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...

New Non-Executive Commissioner to the Forestry Commission appointed Paul Brannen appointed for a three-year term

I’ve been appointed as a Non-Executive Commissioner to the Forestry Commission. Very much looking forward to this additional role given more wood in more buildings is predicated on planting and felling more trees.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

‘Timber! How wood can help save the world from climate breakdown’.
Now on its fourth print run in 18 months. Still time to order for Xmas.
www.waterstones.com/book/timber/...

The fabulous world of nature's own 'Christmas tree decorations' From old men’s beards and string-of-sausages lichens to redwings, fieldfares and even ‘fairies’, Scotland’s trees play host to a wealth of natural decorations

🎄BES member and Scottish Policy Group founder @ruth-j-mitchell.bsky.social shares the wonderful world of nature's own special Christmas tree ornaments in today's Scotsman

www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

2025 is almost over and what a year it has been for
@forest-protection.bsky.social! Here are just a few of our key highlights:

🌳 Phase 2 of our research programme kicked off in the spring, with 17 new research projects being funded by #Defra.

@forestresearchuk.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social

Grow the Solution - Would you believe a forest can change the world? YouTube video by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

🌱 #WoodYou believe a forest could change the world?

Here are 6️⃣ ways sustainable wood is quietly and powerfully shaping life for the better 👇

#GrowTheSolution #CPForests #SW4SW

On a frosty November day, members of our Scots pine tree breeding team set off for the Borders ❄️

Their mission? Collecting pine cones for vital genetic research 🧬

You can read all about their fieldwork in our latest blog: www.forestprotection.uk/2025/12/16/s... 🔗

@forestresearchuk.bsky.social

Grow the Solution - Would you believe a forest can change the world? YouTube video by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

New forestry film promoted by @fao.org

"Imagine using wood in clothes, as a replacement for concrete and steel in buildings, to make clothing, and even to produce biodegradable satellites." #PositiveForestry

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxHt...

❓Are you ready for the 𝗜𝗨𝗙𝗥𝗢 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮6?

👉🏼The 10th International Wind and Trees Conference will be hosted by the IUFRO Working Party 8.03.036,
📍at Matsumoto City, Japan
📅 from 15-18 September 2026.

➡️For more information visit: windandtrees2026.wordpress.com

New guidance is available to help local authorities understand the social & cultural values people hold for trees.

Partnership with @thetreecouncil.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social
#FeraScience Funded by #DefraGovUK Future Proofing Plant Health Programme.

More info: ow.ly/tMJi50XBIMA

The Scottish Forestry Trust recently supported Bangor University student, Sarah Wild in attending the International Association of Wildland Fire’s conference in Calgary, 20-23 October 2025, to present a poster of her Master's research. www.scottishforestrytrust.org.uk/news/2025/de...