⭐ News: Jon Burgess Awarded the James Cup!
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#JamesCup #RFSAwards #QuarterlyJournalOfForestry #WoodlandCreation #Beavers #WoodlandManagement #JamesHuttonInstitute #ForestryCommission #ForestResearch #BIFoRUoB
Exciting new dataset on 🌳'Trees Outside of Woodlands' in Wales - created by @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
datamap.gov.wales/layers/geono...
ICOS Talks is a series of webinars by scientists, for scientists which showcase groundbreaking greenhouse gas science topics facilitated by ICOS data.
ICOS Talks are an output of the @horizoneu.bsky.social project #NUBICOS
The British Woodlands Survey 2025 (BWS2025) was commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to support policy development, exploring awareness, action and aspirations in the forestry community in responding to environmental change. The 2025 survey has provided the third instance in a valuable time-series of similar surveys spanning ten years exploring environmental change across Great Britain. While this report reports on Britain-wide results, a separate supplement provides some specific and more detailed findings for England.
Report of the 2025 British Woodlands Survey published today exploring awareness, action and aspirations among Britain's forestry community relating to #environmentalchange @gabrielhemery.com @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social Read more and download: sylva.org.uk/bws
➡️💻 Join our upcoming webinar to hear the latest research on drought impacts in UK forestry, including new drought risk indices and decision-support tools designed to help assess tree species suitability under future climates.
🔗 Registration: ow.ly/eYpz50Yv90M
#ForestResearch #Drought #Webinar
Field Research Project Manager - Job Opportunity
The role is leading the Field Research team in Scotland, and is wide and varied. We’re looking for someone who can help us manage a wide portfolio of experiments with excellent management skills.
Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK
This is looking like it it is shaping up to be a great event with a superb range of speakers including Dr Tim Lukins from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social talking about his NCEA funded research on improved methods for soil mesofauna identification.
Yesterday (despite the miserable weather!) we installed a LICOR evapotranspiration sensor and a new anemometer on our eddy covariance system monitoring a young Sitka spruce stand. The data will allow us to compare the sensors in preparation for future forest research projects. 🌳🧪
📅 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
New podcast episode! 🚨
In this podcast, Sebastian Hoefer talks us about his paper ‘Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer-based monitoring for terrestrial mammals’.
Listen here👂️ buff.ly/f6St086
I only had the pleasure of knowing Steve briefly whilst at the Univ. of Essex but do remember the stimulating tutorials fondly!
Yesterday, @erikaberenguer.bsky.social chaired a panel with six members of the Oxford delegation to COP30. The debrief shared insights and reflections on Net Zero and biodiversity targets following the world’s largest climate conference. Watch it here: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/cop30...
New case studies show how agroforestry can be practical, adaptable and profitable, helping farms remain productive while supporting nature and climate adaptation.
Find out more: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/de25...
Funded by the UK Government through Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund programme.
Graphic with details of the UKEOF 2026 conference. Text overlaying a graphic depicting a woodland and a stream in shades of blue with the following elements picked out: birds (swifts) and bats making calls, a deer detected on a camera, a salmon detected via its DNA in the water, the flow rate of the stream and the atmospheric concentration of nitrogen dioxide.
Don’t miss our free conf. 'Sensing the Environment: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring and Decision-Making'. 24 Feb. Speakers incl. @liagilmour.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social @jlittlefair.bsky.social @rachelgaulton.bsky.social @careylab.bsky.social ukeof.org.uk/conference/c... #ukeof2026
Our EXPLORATION project aims to generate a clearer understanding of how mixed‑species stands in newly established forests respond to drought 🌳
In November, stakeholders helped shape the next phase of this project in a workshop hosted by @drgeorgexenakis.bsky.social 🤝
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/dfYbx
Registration is now open for the UKEOF - Sensing the Environment Conference 2026 - great range of speakers including FR's Dr Tim Lukins.
Nice data set! The apparent increase in light over time is interesting - any thoughts on why? Less cloud cover? Or reduced contrails as society switches away from air travel to rail for long distances (we can wish!).
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!
The Forest Guide England is published today with Bloomsbury @chiffchat.bsky.social - available in all good bookshops! Signed copies direct from the author: gabrielhemery.com/product/the-...
a screengrab of a piece in the Sunday Times in Jan 2026 with the headline 'Trees are a national security issue. We are not planting enough'
if you want woodland and forestry, lean-in towards planting a resilient diversity of tree species
a paywall-free version of statements from the Chair of the Forestry Commission and the Chair of Natural England
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#trees #socialscience 🧪
🌳Structural complexity across a continuum of woodland establishment methods from planting to natural colonisation🌳
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🔎✨We are looking for two new Committee members to join the Forestry Commission Expert Committee on Forest Science.
📢 Closing Date: 30th January 2026
🔗 Apply online: ow.ly/6qEG50XTng0
#ForestryCommission #ForestResearch #ECFS
We are recruiting a Data & Information Lead - great opportunity to join a fantastic team www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
Making use of data from 38 stations in Europe, ICOS can report that the CO₂ level in the atmosphere increased with 3.08 ppm in 2025. This value exceeds the average over the past 10-20 years of about 2.5 ppm/year. This information is available through #ICOSCurve tool.
➡️ https://ow.ly/pBWo50XSTA3
“it is clear from our weather observations and climate models that human-induced global warming is impacting the UK’s climate”
"Since the start of the 21st Century, a new record has been set for UK annual mean temperature no less than six times – in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2022 and now 2025"
The scientific evidence is absolutely crystal clear:
We are certain the world is warming because we're burning fossil fuels and putting more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
So we have to stop doing that
We also need to adapt to the changes we've already caused
www.channel4.com/news/uk-alre...
Early flowing daffs spotted this morning....
The results from Wales and elsewhere show a 25% reduction in casualties. So if you keep a 30mph limit on urban/village roads where pedestrians and cyclists mix with motors you are imposing 1/3 more casualties on your community. It's why Transport Professionals are saying #20splenty
Fantastic event with a great range of speakers across the UK monitoring community.
