Table showing the nine experimental treatments with percentage reduction in live bracken cover relative to the untreated control, and indicative susceptibility, 11 months after spraying.

A new herbicide to control bracken in woodlands?

Willoughby and colleagues examine the efficacy and tree tolerance of Amidosulfuron as a potential chemical-based control for bracken (Pteridium aquilinum).

Read more here 👇
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A figure with four panels showing the location of study area in Northwest China (top left), sampling sites of sandy soil and loess (top right), and on site pictures of subsidence plot with sandy soil (bottom left) and loess soil (bottom right).

Out now:

Adaptive water use strategies of Mongolian pine plantations in response to mining subsidence across two soil types: a case study in Northwest China. 🌲

Read Wei et al.'s study here 👇
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A figure with four panels showing the location of study area in Northwest China (top left), sampling sites of sandy soil and loess (top right), and on site pictures of subsidence plot with sandy soil (bottom left) and loess soil (bottom right).

Out now:

Adaptive water use strategies of Mongolian pine plantations in response to mining subsidence across two soil types: a case study in Northwest China. 🌲

Read Wei et al.'s study here 👇
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NC26 speaker spotlight: Stefanie Kaiser, independent consultant at the intersection of forestry, data & environmental markets, joins us to explore how carbon, biodiversity & tech are shaping resilient forest landscapes.

19 & 20 May | ICC Wales & online

Register: events.zoom.us/ev/AtLmAx_14...

Host a young professional forester from Australia, Canada or New Zealand in 2027🌲

We’re looking for two host organisations to take part in the Young Professional Foresters’ Exchange Programme 2027. Gain global insights & showcase UK forestry expertise.

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A map showing the location of the 24 study sites in southern Belgium. In grey the Walloon region and in hatched lines the Belgian Ardennes.

Out now:

Climate-growth relationships in Douglas-fir 🌲

Guisset and colleagues show that temperature more strongly influences Douglas-fir radial growth than precipitation under European temperate conditions. 🌡️📈

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A map showing the location of the 24 study sites in southern Belgium. In grey the Walloon region and in hatched lines the Belgian Ardennes.

Out now:

Climate-growth relationships in Douglas-fir 🌲

Guisset and colleagues show that temperature more strongly influences Douglas-fir radial growth than precipitation under European temperate conditions. 🌡️📈

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

A flow diagram showing an overview of the systematic approach applied for including articles to the review. Three databases are used (Google Scholar, Web of Sciences: Core Collection and Scopus. 4258 studies identified with a final collection of 80 articles meeting 5 inclusion criteria.

Currently most read article in Forestry: A review by Papucci et al. on forest biomass assessments based on remote sensing 🛰️

Their study showed improvements in methodological quality over a 30-year period, but many technical and statistical inference challenges remain.

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It’s April and we’ve got a range of events this month 💡

From green finance to silviculture, there are plenty of opportunities to boost your CPD, both online and in person.

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New technologies, evolving expectations, and challenges around climate, carbon, biosecurity and public value are now part of everyday practice – and our professional standards need to reflect that reality.

Read our updated Competency Framework: charteredforesters.org/memberships/...

Four maps of Bavaria showing canopy cover loss. The maps show comparison of absolute (A and B) and relative (C and D) canopy cover loss between administrative districts (Landkreise) (A and C) and a regular hexagonal grid (B and D) and from August 2017 to 2024.

Out now:

“Towards a near real-time remote sensing monitoring system of forest canopy cover loss in Bavaria, Germany” by Jaggy and colleagues. 🛰️

Read here 👇
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Four maps of Bavaria showing canopy cover loss. The maps show comparison of absolute (A and B) and relative (C and D) canopy cover loss between administrative districts (Landkreise) (A and C) and a regular hexagonal grid (B and D) and from August 2017 to 2024.

Out now:

“Towards a near real-time remote sensing monitoring system of forest canopy cover loss in Bavaria, Germany” by Jaggy and colleagues. 🛰️

Read here 👇
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The 2025 announcement for the Silvicultural Prize with the Institute of Charted Foresters and the journal Forestry. The text reads: Silvicultural Prize 2025, Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira, Doctoral Candidate UNESP – São Paulo State University. There is a screenshot of the article with the title: Optimizing forest residue management after harvesting: nutrient export scenarios in Eucalyptus plantations across high forest and coppice systems.

You can read Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira’s prize-winning paper "Optimizing forest residue management after harvesting: nutrient export scenarios in Eucalyptus plantations across high forest and coppice systems" here:

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The 2025 announcement for the Silvicultural Prize with the Institute of Charted Foresters and the journal Forestry. The text reads: Silvicultural Prize 2025, Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira, Doctoral Candidate UNESP – São Paulo State University. Gardenia is quoted: "We are honoured to receive the 2025 Silvicultural Prize for our paper and sincerely thank the reviewers for their constructive feedback.... We are thrilled that this partnership between researchers and industry is delivering real, actionable results for sustainable forest management."

🌟Silvicultural Prize 2025 🌟

We are excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Silvicultural Prize is Doctoral Candidate Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira from UNESP – São Paulo State University!

Read more about the Prize and Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira 👇

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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...

The 2025 announcement for the Silvicultural Prize with the Institute of Charted Foresters and the journal Forestry. The text reads: Silvicultural Prize 2025, Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira, Doctoral Candidate UNESP – São Paulo State University. There is a screenshot of the article with the title: Optimizing forest residue management after harvesting: nutrient export scenarios in Eucalyptus plantations across high forest and coppice systems.

You can read Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira’s prize-winning paper "Optimizing forest residue management after harvesting: nutrient export scenarios in Eucalyptus plantations across high forest and coppice systems" here:

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

The 2025 announcement for the Silvicultural Prize with the Institute of Charted Foresters and the journal Forestry. The text reads: Silvicultural Prize 2025, Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira, Doctoral Candidate UNESP – São Paulo State University. Gardenia is quoted: "We are honoured to receive the 2025 Silvicultural Prize for our paper and sincerely thank the reviewers for their constructive feedback.... We are thrilled that this partnership between researchers and industry is delivering real, actionable results for sustainable forest management."

🌟Silvicultural Prize 2025 🌟

We are excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Silvicultural Prize is Doctoral Candidate Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira from UNESP – São Paulo State University!

Read more about the Prize and Gardenia Gonçalves de Oliveira 👇

charteredforesters.org/silvicultura...

Average light availability for herbicide vs no herbicide treatment for different harvest time intervals (2014-2023). Light availability increased from 21% to 68% following 2014 harvest.

Is gap-based silviculture without herbicide use a viable method for regeneration? 🌱🌲

In an experiment, York et al. evaluate the use of small canopy gaps as a method to regenerate a wildfire-impacted mixed-conifer forest.

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2 months to go!

Don’t miss our National Conference 2026 on 19 & 20 May at the ICC Wales and online. Join forestry and arboriculture experts to explore innovation, resilience, timber, ecology and more.

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A panel with 6 photographs showing a selection of key symptoms observed during health assessments. Symptoms include needle discolouration, loss and browning.

Impacts of pathogens on tree species diversification efforts 🦠

Morton et al. conducted health surveys on 17 tree species to assess pathogen impacts and their implications for species diversification in UK forestry.

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Why attend our National Conference 2026?

Conference Chair Luke Cross MICFor explains how today’s forestry innovations could become tomorrow’s standard practice and why this event is your chance to get ahead.

📅 19 & 20 May
📍 ICC Wales

Book now: events.zoom.us/ev/AtLmAx_14...

Illustration of a forest harvest site with data transfer and logs prepared for transport to a processing facility within the forest products supply chain.

Out now:

A review by Subedi and colleagues on artificial intelligence (AI) in the forest products supply chain. 🪵

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New Forestry issue announcement. Text reads: Editor's Choice: Alternative approaches to forest sector carbon accounting and assessment: a literature review and synthesis by Bowen Wang, Ying Lin, Ping Liu and Runsheng Yin. Plus articles on: Trade-off analysis for multi-objective boreal forest thinning. Pathogen impacts and implications for species diversification. Fire spread prediction models for surface fuels in subtropical forests.

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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Alternative approaches to forest sector carbon accounting and assessment: a literature review and synthesis Abstract. Forest carbon analysis can be conducted for purpose of accounting or assessment, using a direct inventory-based or an indirect inventory-linked a

Forest carbon analysis 🌳📈

Wang et al. review approaches to forest sector carbon accounting.

In their study they compare formulation and functioning of 32 forest carbon accounting and assessment studies and discuss policy implications.

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Restrictions on conifer tree movement have been lifted across seven counties in England after a review found Phytophthora pluvialis no longer meets the criteria for quarantine pest status. Similar restrictions are also being lifted in Scotland and Wales.

📷Forest Research

New Forestry issue announcement. Text reads: Editor's Choice: Alternative approaches to forest sector carbon accounting and assessment: a literature review and synthesis by Bowen Wang, Ying Lin, Ping Liu and Runsheng Yin. Plus articles on: Trade-off analysis for multi-objective boreal forest thinning. Pathogen impacts and implications for species diversification. Fire spread prediction models for surface fuels in subtropical forests.

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 👇
academic.oup.com/forestry/iss...

A panel with three figures showing: (A) Orthophoto showing the approximate boundaries of an experimental plot. (B) Segmented point clouds of experimental plot, generated using RainCloudTools. (C) Panoramic 360-degree image from a scan position within experimental plot.

“Evaluating RayCloudTools to estimate single-tree volume” by Wild et al. is currently on our most read list! 🌳☁️

Read more about how the open-source software RayCloudTools is used to test accuracy and reliability of tree volume measurements in comparison to other approaches 👇
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Celebrating excellence this #CharteredWeek

Congratulations to Emma Barnes MICFor, Sallie Corfield MICFor, Ryan Gledhill MICFor, John Rose MICFor & Dr Robrecht Schmitz MICFor CEnv, recipients of The Hugh Miller Award for Excellence 2025.

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A panel of photos showcasing examples of traces of activity associated with survival or bushcraft including: scorched litter, hut construction, various levels of bark harvesting from dead and living trees.

Out now:

The impact of recreational uses of woodlands 🏕️🌳

Using a large forest site in southern Poland as a case study, Adamski and colleagues propose a novel method to assess impact of survivalism and bushcraft activities on forest ecosystems.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

A panel of photos showcasing examples of traces of activity associated with survival or bushcraft including: scorched litter, hut construction, various levels of bark harvesting from dead and living trees.

Out now:

The impact of recreational uses of woodlands 🏕️🌳

Using a large forest site in southern Poland as a case study, Adamski and colleagues propose a novel method to assess impact of survivalism and bushcraft activities on forest ecosystems.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...