What can UK forestry learn from Tasmania? Halfway through his three-month placement with Sustainable Timber Tasmania, Fergus Simister shares his experiences of the Young Professional Foresters' Exchange Programme. Read the halfway blog: charteredforesters.org/halfway-upda...

Back at Westfield opencast #Fife #MiningLandscapes were under glorious skies for ‘Dances with Time’ a taster workshop with Land Artist Winston Plowes. A tantalising glimpse of work developing here.  To view the finished pieces and participants gallery nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog

We love the landscapes from both of these artists. Gregory Moore and Johann Booyens are both exhibiting at our Festival of Print University of Stirling 14-16 August. Come and be impressed!! www.printmakersofscotland.com #printmaking #art #scotland #universityofstirling

PhD opportunity: we're recruiting a 4-year fully-funded PhD student to investigate the biodiversity value, ecological health and connectivity of urban woods and trees. Full details and how to apply at www.findaphd.com/phds/project... @thebotanics.bsky.social @uofstirling-bes.bsky.social

Plants with Purpose: Enhancing the Role of Scotland’s Urban Forest for Landscape-scale Nature Recovery at University of Stirling on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Plants with Purpose: Enhancing the Role of Scotland’s Urban Forest for Landscape-scale Nature Recovery at University of Stirling, listed on FindAPhD.com

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📢 MORE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 📢 We are delighted to announce our final three exciting new @forest-protection.bsky.social internships for 2026/27! 🌳 Find out more and apply: www.forestprotection.uk/cfp-internsh... #TreeHealth #ForestProtection #Internship #STEM #STEMInternship #ForestScience

We’re back! Next month 40 printmaking artists will be at the University of Stirling for another fantastic festival weekend! Please share and hashtag us! 😀 #printmaking #originalprints #universityofstirling #scotland #printmakersofscotland

Another month flies by and so it's time for the latest North Sea dispatches from me. This round takes in the lost, the freshly adapted and the newly protected. All testament to just how much the North Sea still matters.

Lost ferry crossings, an island purchase and a causeway rebranding

North Sea Dispatches #10

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🌿 Looking for a career where your work can help shape the future of our forests, trees and urban green spaces? 👉 Explore all current vacancies and apply today: https://ow.ly/3AGN50ZhtyJ #Hiring #Careers #ScienceJobs

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Browse the latest vacancies and current job opportunities at Forest Research, and apply online.

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Ash dieback dynamics 🍂 Schertler and colleagues review recent studies on the resistance and tolerance mechanisms of common ash against the ash dieback pathogen (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus). They also discuss the relevance to ash conservation and breeding programs. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

Really glad to see our special feature of People and Nature is starting to trickle through. The issue includes some wonderful contributions from scholars and practitioners working on the digital dimensions of nature recovery!

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Our special feature of People and Nature on the Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery is coming into being! The special feature emerges from our 2024 conference at the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub, Jesus College, Oxford besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social

‘We want to be the hosts of this story’ by Lucy Jenner, Marc J. Metzger, Darren Moseley, and Ed Forrest explores whether improved data access can enhance understanding of land use change for nature recovery, focusing on community-led approaches besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

‘We want to be the hosts of this story’: Learning from community‐led approaches to data governance of land use for nature recovery

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Fascinating to see the new build emerge at @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social with intriguing blend of traditional techniques, bespoke carpentry and local forest timber (from Forestry and Land Scotland and others). Compelling and knowledgeable guides highlighting the history from Iron Age to present.

Deer 🦌 activity limits tree 🌳 recruitment in woodland creation sites - Journal of Applied Ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We’re delighted to announce David Knott as our new Director of Horticulture 🌿 With more than 48 years of experience in horticulture — including 38 years at RBGE — David brings exceptional expertise, leadership and passion to our four gardens. We look forward to the next chapter 🌍

This looks like a great job. Forestry England are recruiting for a Senior Specialist - Natural Grazing and Herbivory. Deadline for applications is Sunday 31 May. More information here: careers.forestryengland.uk/jobs/job/Sen...

Senior Specialist - Natural Grazing and Herbivory | 31 May, 2026 | Jobs and careers with Forestry England

Jobs and careers with Forestry England - We are Forestry England.We live and breathe forests. Job title – Senior Specialist - Natural Grazing and HerbivorySalary – £40,388 - £43,482Contract type – Per...

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Thanks to @woollymaggot.bsky.social and the RSFS for an excellent field day at Doune. Valuable and informed discussions on a wide range of topics, with a wide range of people. 🌳🌲🦌🦫 www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...

Thanks to Ben Clinch and Moray Estates for hosting an excellent Royal Scottish Forestry Society field day. Excellent discussions about: * Ground prep and size of mounds * When to thin fast growing… ...

Thanks to Ben Clinch and Moray Estates for hosting an excellent Royal Scottish Forestry Society field day. Excellent discussions about: * Ground prep and size of mounds * When to thin fast growing c...

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

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...

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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"

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

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

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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.

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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...

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

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

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Exciting new dataset on 🌳'Trees Outside of Woodlands' in Wales - created by @forestresearchuk.bsky.social datamap.gov.wales/layers/geono...

Trees Outside of Woodlands | DataMapWales

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

European Forest Institute@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social · 5mo ago

💡The Forest Risk Facility (FoRISK) serves as a collaborative and knowledge exchange hub, designed to integrate all pan-European countries and forest risk experts in a communal, interactive and informative exchange setting. EFI is hosting the secretariat. efi.int/news/forisk-...

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....

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...

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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

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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

📅 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

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

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