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News highlights - April 2008

East meets West in international forestry co-operation
Members of the Russian Federal Forestry Agency visit Alice Holt Research Forest
Headley chosen as site for new herbicide field trial
Treating woody weeds with a range of herbicide mixes
Health and well-being of forestry workers
Working to develop guidelines, methods and tools to analyse the health and well-being of forest machine operators
Keeping communication channels open
Links to the Forestry Commission and private and public forestry and land-use stakeholders throughout Great Britain
Mountain forestry meets social science
More than production: forests, livelihoods and social significance for mountain people
Natural regeneration workshop
Considering techniques for encouraging natural regeneration in native pinewoods
Norwegian colleagues share polymerase chain reaction (PCR) expertise
Forest Research pathologist spends three weeks at the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
Restoring Britain’s peatlands
Sharing details about the Forestry Commission’s work in developing techniques for restoring peatlands
Scottish crossbill census
Survey by Forest Research to determine the availability of the Scottish crossbill’s food, conifer seed in Scotland

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James Pendlebury Appointed Head Of Forest Research	Dr James Pendlebury has been appointed chief executive officer of Forest Research, the scientific research and technical development agency of the Forestry Commission. - 22/05/2008
Statistics On Timbers Prices And Wood Production And Trade Published	The latest National Statistics on Timber Price Indices and the latest National Statistics on UK Wood Production and Trade (provisional results) produced by the Forestry Commission were released today (15 May 2008) in accordance with the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. - 15/05/2008
Forestry Commission Appoints Jean Lindsay As Head Of Hr	Jean Lindsay has been appointed Director of Human Resources at the Forestry Commission. - 09/05/2008
New Guidance On Estimating Deer Populations	The Forestry Commission has published new guidance on estimating the numbers of deer in woodlands, in 'Bulletin 128: Estimating deer abundance in woodlands: the combination plot technique'. - 07/05/2008
Forestry Advice On Show	Visitors to this year’s Smallholders Show at the Royal Welsh Showground on Saturday, 17 May, and Sunday, 18 May, will be able to get free forestry advice from Forestry Commission Wales staff. - 07/05/2008
Soft Engineering In The Hills – Part Of The Climate Change Solution?	Soft engineering in the hills of Wales could help to alleviate the tragedy of flooding caused by climate change. Every year thousands of pounds worth of property is damaged across Wales by flooding. - 07/05/2008
Oak Processionary Moth Action Plan Relaunched	Forestry, Councils and health authorities today appealed for help from residents of west and south-west London as they launched their spring action plan to try to eradicate oak processionary moths from the area. - 06/05/2008
Forestry Commission To Establish Centre For Forestry And Climate Change	The Forestry Commission is to establish a centre for forestry and climate change to co-ordinate research into and action on the forest sector's role in mitigating and adapting to climate change. - 24/04/2008
New Rural Partnership Develops The Research Landscape In South East England	Forest Research has joined four other leading research institutions in South East England in a collaborative partnership to work together on developing solutions to rural issues in the region. - 24/04/2008
Forestry Commission Publishes Revised Guide To Timber Measurement	The Forestry Commission has published a revised and updated edition of its popular Field Guide to Timber Measurement. - 15/04/2008
Forestry Commission Scientists Present Papers At International Conference	Scientists from the Forestry Commission have presented papers at an international conference in Turkey held to discuss 'Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment - identifying future monitoring and research needs'. - 10/04/2008
New Hylobius Management Support System Launched	The Forestry Commission is beginning to train users from across the forestry industry in a new management support system to help foresters predict and reduce damage and costs caused by large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, in upland spruce and pine plantations. - 09/04/2008
Forestry Commission Publishes Survey Report On Bleeding Canker Of Horse Chestnut	The Forestry Commission has published the results of a survey that provides an indication of the extent of symptoms of bleeding canker of horse chestnut trees throughout Great Britain. - 02/04/2008

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