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Forest Research is Great Britain’s principal organisation for forestry and tree related research and is internationally renowned for the provision of evidence and scientific services in support of sustainable forestry.

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Steve Scott @SteveScottFC 19 Feb

Foresters! I have a permanent job vacancy for a Woodland Officer. Come join my wonderful band of weirdos and misfits! https://t.co/SMUrjq5Yzx

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Forestry Commission @ForestryComm

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28 Feb 2020

NRS Forest Science Seminar: Native woodland restoration in southern Scotland: principles and practice

14:00
NRS, Northern Research Station, Bush Estate, Roslin, Scotland

Two decades ago, the newly created Borders Forest Trust launched Carrifran Wildwood, the first major woodland restoration scheme in the Southern Uplands. In 1997, at the start of the the planning phase, Adrian Newton and Philip Ashmole ran a landmark conference under the title of this seminar. Now is a good time to review the principles and practice, and to take a look at where we stand now.

11 Mar 2020

Scotland’s National Ecological Network: progress and practicalities

Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, High School Yards, EDINBURGH, EH8 9XP

A forum for the exchange of information and ideas between policy, practice and science to progress towards regional and national ecological networks in Scotland.