Events

24 Jan 2020

NRS Forest Science Seminar: Trees Mean Life – working with Tree Aid in sub-Saharan Africa

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

by Shireen Chambers (Tree Aid and Institute of Chartered Foresters)
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.
24 Apr 2020

NRS Forest Science Seminar: Applying economics to modern-day forestry

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

by Pat Snowdon (Scottish Forestry)
29 May 2020

NRS Forest Science Seminar: A Peek into the insect farming industry and making better bugs for it?

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

by Thomas Farrugia (BetaBugs)