Forest Research
New Year's Honours Recognition
- Posted on: 4 Jan 2022
Research worker Lee Cooper has been recognised in the New Year's Honours list. Based in North Yorkshire, Lee has been awarded a MBE for services to forestry. FR Board member…
New citizen science app launched
- Posted on: 17 Dec 2021
A new citizen science application has been launched to identify potential areas of windblown conifer trees following the devasting impact of Storm Arwen. Forest Research is working with Confor, the…
Expert Committee on Forest Science Welcomes New Member
- Posted on: 1 Oct 2021
Expert Committee on Forest Science Welcomes New Member Professor Darren Evans
Forest Research Launches Climate Change Factsheet Series
- Posted on: 28 Jan 2021
Forest Research has today (Thursday 28th January 2021) launched the first in a series of factsheets exploring the effects of climate change on our trees and woodlands. Aimed at practitioners,…
New Heads of Centres Announced
- Posted on: 26 Jan 2021
Forest Research has appointed a new Head of Centre for Sustainable Forestry and Climate Change and Head of Centre for Ecosystems, Society and Biosecurity. Emily Brennan joins FR as Head…
New Voice For The Forestry Profession
- Posted on: 15 Jul 2020
Dr Helen McKay OBE FICFor has been appointed as the new Chief Forester for Scotland. In her new role, she will provide technical and professional advice on forestry matters to…
England’s first reintroduced Pine Martens have kits
- Posted on: 13 Jul 2020
Combined efforts to bring pine martens back to the Forest of Dean have just reached a major milestone – a number of recently released females have given birth to offspring. …
Views sought on the National Forest Inventory
- Posted on: 17 Jun 2020
A survey to support an independent review of the National Forest Inventory (NFI) has been launched today, Wednesday 17 June 2020. The survey calls on landowners, forestry and woodland professionals,…
Pioneering project to tackle ash dieback launches International Year of Plant Health
- Posted on: 17 Jan 2020
On Friday 17 January, the government’s Chief Plant Health Officer, Nicola Spence, accompanied by Forest Research's Chris Reynolds, visited the project to plant one of the last trees in the…
New Mental Health First Aid Network within Forest Research
- Posted on: 10 Oct 2019
We have recently developed a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Network, and now have 21 trained Mental Health First Aiders spread across the UK.