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26 May 2025
Former Institute President, Wilma Harper MBE FICFor CEnv, has been selected as new Chair of Scotland’s Finest Woods to champion people, passion, innovation and success. Wilma has taken over from Guy Watt FICFor who was Chair for three years.
16 May 2025
A project led by the Royal Forestry Society has brought together nine organisations, including the Institute, to tackle the growing issues surrounding mental health in forestry with an aim of providing useful tools to help prevent and alleviate problems.
8 May 2025
At our Centenary National Conference 2025 in Edinburgh, the Institute’s Executive Director and President presented Professor Julian Evans OBE FICFor and Dr Helen McKay OBE FICFor CEnv with The Institute’s Medal, and Ben Gunneberg MICFor with The President’s Award.
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8 & 9 July 2025 | Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire
Whether an arboriculturist, silviculturist or commercial forester, the way a traditional estate operates and has diversified can give both practical and theoretical ideas for you to use in your day-to-day working practice. What can the sector learn from traditional estate management, and have you ever heard of bioregionalism? Join us on for our Early Career Professionals Study Tour to find out more.
With the UK Government’s ambitious target to increase tree and woodland cover in England to 16.5% by 2050, the demand for skilled professionals in forestry has never been greater. A Forestry Sector ...
Geraint Richards MVO FICFor, Head Forester to the Duchy of Cornwall and Past President of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF), has been awarded an OBE for services to the Forestry Sector in The...
A coalition of leading horticulture and landscape industry organisations has today announced the submission of a joint letter to the UK Government, calling for the removal of VAT on SPF 30+ sunscreen....
The Institute of Chartered Foresters' AGM took place online on Wednesday 4 June and saw six new Council Members elected. Headed up by new President Andrew Sowerby FICFor and Vice President Dr Gary Ker...
Following the Institute of Chartered Foresters’ Annual General Meeting on 4 June 2025, a new President and Vice President have been appointed. Andrew Sowerby FICFor was elected President as the succ...
Emyr Parker is one of two candidates selected for the Young Professional Foresters’ Exchange Programme (2024-2025) and is spending three months in New Zealand working for Juken NZ. Emyr has shared a...
Scotland’s Finest Woods is pleased to announce that Wilma Harper MBE FICFor CEnv has been selected as its new chair. A Chartered Forester and Chartered Environmentalist, Wilma has been a trustee of ...
Please see below a press release from the Chartered Institute of Horticulture that was published in May 2025. 12% of survey respondents had been diagnosed with some form of skin cancer, accordi...
Our monthly policy and research blog updates you on the latest work at the Institute and how you can get involved. Institute news Welcome to the second bi-monthly Policy Roundup of 2025, from the ...
Alex Donaldson MICFor is one of two candidates selected for the Young Professional Foresters’ Exchange Programme (2024-2025) and is spending three months in Australia working for the Forestry Corpor...
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