Exploring Higher and Degree Level Apprenticeships in Forestry and Arboriculture
What next for forestry and arboriculture apprenticeships? Ros Burnley, Director of Adrow Ltd, provides an insight into how employers need to be proactive in developing professional apprenticeships “Over 70% of the businesses stated that they would consider taking on a higher level apprentice”. Apprenticeship reform in England has been happening since 2014 and tree-related industries […]
Urban Tree Establishment
TreePans is a sponsor of the 2018 National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC). With a continued push to plant more trees across the country, its never been a more difficult time to establish trees in our urban environment. As an urban forester, I always struggled to keep my trees mulched and watered and also the grounds teams […]
Bellway Homes TreeBunker
Wrekin Products is a sponsor of the 2018 National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC). The Holmwood Park development of new homes in Ferndown, Dorset, has been created by Bellway Homes Ltd on a site surrounded by large green spaces including 1,000 acres of stunning parkland and forest. The aim of the new residential development was to create an […]
Promoting preparation: Tree health & biosecurity plans
Forestry Commission is a sponsor of the 2018 National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC). If a notifiable pest or disease were to be found affecting a tree, woodland, or forest under your management, what would be your response? Would you: Take early retirement? Ask yourself where you are going to find the additional time and funding to […]
Remote Sensing Technologies for Tree Disease Management: A Case Study
2Excel geospatial is a sponsor of the 2018 National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC). This article presents research conducted to investigate the potential capabilities of airborne hyperspectral imagery for the assessment of ash dieback in a hedgerow environment. Hyperspectral imagery consists of hundreds of narrow bands across the visible and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum providing […]
2018 National Tree Officers Conference Programme Announced
The acclaimed National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC) programme is now live. The 2018 NTOC will have a broader reach than ever with presenters from across the UK and beyond with delegates hearing from a local authority officer, Lars Schultz-Christensen, working in Copenhagen, Denmark. The programme will cover a variety of subject areas as per below: […]
Booking opens for the UK’s only dedicated Tree Officer Conference
The acclaimed National Tree Officers Conference will return to Telford, 6 November 2018. Last years’ outstanding event hosted more than 230 delegates from local authorities and private practice around the UK, who travelled to Telford last November. This is the only major conference dedicated to the needs of Tree Officers. More than 93% of last […]
2018 Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award Recipients Announced from the UK and Canada
The Institute of Chartered Foresters is pleased to announce the four recipients of the 2018 Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award. The Institute’s Student members Tom Haynes and Michael Wilson from the University of Cumbria were selected among talented competition as the United Kingdom applicants, while Daniel Root from the University of Toronto and Erin […]
Interview with Chief Pilot at BioCarbon Engineering
Speaker Day 1: Planting trees using drones Hester McQueen, ICF Marketing and Communications Officer, interviews Jeremie Leonard as he prepares to address the Institute’s forthcoming National Conference: Innovation for Change. What technological and/or other developments do you envisage making an impact on the sector in the next few years? In BioCarbon Engineering we are working […]
Jon Ryan, shares his experience of presenting at the National Tree Officers Conference in 2017
Jon Ryan, Team Manager (Arboriculture) at London Borough of Islington, tells us about his experience of presenting at the National Tree Officers Conference (NTOC) in 2017. Why did you decide to submit an abstract? I sat in the audience the previous year and decided that I had no excuse not to submit an abstract. Although […]
