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Have you seen our recent Special Issue: Forest fires in cool-temperate and humid-continental forest? 🔥 You can take a look here 👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/issue…

Alex Donaldson MICFor is currently in Australia working for the Forestry Corporation of New South Wales as part of our Young Professional Foresters’ Exchange Programme. Read his blog after one month on our website: charteredforesters.org/one-month-upda…

Effect of bark beetle disturbance on fire dynamics in Central Europe🪲🔥 Beetz et al. found that forest stands with previous bark beetle infestations had larger areas of very high burn severity & more extreme fire intensities than most other fuel types. 🔗doi.org/10.1093/forest…

🎉 One week to go 🎉 We are busy getting ready for our special Centenary National Conference 2025 on 29 and 30 April in Edinburgh and live online. Don't miss out - bookings for online tickets will close on Sunday 27 April at 23:59 👇 site.pheedloop.com/event/NC25/tic… #ICF100

📢New issue out! Browse articles on: 🌴Close-to-nature practices in tropical plantation forestry 🪵 Managing harvesting residues 📈 Drought responses in black locust plantations 🧬 Tracing illegal logging of teak + much more here 👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/issue…

📢 Call for Papers! We are excited to announce a new Special Issue with SilviLaser 2025 SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pages…

Retention vs removal: What are the benefits and drawbacks of current harvesting residue practices? 🍂 A systematic review by Udali et al. examines implications for managing harvesting residues on biodiversity, soil properties and bioenergy production. 🔗doi.org/10.1093/forest…

To celebrate National Plant Health Week, we're delighted to have Matt Parratt hosting #MembersHour tomorrow to summarise the first 12 years of the Observatree project. Don't miss out - bookings will close tonight at 23:59⬇️ charteredforesters.org/event/membersh…

What factors contribute to dark heartwood in sugar maple and what are the implications for silviculture?🍁 Voyer et al. examined the occurrence of dark heartwood in sugar maples in relation to tree age, stem growth and climatic variables in Quebec, Canada doi.org/10.1093/forest…

Editor’s Choice article on close-to-nature (CTN) practices in tropical plantation forestry 🌴 Pinnschmidt et al. use process-based forest growth simulations to assess the economic & ecological potential of CTN management in plantations in Central America. doi.org/10.1093/forest…

I am proud to announce that my paper, "Trade-off analysis for multi-objective boreal forest thinning" has been published by Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research . See how forest thinning could be optimized for multiple economic and environmental criteria: academic.oup.com/forestry/artic…

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Scotland’s Finest Woods has announced that Wilma Harper MBE FICFor CEnv has been selected as its new chair, replacing Guy Watt FICFor in the role. Find out more at charteredforesters.org/new-chair-at-s… #forestry

Sustainability & drivers of quaking aspen regeneration & recruitment 🌱 Crouch et al. assessed the influence of 69 biotic & abiotic variables such as stand structure, damaging agents, fire, climate & management on juvenile aspen demography in Arizona, USA doi.org/10.1093/forest…

Emyr Parker is halfway through his Young Professional Foresters' Exchange in New Zealand, gaining hands-on experience with Juken NZ. Read the full blog on our website: charteredforesters.org/halfway-update…

A new growth competition index to inform commercial thinning practices 🗺️🌲 Irwin et al. integrated high-density drone laser scanning and tree-ring data to quantify the relative growth condition of individual trees and their neighbours. 🔗doi.org/10.1093/forest…

Combining tree rings and high-density drone-based lidar data to inform forest managers to prioritize thinning operations Integrated RS Studio Liam Irwin Alexis Achim

Drought responses in black locust plantations in northwestern China 📈 Liu et al. use a rainfall manipulation experiment to examine varying drought intensities on the physiological impacts and water-use strategy in a key plantation species. 🔗doi.org/10.1093/forest…

Following our AGM on 4 June, we are pleased to announce that Andrew Sowerby FICFor has been elected as ICF President and Dr Gary Kerr FICFor as Vice President. 🔗 Read more: charteredforesters.org/new-icf-presid…