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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.
Check out our upcoming calendar of events and start planning your CPD activities!
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.
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...
The artist collective behind a groundbreaking new digital installation at London’s Kew Gardens has credited research by The James Hutton Institute as part of their inspiration. Of the Oak opened to ...
For Mental Health Awareness Week, we are delighted to announce that organisations from across the forestry sector have come together to tackle the growing issues surrounding mental health in forestry....
The Institute of Chartered Foresters’ (ICF) Centenary National Conference 2025: Celebrating the Past, Inspiring the Future took place in Edinburgh on 29 & 30 April, with several highly prestigio...
Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards is marking 40 years of celebrating all that is great about the country’s woodlands and forests. The Awards celebrate the people involved across all types of Scotland...
The CAVAT Group are seeking to explore and understand how CAVAT is being used. They have launched a simple ‘Examples of Use’ form to enable people to submit their examples and are open to feedback...
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