Code and Canopy: The Future of Forestry Foresight
2026-08-27
Could artificial intelligence help anticipate the long-term challenges facing Britain’s forests more continuously?Continue Reading
Horizon scan for future forest management issues
2023-11-08
I am proud to have supported an important research exercise which set out to horizon scan for issues that are likely to affect forest management in the UK within the next 50 years. The results of this work are published today.Continue Reading
What factors do you think will most affect woodland management in the UK over the next 50 years?
2022-10-17
What factors do you think will most affect woodland management in the UK over the next 50 years? Have your say …Continue Reading
What Future for our Oak?
2021-06-15
Acute Oak Decline (AOD) is a serious threat facing native oak trees in Britain. If you own or manage trees, please support an important research project: Future OakContinue Reading
Ten Golden Rules for Reforestation
2021-01-26
A paper published recently has presented ‘ten golden rules’ which the authors say should be followed to help deliver sustainable reforestation around the world.Continue Reading
In Celebration of Diversity in the USA
2021-01-21
To mark the inauguration of the 46th American President Joe Biden I thought it fitting to celebrate the amazing diversity of the USA’s forests.Continue Reading
A List of Environmental Specialists
2021-01-16
More than 50 interesting and unusual names for environmental specialists and experts in the natural world from acarologist to zoologistContinue Reading
Forest Cover in Europe
2020-10-10
Forest cover varies hugely across Europe, from 74% in Finland to 11% in the Netherlands. Overall, 46% of Europe is covered with forests, storing 172Gt of carbon.Continue Reading
Climate Matching Tool Launched
2020-06-06
Two UK government bodies responsible for the care of trees and forests have released a new tool to illustrate projected climate change for anywhere in Europe.Continue Reading
Do environmental worldviews and distrust in science affect those who care for our land?
2020-06-02
This is the title of a guest blog that I wrote for BMC, part of the Springer group of academic publishers, published today. Continue Reading
New Research Shows Worldviews and Distrust Influences Land Owners
2020-05-26
A new paper published this month demonstrates a clear relationship between the prevailing worldviews of land owners and their distrust in policy, in their willingness to adopt practices that will help adaptation to environmental change.Continue Reading
Discover Your Environmental Self
2020-05-03
Are you a Musketeer, Team Player, Funambulist, Existentialist or Realist? Discover your own ECOTYPE and find out how you compare to others in this exciting new measure of environmental citizenship.Continue Reading
Calling All British Foresters, Land Owners and Businesses
2020-04-24
The Sylva Foundation has launched its national survey exploring attitudes, actions and awareness to environmental change. Take part . . .Continue Reading
Ash or Oak?
2020-04-06
Which tree is out in leaf first near you – the ash or the oak? Don’t let Covid-19 get in the way of some good citizen science.Continue Reading
Long-term photomonitoring in Piles Copse
2019-06-22
An update to my long-term photomonitoring project of two trees at Piles Copse on Dartmoor, first noted in a publication in 1922.Continue Reading
