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New forestry commissioner appointed
05 December, 2014
Dr Mary Barkham has been appointed as a forestry commissioner for England for a three-year term.

Grown in Britain Week grows in stature
08 November, 2014
The second annual Grown in Britain Week has been hailed a great success, with a range of “stimulating events that captured the imagination of government, industry and society”.

Grown in Britain week launches with ministerial backing
14 October, 2014
The second annual Grown in Britain week kicked off in grand style yesterday with the secretary of state for the environment visiting a major housing project using home-grown timber in the morning and two government ministers speaking at the launch event at the House of Lords in the afternoon.

Scottish Woodlands Student Excellence Award announced
07 October, 2014
The Scottish Forestry Trust has announced that the winner of the Scottish Woodlands Student Excellence Award for 2013/14 is Jo Clark, a former external PhD at Bangor University and forestry research manager at the Earth Trust.

Forest strategy looks to root of planting
08 September, 2014
As many as 1,000 new jobs could be created across northern England by a new initiative to expand and invest in the forestry industry.

Defra hosts EUTR/FLEGT stakeholder event
20 March, 2014
An EU Timber Regulation/Forest Law, Enforcement, Governance and Trade stakeholder event will be held at Defra in London on March 27.

NMO gets FLEGT competent authority role
25 January, 2014
The National Measurement Office (NMO), the competent authority for ensuring UK compliance with the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), is taking on the same role for the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing system.