Forestry consultancy ProForest has expanded the range of courses on offer for its summer training programme 2004.

The Oxford-based firm, in conjunction with environmental finance company EcoSecurities, will offer courses dealing with current issues for those involved in forest management, certification and sustainable natural resource management.

Courses include an introduction to certification and standards; responsible purchasing in practice, illegal logging, product tracing and chain of custody; climate change policy and forests; and small forests and group schemes.