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‘Remembering Our Forgotten Forests: Twelve thousand years of British and Irish Woodlands’- new book by Jonathan Mullard

'So, I say that we had better be without gold than without forests' — John Evelyn in Rembering Our Forgotten Forests I recently had the good fortune to meet US author and ecological activist Derrick Jensen, whose book Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests (co-authored with George Draffan, 2004) had a big impact…Read more ‘Remembering Our Forgotten Forests: Twelve thousand years of British and Irish Woodlands’- new book by Jonathan Mullard

Celebrating over 2 decades of closer-to-nature forestry practice in Ireland with Pro Silva International

Celebrating over 2 decades of closer-to-nature forestry practice in Ireland with Pro Silva International - I was delighted, recently, to be involved, as a longtime committee member of Pro Silva Ireland to help host the international Pro Silva delegates' 3-day meeting and forest site visits in County Wicklow June 14-16, 2023. Very experienced Close-to-Nature forestry delegates attended from 22 countries and generously shared their expertise, research, and how they are facing mounting ecological challenges in their forestry sectors in Europe and the United Kingdom.

Further reflections: ‘The Right Tree in the Right Place’? — we need conversations about wiser forestry and ‘The Right Forestry Practice in the Right Place’

Further reflections: ‘The Right Tree in the Right Place’? — we need conversations about wiser forestry and ‘The Right Forestry Practice in the Right Place’ April 19, 2023 I was delighted to see there has been further reflections on the recent event in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden, which I contributed a pre-recorded talk on Wiser Forestry:…Read more Further reflections: ‘The Right Tree in the Right Place’? — we need conversations about wiser forestry and ‘The Right Forestry Practice in the Right Place’