Our Executive Director, Dr Stuart Glen is in Perth today for the Hylobius Industry Research Partnership Conference. He’s speaking and chairing a session later in the afternoon. #Hylobius2025

In this month's #MeetTheTrustees feature, Professor Adam Kleczkowski (@aklecz) of @UniStrathclyde outlines his passion for supporting and developing early career scientists.

The final presentation of today is from Rory Abernethy of University of Stirling - Sitka spruce colonisation at the treeline in Scotland. #SFTsymposium2025

Our penultimate presentation is from James Baker from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Dynamic conservation of the common juniper tree. #SFTsymposium2025

Session 3 opens with a presentation from Marlene Cramer of Edinburgh Napier University - Migrating birch: How Swedish wood helps us develop better strength grading approaches for UK timbers. #SFTsymposium2025

The final presentation of Session 2 is from Ben Wilson of University of Stirling - Tree-mendous change: Exploring the effects of implementing continuous cover forestry in Scotland. #SFTsymposium2025

The next presentation is from Dr Ryan McClory from the University of Reading - Understanding, predicting and managing the variation in acorn production of the UK oak masting species Quercus robur and Quercus petraea. #SFTsynposium2025

The first presentation of the afternoon is from Dr James McDonald of Queen Mary University London - Soil types and their influence on upland biodiversity and ecosystem functions. #SFTsymposium2025

Our final presentation of the morning is from Haoran Wu of University of Oxford - Geographic patterns of temperate tree pests and pathogens: Preliminary results. #SFTsymposium2025

The second presentation is from Kieran R Clark of University of Birmingham - Vibrational spectroscopic investigations of plant tissue from ash and oak. #SFTsymposium2025

The opening presentation of #SFTsymposium2025 is from Sarah Watts of Stirling University and The Corrour Estate - Thinking outside the bog: Planting dwarf birch for mountain woodland restoration beyond habitat refugia constrained by overgrazing.

"I believe that the Trust is uniquely placed to become a more significant player in the funding of forest research in the UK." Our second #MeetTheTrustees interview is with Eddie Balfour, Joint Managing Director of @JamesJonesGroup.

Our Executive Director took advantage of yesterday's glorious weather and joined participants in @scotforestry 's 'Landscape-scale lowland deer management' project. Beyond research, The Trust regularly funds training courses of benefit to those working in forestry.

We've introduced a new monthly feature - #MeetTheTrustees. Let's start with the Chair of the Trust's Project and Research Committee (and Scotland's Chief Forester), Dr Helen McKay OBE FICFor CEnv -

We are pleased to support @scotforestry's Lowland Deer Management course, alongside @NatureScot. An interesting and informative first webinar this morning.

Two incredibly stimulating days at @EdinburghNapier University's Impact Investment Symposium on ‘Driving the future evolution of ESG’. Connections, conversations and (potential) collaborations aplenty. Thank you to the indomitable Dr. Wendy Wu for the opportunity to participate.

Our Executive Director, Dr Stuart Glen is attending Day 1 of @EdinburghNapier University’s Impact Symposium on ‘Driving the future evolution of ESG’ and appearing on a panel discussion this morning - ‘Global perspectives on forestry investment and nature-based solutions.’

Our Executive Director, Stuart is attending @brewindolphin’s Annual Scottish Charity Seminar at @DovecotStudios, Edinburgh this morning.

The Trust recently part-funded MSc student Sarah Wild's attendance at Wildland Fire Canada Conference in New Brunswick, 28 October-1 November 2024. Read Sarah's blog post about the conference and Wildfire Exposure and Directional Vulnerability Assessments.

A genuinely thought-provoking event today -'Restoration Science at University of Stirling' showcased a selection of landscape-scale restoration projects in the Biological and Ecological Sciences Department. A massive thank you to Kirsty Park and Alistair Jump for the invitation.