Duncan Pollard
MICFor from Nestlé, sustainability expert, will address the Institute of
Chartered Foresters’ (ICF) annual flagship two-day conference.
The UK’s Role in
Global Forestry – Past, present and future will be held on 10-11 April at the
Examination Schools in Oxford.
Forests are
increasingly being relied upon to provide a sustainable future for the planet.
The UK has a
remarkable influence on the global forestry stage and, with its National
Conference in 2019, the Institute is once again leading the way in preparing
the forestry profession for the future.
International Union
of Forest Research Organisations’ (IUFRO) Executive Director Alexander Buck
joins Session 4, “Delivering Global Environmental Services from Forests”.
Mr Buck is an expert
on international forestry, environment and resource policy. He will explore how
forests, science and people interconnect on an international scale.
On day two,
Environmentalist Tony Juniper, Executive Director for Advocacy and Campaigns at
WWF-UK, will address Session 5 in a lecture entitled “Do Professional Foresters
Matter?” exploring how foresters are viewed by those working in sustainability.
Other speakers
include:
- Rachel
Butler, Executive Director, Global Timber Forum, UK
- Rob de
Fégley, President, Institute of Foresters, Australia
- Professor
Colin Galbraith, Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Consultancy, UK
- Professor
Sandra Harding, Vice-Chancellor & President of James Cook University,
Australia
- Steve
Jennings, Partner, 3Keel, UK
- Luis Nevis
Silva, New Generations Plantations Project Leader, WWF, Portugal
- Frances
Seymour, Distinguished Senior Fellow at World Resources Institute; co-author of
“Why Forests, Why Now”, USA
- Georges
Bazongo, Director West Africa, TREE AID, Burkina Faso
- Berry
Wiersum, CEO, Sappi Europe
- Dr Anna
Lawrence MICFor, Forestry and Arboriculture Research Consultant, UK
- Robert
Matthews, Forest Research, UK
Commenting on the
significance of the UK’s Role in Global Forestry, conference Chair Geraint
Richards MVO MICFor, Head Forester at Duchy of Cornwall Woodlands, said: “The
ICF’s 2019 national conference will provide a timely opportunity to consider
the importance of the UK’s role in global forestry.
"Next year
marks the centenary of the 1919 Forestry Act and, whilst touching on the past,
the conference’s exciting array of international speakers will highlight the
significance of the UK forestry sector today and going forward.”
Early Bird Ticket
discounts end 31 December 2018 at: www.charteredforesters.org/ukglobalforestry
