Forestry Commission’s Post

An excellent document, detailed and easy to navigate. 

Important update on Florida's urban tree canopy: Quick point gained from this report is overall we lost 2% off our Florida canopy.  From 2013 to 2017, all ten regions saw impressive gains, adding 102,408 acres of canopy. However, between 2017 and 2021, we faced significant setbacks, losing 168,052 acres. This resulted in a 2% reduction in our urban forests by 2021 compared to 2013. Storms, especially Hurricane Michael in 2018, played a big role in these losses. While some areas in central and southern Florida gained canopy, the panhandle regions saw declines. Let’s work together to reverse this trend and protect our green spaces! #UrbanForestry #Sustainability #GreenSpaces #TreeCanopy #EnvironmentalImpact #FloridaForests #UrbanGreenery #ClimateResilience #CommunityHealth #ForestConservation #StormImpact #EnvironmentalAwareness

Thank you Frank Carroll for sharing this! Many, many thanks to the USDA to implement on USFS Lands! Hopefully, this will be a welcome proactive paradigm policy shift for the benefit of the resource. Again, I cannot stress enough the importance of building a partnership between the forest products industry and the federal USFS to progressively manage to prevent catastrophic wildfires while retaining the historic characteristics of our USFS managed forests.👍 Ron Rommel Forestry Professional & Author of Axe-It-First

Join this webinar on April 17 hosted by the Northern Forest Center offering a panel discussion of the new report Beyond the “Illusion of Preservation” with three of the author group. The report addresses the imbalance of wood production and wood consumption in New England and, laying out a vision for 2060, encourages taking regional responsibility by protecting forests, reducing consumption, and expanding ecological forestry in the region. https://lnkd.in/exKttU7Q

Planting trees is one of the most recognisable forms of environmental action, but why is UK tree planting so important? We decided to ask Jen Turner from the Royal Forestry Society, an expert in woodland management who has spent the last 11 years working across Britain’s ecology sector. You can read her response right here in our blog post: Why is UK tree planting so important? Planting trees in a changing world… #rfs #treeplanting #climatechange #whytrees #greentheuk

Our new issue of Tree-sources is out now! Along with the newest list of webinars to earn CEUs, watch Rules of Effective Community Engagement in Urban Forestry presented by Asia Dowtin, PhD. Read the full issue at https://ow.ly/yOJb50SI8EN

As part of my contribution to Pixxel's growing online repository of hyperspectral resources, I'm proud to share our latest whitepaper, "The Hyperspectral Advantage in Forestry." Check it out! Here is a sneak peek of what it includes: • Addressing key challenges: Gain insights into our forests' challenges and explore how hyperspectral imagery is posed to overcome them. • Key use cases: We explore real-world applications, including tree species mapping, invasive species detection, and forest health monitoring, using exhibits from Pixxel’s imagery. • Pixxel’s hyperspectral advantage: Find out how our advanced technology enables organisations to detect, classify, and quantify threats to forests worldwide.

Innovations for forest restoration are among the highs from @IUFRO2024. Nele Römer, member of the International Forestry Student’s Association and one of the moderators at the Innovation Stage, describes some of these innovations. #Landislife #GenerationRestoration #IFSA #United4Land #LandofOpportunity

💡Have you considered Faith and Heritage as a solution to #urbanforestry? Please read the blog post I wrote and stay tuned for all of our work in #greenspace #naturebasedsolutions #treeequity and more this fall! 🌳 🍂

Drax Group explain their sustainable forestry below....