Useful forestry resources

Interesting Sites for Woodland Owners

British & Irish Hardwoods Improvement Programme (BIHIP)
The British & Irish Hardwoods Improvement Programme (BIHIP) is a consortium of organisations and individuals aiming to co-ordinate forestry research and the forest industry in Britain and Ireland.

Forestry & Timber Association
The Forestry and Timber Association is the UK’s leading representative body for all those with an interest, or a professional involvement, in the growing and management of trees.

John Clegg & Co.
This nation-wide group of Chartered Surveyors and Chartered Foresters has experience of almost every sector of the rural market and is now the leading forestry agent in the UK.

The-Tree
The-Tree is dedicated to sharing information about the many different facets of knowledge about trees and forests.

Interesting Sites for Woodland Producers

Solway Feeders
Manufacturers and suppliers of accessories for Game birds, Poultry and Wildfowl.

Arbeta plc
Arbeta manufactures and supplies a range of high quality, competitively priced treeshelters and ancillary products to the forestry and landscaping industries.

Beacon Forestry
Beacon Forestry operate Europe`s leading electronic round timber marketing service for buyers and sellers throughout the UK.

Royal Agricultural College
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, UK

Key Conservation Organisations

The Royal Forestry Society
We are a Registered Charity (No. 306093). Anyone can join the RFS and we now have over 4,000 members drawn from right across the board - woodland owners, land managers, foresters, students, keen amateurs, arborists, landscapers, timber merchants, ecologists - you name it, we have got them.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds works for a healthy environment rich in birds and wildlife; it depends on the support and generosity of others to make a difference.

Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG)
FWAG exists to provide farmers, landowners and our other clients with the best opportunity for environmental gain through cost effective, quality solutions.

The Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading conservation charity dedicated to the protection of our native woodland heritage.

The Game Conservancy Trust
The aim is to promote for the public benefit the conservation and study of game species, their habitats and the other species associated with those habitats.

BASC
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation.

Small Woods Association
Britain’s leading organisation for all those with the well-being of our small woodlands at heart.

Naturenet
UK Countryside and Nature Conservation.

Key National Organisations

Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission of Great Britain is the government department responsible for the protection and expansion of Britain's forests and woodlands.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Defra works for the essentials of life - water, food, air, land, people, animals and plants.

The Countryside Agency
"working for people and places in rural England"

The National Trust
The Trust was set up to act as a guardian for the nation in the acquisition and protection of threatened coastline, countryside and buildings.

English Nature
English Nature is the Government agency that champions the conservation of wildlife and geology throughout England.

FMB On-line
Federation of Master Builders. With more than 13,000 member firms, the FMB is the largest trade association in the UK building industry.

Interesting International Forestry Sites

Forest Stewardship Council
The Forest Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organization founded in 1993 to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.

Commonwealth Forestry Association
The Commonwealth Forestry Association is the world's longest established international forestry organization, tracing its history back to the founding of the Empire Forestry Association in 1921. Today it unites 1200 members in 78 Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries.

The National Council for Forest Research and Development
COFORD coordinates and funds appropriate and cost-effective research to secure long-term industrial viability and optimise social, environmental and cultural developments associated with forestry.