FTN February 2022

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CONFOR

Confor Awards shortlists are out! Confor dinner and awards is back – with strong shortlists in all categories as the industry prepares to celebrate leaders, communicators and innovators.

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he Confor dinner and awards in February 2020 was a hugely enjoyable and positive celebration of all that is good about the forestry and wood sector. Two years later, after an enforced absence in 2021, the awards dinner is back. In addition to the well-established Dedicated Service to Forestry Award, the three new awards handed out for the first time in 2020 return for 2022. There are very strong shortlists for all three awards - Changing Attitudes (sponsored by Scottish Woodlands), Innovation & Research (sponsored by Forestry &

Land Scotland and Forestry Commission) and Future Forestry Leader (sponsored by James Jones & Sons). Four entries have been shortlisted in each category as entry numbers were up on 2020, with judges facing a challenging task to whittle down a number of quality entries in each of the three categories. Stuart Goodall, Chief Executive of Confor, said: “Leadership, innovation and communication are all absolutely vital to the future success of our industry - and I’m very pleased to see the number of entries

is up from 2020 – and to see a really high quality of entries too. “It’s also great to see the variety of businesses shortlisted – from both small and large businesses, from the private and public sectors and from all along the supply chain. “I really look forward to announcing winners at the dinner on 1 March and celebrating the achievements of our growing industry. We will also unveil the latest hero of our industry who will pick up the prestigious Dedicated Service to Forestry Award.”

INNOVATION & RESEARCH AWARD

FUTURE FORESTRY LEADER AWARD

SHORTLISTED NOMINATIONS

CHANGING ATTITUDES AWARD Drew Easton Learning & Development Manager at Jas P Wilson

Jamie Dewhurst Managing Director at JA Growers

Michael Cresswell Forest Operations Team Leader at Natural Resources Wales

Laura Jermy Harvesting Manager and Timber Buyer at TG Norman

Eilidh Forster Consultant and Bangor University researcher

Alexander Lambton Mill Manager for James Jones & Sons at Lockerbie

Vicky West Woodland Carbon Code Manager at Scottish Forestry

Josh Roberts Innovations manager with Forestry and Land Scotland

Shona Smyth Forest Manager at Pryor & Rickett

Matt Stevenson Founder & Managing Director, ECOSystems Technologies Limited

Mike Yerbury Director, EGGER Forestry

Tom Kemp and Nick Jarvis Working Woodlands Cornwall CIC Judges: David Lee, Public Affairs Cooperative; Ian Robinson, Scottish Woodlands; Stefanie Kaiser, Confor

Judges: Jo Ellis*, Forestry and Land Scotland; Ian Tubby, Forestry Commission, Andy Leitch, Confor *has not participated in shortlisting of Josh Roberts, due to a conflict of interest

Judges: Stuart Goodall, Confor; Shireen Chambers, ICF; David Leslie, James Jones and Sons* *withdrawn from panel due to conflict of interest

Other nominated entries Jez Ralph Timber Design Strategies Forestry England North Forest District Lee Waters Welsh Labour Member of Senedd Tim Kirk Kirk Valuations Jamie Farquhar Confor Peter Topham Savills

Other nominated entries Matthew Brown and Rafi Cohen Forest Creation Partners Neil Stoddart Creel Consulting Bryan Elliot Eucalyptus Renewables Ltd Franziska Goeckavitz Tilhill Daniel Iddon SAF Woodland Management Prof. Jo Bradwell Norbury Park Brian Keen B W Keen Forestry

Other nominated entries Andy Maclachlan Scottish Woodlands Tom Croy Par Equity Cora Pfarre Forestry Commission Sam Brown Tilhill Sam Bristow Tilhill Ben Crisford Tilhill Luke Hemmings (ex) Forestry Commission

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pages 65-68

Timber Transport project officers the Facilitators

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page 64

How alive is your soil?

6min
pages 60-62

Weathering the storms

5min
pages 58-59

Forwarders - a market roundup

8min
pages 53-57

UK Eucalyptus silviculture in 2022

5min
pages 50-52

Creating Tomorrow’s Forests

5min
pages 40-41

The role of multistrata agroforestry in the UK’s agroecological transition

4min
pages 47-49

Farm Forestry at Scotland’s Finest Wood Awards

6min
pages 44-46

Setting up and growing an effective safe and compliant timber business

4min
pages 33-34

Can you help find a better fit for female PPE?

3min
page 29

Lone working in winter increased risks for employers

4min
page 35

Workforce issues in the forestry sector – a Scottish perspective

7min
pages 30-32

The fight for talent in a post-pandemic labour market

6min
pages 26-28

Curlew Action Recovery Plan

4min
page 21

Jamie Farquhar retires

5min
pages 17-18

A ‘frankly’ flexible family business

5min
pages 22-23

Storm Arwen - the aftermath

10min
pages 6-9

What’s on the menu for 2022

3min
pages 10-11

Farewell Stef Kaiser

4min
pages 19-20

Confor Awards shortlists are out

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pages 15-16

APF 2022 and The Arb Show

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