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Foresters reaction to UK Climate Change Committee report

Added: (Thu May 02 2019)

Pressbox (Press Release) - Thursday 02 May 2019 ICF NEWS RELEASE 19/11
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Shireen Chambers, Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Foresters is available for interview (She is based in our Edinburgh head office – pictures available on request).
Professional Foresters Have Major Role in Helping Combat Climate Change
Professional foresters will have a vital role when it comes to meeting the recommendations made today (Thursday 02 May) by the Committee on Climate Change for the UK to be carbon free by 2050, according to the Institute of Chartered of Chartered Foresters.
Members of the Institute are already working with private and public land owners to plant new forests using marginal land and working with farmers to see how smaller woodlands can benefit them and help with carbon capture.
The Committee, the UK Government’s official advisor on climate change, recommends that three billion trees need to be planted by 2050, that a fifth of farmland should be turned into forest, peatland or used for biomass crops and 200,000 miles of hedgerows need to be grown.
Commenting on the recommendations, Shireen Chambers, Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, said: “Professional foresters are ahead of the game. We are already working with land owners and farmers to show how trees can work in a sustainable, ecological and economic way.
“People know about the detrimental impact of plastic on the environment and now they are becoming more aware of the role trees play in combating climate change and capturing carbon.
“The Institute also has a vital role to play in terms of promoting forestry as a career for young people so that they can see working in forestry as a profession where they can make a difference to our planet, not just now, but in decades to come.
“I welcome the report and hope that it will open up the debate even further on how trees can be the way forward in meeting climate change targets and how the UK can take a global lead on this.”
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Media Enquiries
Ray Hewett
Communications Officer
+44 (0) 131 240 1425
Ray.Hewett@charteredforesters.org
Notes to Editor
1. The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) is incorporated by Royal Charter as the only professional body in the UK to award Chartered Forester and Chartered Arboriculturist statuses. It was founded in 1925 at the Society of Foresters of Great Britain, became the Institute of Foresters in 1974 and was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1982, becoming the Institute of Chartered Foresters.
2. Its objectives are the maintenance and improvement of the standards of practice and understanding of all aspects of forestry and arboriculture, the protection of the public interest and the promotion of the professional status of Foresters and Arboriculturists in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
3. Now approaching its 100th anniversary, the Institute has undertaken its remit with a determination to support the tree management professions while promoting the proper care and management of forests, woodlands and trees throughout the UK.


Submitted by:Ray Hewett
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