Andrew Heald
@andyheald.bsky.social
Forester & tree farmer
🌲🌳👨🏽🌾🐂🥜🥭🪵
Inclusive landscape scale solutions
Regenerative bioeconomy
Sustainable cities
Works with the amazing Inovaland team
Lives in Edinburgh
🌲🌳👨🏽🌾🐂🥜🥭🪵
Inclusive landscape scale solutions
Regenerative bioeconomy
Sustainable cities
Works with the amazing Inovaland team
Lives in Edinburgh
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Iran’s forestry chief says Elit wildfire contained after weeks of battle
https://www.europesays.com/2591459/
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was…
https://www.europesays.com/2591459/
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was…
Iran’s forestry chief says Elit wildfire contained after weeks of battle - EUROPE SAYS
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was not the right time to ask such questions.
www.europesays.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Iran’s forestry chief says Elit wildfire contained after weeks of battle
https://www.europesays.com/2591459/
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was…
https://www.europesays.com/2591459/
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was…
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🌟 Listen up, aspiring global forestry specialists from beyond the EU! 🌍
Applications are NOW OPEN for the GLOFOR Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
📅 Application deadline: January 15, 2026
For more information about the programme, check globalforestry.eu/applications/! 😎
#gloformundus #globalforestry
Applications are NOW OPEN for the GLOFOR Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
📅 Application deadline: January 15, 2026
For more information about the programme, check globalforestry.eu/applications/! 😎
#gloformundus #globalforestry
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🌟 Listen up, aspiring global forestry specialists from beyond the EU! 🌍
Applications are NOW OPEN for the GLOFOR Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
📅 Application deadline: January 15, 2026
For more information about the programme, check globalforestry.eu/applications/! 😎
#gloformundus #globalforestry
Applications are NOW OPEN for the GLOFOR Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
📅 Application deadline: January 15, 2026
For more information about the programme, check globalforestry.eu/applications/! 😎
#gloformundus #globalforestry
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It’s National Tree Week, the UK’s largest annual tree celebration.
There has never been a better or more important time to consider a career in the forestry sector.
Myerscough currently offers a wide range of different study programmes.
Find out more.
www.myerscough.ac.uk/news/nationa...
There has never been a better or more important time to consider a career in the forestry sector.
Myerscough currently offers a wide range of different study programmes.
Find out more.
www.myerscough.ac.uk/news/nationa...
National Tree Week: Branch out with a Myerscough arboriculture study programme
It’s National Tree Week, the UK’s largest annual tree celebration.
www.myerscough.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s National Tree Week, the UK’s largest annual tree celebration.
There has never been a better or more important time to consider a career in the forestry sector.
Myerscough currently offers a wide range of different study programmes.
Find out more.
www.myerscough.ac.uk/news/nationa...
There has never been a better or more important time to consider a career in the forestry sector.
Myerscough currently offers a wide range of different study programmes.
Find out more.
www.myerscough.ac.uk/news/nationa...
Two examples of Brazilian #agroforestry
Cocoa with rubber trees, and coffee with bananas.
🇧🇷 🍫 ☕️ 🍌 🛞
Cocoa with rubber trees, and coffee with bananas.
🇧🇷 🍫 ☕️ 🍌 🛞
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Two examples of Brazilian #agroforestry
Cocoa with rubber trees, and coffee with bananas.
🇧🇷 🍫 ☕️ 🍌 🛞
Cocoa with rubber trees, and coffee with bananas.
🇧🇷 🍫 ☕️ 🍌 🛞
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November 23, 1925
Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was a forester and politician. He served as the fourth chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the first head of the United States Forest Service, and as the 28th governor of Pennsylvania.
Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was a forester and politician. He served as the fourth chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the first head of the United States Forest Service, and as the 28th governor of Pennsylvania.
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
November 23, 1925
Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was a forester and politician. He served as the fourth chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the first head of the United States Forest Service, and as the 28th governor of Pennsylvania.
Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was a forester and politician. He served as the fourth chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the first head of the United States Forest Service, and as the 28th governor of Pennsylvania.
“Driving over Coconuts” the Brazilian sequel to Chris Stewart’s much loved “Driving over Lemons” …
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Driving over Coconuts” the Brazilian sequel to Chris Stewart’s much loved “Driving over Lemons” …
Sometimes Edinburgh’s industrial past is overlooked for its architecture, and its medical and legal heritage.
Great collection of information here ⬇️
Great collection of information here ⬇️
Mills on the Water of Leith; including paper, snuff and grain. #Edinburgh
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Sometimes Edinburgh’s industrial past is overlooked for its architecture, and its medical and legal heritage.
Great collection of information here ⬇️
Great collection of information here ⬇️
Pleased to see mention of “modular wooden design” but we also need to grow that timber & fibre.
We need to integrate productive forests into the urban fringe, creating multipurpose plantations for timber and for recreational space and nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We need to integrate productive forests into the urban fringe, creating multipurpose plantations for timber and for recreational space and nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Pleased to see mention of “modular wooden design” but we also need to grow that timber & fibre.
We need to integrate productive forests into the urban fringe, creating multipurpose plantations for timber and for recreational space and nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We need to integrate productive forests into the urban fringe, creating multipurpose plantations for timber and for recreational space and nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower carbon bio-materials 🌱
Bamboo-based biomass plastics have the potential to replace conventional plastics in several fields, including packaging and daily-use items, industrial and construction applications, and agricultural and forestry sectors.
doi.org/10.59717/j.x...
#materials #biodegradable #bioplastics
doi.org/10.59717/j.x...
#materials #biodegradable #bioplastics
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Lower carbon bio-materials 🌱
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Just over a week to submit to our special issue!
Deadline: 30th November
Details: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
Deadline: 30th November
Details: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
🚨 Deadline approaching to submit to our special issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social on
“Laser scanning applications in forest management”
⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025
More information here:
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
“Laser scanning applications in forest management”
⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025
More information here:
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Just over a week to submit to our special issue!
Deadline: 30th November
Details: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
Deadline: 30th November
Details: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
Great to be back in Bahia 🇧🇷 visiting some of the 40+ agroforestry projects and communities that we’ve helped mobilise with the €8M FASB initiative.
Trees in the photos planted 2023/24
More info fasb.inovaland.earth/en/
Trees in the photos planted 2023/24
More info fasb.inovaland.earth/en/
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Great to be back in Bahia 🇧🇷 visiting some of the 40+ agroforestry projects and communities that we’ve helped mobilise with the €8M FASB initiative.
Trees in the photos planted 2023/24
More info fasb.inovaland.earth/en/
Trees in the photos planted 2023/24
More info fasb.inovaland.earth/en/
If you are at #COP30 in Belem and want to learn more about what we do at iNovaland® please look our for our colleagues Rose Kobusinge and Breno Neves
www.linkedin.com/posts/inoval...
www.linkedin.com/posts/inoval...
#cop30 #restoration #carboncredit | iNovaland®
Our delegation is honored to be participating in COP30, taking place in the vibrant city of Belém, Pará. Representing iNovaland®, our Public Relations, Rose Kobusinge shares our core expectations and ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you are at #COP30 in Belem and want to learn more about what we do at iNovaland® please look our for our colleagues Rose Kobusinge and Breno Neves
www.linkedin.com/posts/inoval...
www.linkedin.com/posts/inoval...
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In this episode of AJ Climate Champions podcast, Built by Nature’s Joe Giddings, a co-founder of ACAN, talks about building responsibly with timber and sustainable forestry initiatives. Supported by Built By Nature
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Joe Giddings on the ‘mind-blowing’ growth of bio-based materials
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Joe Giddings on the ‘mind-blowing’ growth of bio-based materials
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
In this episode of AJ Climate Champions podcast, Built by Nature’s Joe Giddings, a co-founder of ACAN, talks about building responsibly with timber and sustainable forestry initiatives. Supported by Built By Nature
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As winter flooding looms, it's worth noting that a young street tree in an asphalt surface can prevent 60% of the rain that falls on it from reaching the ground, even when not in leaf.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As winter flooding looms, it's worth noting that a young street tree in an asphalt surface can prevent 60% of the rain that falls on it from reaching the ground, even when not in leaf.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
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Attention forestry sector:
We’re inviting companies to pilot test the draft timber and wood fiber revised pathway, part of our Forest, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG) target-setting tool.
Learn more and apply by January 5, 2026: sciencebasedtargets.org/sectors/fore...
We’re inviting companies to pilot test the draft timber and wood fiber revised pathway, part of our Forest, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG) target-setting tool.
Learn more and apply by January 5, 2026: sciencebasedtargets.org/sectors/fore...
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Attention forestry sector:
We’re inviting companies to pilot test the draft timber and wood fiber revised pathway, part of our Forest, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG) target-setting tool.
Learn more and apply by January 5, 2026: sciencebasedtargets.org/sectors/fore...
We’re inviting companies to pilot test the draft timber and wood fiber revised pathway, part of our Forest, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG) target-setting tool.
Learn more and apply by January 5, 2026: sciencebasedtargets.org/sectors/fore...
Before the Russian invasion, Ukraine was a significant producer of sawn softwood and beech furniture
Forestry enterprise Forests of Ukraine sells 100% of timber offered at forward auctions for H1 2026 #Ukraine
Forestry enterprise Forests of Ukraine sells 100% of timber offered at forward auctions for H1 2026
en.interfax.com.ua
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Before the Russian invasion, Ukraine was a significant producer of sawn softwood and beech furniture
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Anytime "Midwest farmers are going nuts," you can be sure the Savanna Institute is involved. We and a number of our partners are featured in this article by @elizabethhewitt.bsky.social for @reasonstobecheerful.world about Midwest #agroforestry!
A shift toward growing chestnuts, pecans and walnuts is reviving soil in the American Midwest that was once exhausted by dreary corn and soy.
reasonstobecheerful.world/midwest-farm...
reasonstobecheerful.world/midwest-farm...
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Anytime "Midwest farmers are going nuts," you can be sure the Savanna Institute is involved. We and a number of our partners are featured in this article by @elizabethhewitt.bsky.social for @reasonstobecheerful.world about Midwest #agroforestry!
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Forestry and arboriculture education has a new digital home 🌱
Silvestor is a go-to platform for training, careers and CPD in forestry and arboriculture. Access a range of content to help you learn, grow and upskill – it’s free to register!
🔗 https://silvestor.org.uk
Silvestor is a go-to platform for training, careers and CPD in forestry and arboriculture. Access a range of content to help you learn, grow and upskill – it’s free to register!
🔗 https://silvestor.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Forestry and arboriculture education has a new digital home 🌱
Silvestor is a go-to platform for training, careers and CPD in forestry and arboriculture. Access a range of content to help you learn, grow and upskill – it’s free to register!
🔗 https://silvestor.org.uk
Silvestor is a go-to platform for training, careers and CPD in forestry and arboriculture. Access a range of content to help you learn, grow and upskill – it’s free to register!
🔗 https://silvestor.org.uk
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Smart cultivation on marginal lands for the development of sustainable materials from forest biomass renewable-carbon.eu/news/?p=170400 #biodegradability #biomass #biopackaging #biorefineries #compostability #forestry #polylacticacid #recyclability #RenewableCarbon
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Smart cultivation on marginal lands for the development of sustainable materials from forest biomass renewable-carbon.eu/news/?p=170400 #biodegradability #biomass #biopackaging #biorefineries #compostability #forestry #polylacticacid #recyclability #RenewableCarbon
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I love this avenue or Wellingtonia (sequoiadendron giganteum or giant redwoods).
They were planted in 1952 by Mary Wellesley who'd bought the woodland to rescue it from neglect, and then gifted it to the forestry commission in 1986.
#Berko #WoodlandPhotography #Hockeridge
They were planted in 1952 by Mary Wellesley who'd bought the woodland to rescue it from neglect, and then gifted it to the forestry commission in 1986.
#Berko #WoodlandPhotography #Hockeridge
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I love this avenue or Wellingtonia (sequoiadendron giganteum or giant redwoods).
They were planted in 1952 by Mary Wellesley who'd bought the woodland to rescue it from neglect, and then gifted it to the forestry commission in 1986.
#Berko #WoodlandPhotography #Hockeridge
They were planted in 1952 by Mary Wellesley who'd bought the woodland to rescue it from neglect, and then gifted it to the forestry commission in 1986.
#Berko #WoodlandPhotography #Hockeridge
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In this episode of AJ Climate Champions podcast, Built by Nature’s Joe Giddings, a co-founder of ACAN, talks about building responsibly with timber and sustainable forestry initiatives. Supported by Built By Nature
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Joe Giddings on the ‘mind-blowing’ growth of bio-based materials
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Joe Giddings on the ‘mind-blowing’ growth of bio-based materials
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
In this episode of AJ Climate Champions podcast, Built by Nature’s Joe Giddings, a co-founder of ACAN, talks about building responsibly with timber and sustainable forestry initiatives. Supported by Built By Nature
The underlying (and frequently recurring) problem is the unaccountability of senior officers in @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
This ⬇️ incompetence is tolerated, shoulders are shrugged, and we are promised that "lessons will be learnt" - except clearly they never are. @scottishconstructionnow.com
This ⬇️ incompetence is tolerated, shoulders are shrugged, and we are promised that "lessons will be learnt" - except clearly they never are. @scottishconstructionnow.com
🙄 #StMarks closure: info+notice unacceptable
Emailed council
@edi.bike @spurtle.bsky.social @andyheald.bsky.social @euanbaxter.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @marklazarowicz.bsky.social @ellatasm.bsky.social @tracygriffen.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
Emailed council
@edi.bike @spurtle.bsky.social @andyheald.bsky.social @euanbaxter.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @marklazarowicz.bsky.social @ellatasm.bsky.social @tracygriffen.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The underlying (and frequently recurring) problem is the unaccountability of senior officers in @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
This ⬇️ incompetence is tolerated, shoulders are shrugged, and we are promised that "lessons will be learnt" - except clearly they never are. @scottishconstructionnow.com
This ⬇️ incompetence is tolerated, shoulders are shrugged, and we are promised that "lessons will be learnt" - except clearly they never are. @scottishconstructionnow.com
Hi- @spokes.org.uk - are you aware that St Mark's Path is going to be closed for at least 8 weeks from Monday ?
Newsletter mentions a pedestrian diversion but no cycle diversion.
This is first we've heard about any path closure.
www.c-c-g.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Newsletter mentions a pedestrian diversion but no cycle diversion.
This is first we've heard about any path closure.
www.c-c-g.co.uk/wp-content/u...
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hi- @spokes.org.uk - are you aware that St Mark's Path is going to be closed for at least 8 weeks from Monday ?
Newsletter mentions a pedestrian diversion but no cycle diversion.
This is first we've heard about any path closure.
www.c-c-g.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Newsletter mentions a pedestrian diversion but no cycle diversion.
This is first we've heard about any path closure.
www.c-c-g.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Celebrating #NaturalFibreInsulationWeek 🌿
From recycled wood fibres with MDF Recovery to exploring wood fibre, sheep’s wool and miscanthus, our team at the BC Centre has tested a wide range of natural insulation materials.
Got a new insulation product that needs testing in our labs? Get in touch 🤝
From recycled wood fibres with MDF Recovery to exploring wood fibre, sheep’s wool and miscanthus, our team at the BC Centre has tested a wide range of natural insulation materials.
Got a new insulation product that needs testing in our labs? Get in touch 🤝
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Celebrating #NaturalFibreInsulationWeek 🌿
From recycled wood fibres with MDF Recovery to exploring wood fibre, sheep’s wool and miscanthus, our team at the BC Centre has tested a wide range of natural insulation materials.
Got a new insulation product that needs testing in our labs? Get in touch 🤝
From recycled wood fibres with MDF Recovery to exploring wood fibre, sheep’s wool and miscanthus, our team at the BC Centre has tested a wide range of natural insulation materials.
Got a new insulation product that needs testing in our labs? Get in touch 🤝
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On this day in 1916, the Canadian Forestry Corps were formed. By the end of the war, 35,000 Canadians served in the Forestry Corps and were a vital part of the war effort.
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/08/30/t...
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/08/30/t...
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On this day in 1916, the Canadian Forestry Corps were formed. By the end of the war, 35,000 Canadians served in the Forestry Corps and were a vital part of the war effort.
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/08/30/t...
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/08/30/t...