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2009 Annual Meeting of the Farm Woodland Forum

Theme

New Futures for Farm Woodlands.

Dates

The meeting took place on Monday 22 June and Tuesday 23 June 2009.

Location

The first day of our annual meeting was based at the new woodfuel-heated National Forest Youth Hostel in Derbyshire, England. 

Find out more about the National Forest Youth Hostel.

Programme

Programme for Monday 22 June

Field programme in the National Forest for Tuesday 23 June

Photo of 2009 field visit Click on the image to see photos from the Field Visit

Find out more about the National Forest
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2008 Annual Meeting of the Farm Woodland Forum

Theme

5000 years of integrated land management.

The theme for 2008 was 5000 years of integrated land management, and embraced a wide range of topics.

Dates

June 24th to June 26th 2008.

Location

Castle Menzies, Weem, Aberfeldy, Perthshire.

Programme - Papers presented

Tuesday 24 June Wednesday 25 June Posters presented

Field Visits

Visits to a site at BunRannoch to see ancient worked trees and to a new Woodland Grazing project at Craiganour were made on Wednesday afternoon.

Photo at BunRannoch Photo at Craiganour
1. Veteran worked alder at BunRannoch. 2. Oak seeding at Craiganour woodland grazing project.

Visits to the Fortingall Yew (the oldest living tree in Europe), to The Crannog centre on Loch Tay and to a new silvopastoral plot at Farrochil were made on the Thursday morning.



Photo at Fortingall Photo of Crannog Photo of silvopastoral plot at Farrochil

1. The Fortingall Yew. 2. The reconstructed Crannog on Loch Tay. 3. Silvopastoral plot at Farrochil, Bolfracks.

Newsletter

The July 2008 issue of the Farm Woodland Forum Newsletter contains reports of the papers presented at the Annual Meeting. There are also reports of the field visits, including more photographs.

Organised for the Farm Woodland Forum by

Forestry Commission
Mike Strachan, Forestry Commission, Algo Business Centre, Glenearn Road, Perth, PH2 0NJ
Tel: 01738 442830
Email: mike.strachan@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
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2007 Annual Meeting of the Farm Woodland Forum

Theme

Trees for Farm & Community - Post Decoupling

This meeting provided an opportunity for presentations, field visits and discussion on how decoupling of agricultural support away from production will create opportunities for trees to play a more central role in Land Use Systems. The theme of the meeting was to highlight the options available for farmers to utilise trees and woods plants and to consider ways in which the wider rural community can benefit.

Dates

Tuesday 26th June - Thursday 28th June 2007

Location

The Rural College and Derrynoid Centre, Draperstown, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

The Venue is a purpose built educational/conference/recreational centre located in a state forest in the heart of Northern Ireland. The Rural College has been operational for 10 years and delivers, among other things, a part-time Diploma/MSc in Rural Development.

Programme - papers presented

Newsletter

The July 2007 issue of the Farm Woodland Forum Newsletter contains reports of the papers presented at the Annual Meeting. There are also reports of the field visits, including photographs.

Organised for the Farm Woodland Forum by

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and Queen's University, Belfast.

Local Organisers

Jim McAdam, Applied Plant Science, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX.
Tel: 028 9025 5275.
e-mail: jim.mcadam@afbini.gov.uk

Allison Nelson (Administrative Support), Applied Plant Science, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX.
Tel: 028 9025 5618.
email: elanduse@afbini.gov.uk
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2006 Annual Meeting of the Farm Woodland Forum

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The 20th Anniversary of the founding of the UK Agroforestry Forum

Theme

The Benefits of Farm Woodlands and Agroforestry in UK Lowlands.

Dates

Tuesday 27th June - Wednesday 28th June 2006.

Location

The Northmoor Trust, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire,

Programme - 2006

Five sessions of papers and a poster session were presented by speakers from the British Isles and France representing a broad range of research and educational institutions, consultants and charities. Abstracts and some full papers (PDF) are available online through the separate links for each paper.

  1. Farm woodlands and agroforestry in Europe:
    • The transition from farming to farm forestry in The National Forest. H.V. Williams (The National Forest Company). abstract
    • Agroforestry in the UK - 20 years on. L.D. Incoll (University of Leeds). abstract
    • A review of progress with silvopastoral systems in Ireland. JH. McAdam, G.M. Hoppé and I.J. Short (NIHPBS, Northern Ireland and Teagasc, Ireland). abstract
    • Lowland agroforestry systems in France. F. Liagre (Agroof Développement, Anduze, France). abstract
  2. Organic farming with trees:
    • Ecological farming systems - the real target for organic agroforestry. M.S. Wolfe (Elm Farm Research Centre and Wakelyns Agroforestry). abstract
    • The need for organic farm forestry and the potential for organic timber. N.M. Pasiecznik (Agroforestry Enterprises, Cussy-en-Morvan, France). abstract | Full paper
  3. Hardwood improvement and timber quality:
    • Timber and wood quality from silvopastoral agroforestry and forestry systems in N.Ireland. G.M. Hoppé, A. Archim and J.H McAdam (NIHPBS, Northern Ireland and Forest Research). abstract
    • Plans for blurring the boundaries on the Northmoor Trust estate: delivering forest products and forest habitats outside the woods. T. Curtis (Northmoor Trust). abstract
    • The application of reflector-less laser technology for remote surveying of farmland trees. M.I. Malins (Wiltshire College-Lackham). abstract
  4. Products from trees:
    • Preliminary investigations and reflections on the potential of nut production from walnut and chestnut in the UK. S.M. Newman and M.R. Crawford (BioDiversity International and Agroforestry Research Trust). abstract | Full paper
    • "Beef and chips" - environmentally friendly overwintering of cattle on woodchip pads. F.A. Agostini, J. A. Laws and KA. Smith (ADAS and IGER). abstract
    • Muntjac and chips: Problems and opportunities for farm woods associated with alien deer and woodfuel heating. C. Stoate and A. Sheridan (The Game Conservancy Trust and Rural Energy Trust Ltd). abstract
  5. Trees on farms from the stakeholders' viewpoint:
    • Funding for farm woodlands - EWGS and ES what do they offer? R. Isted (English Nature). abstract
    • Policy Support for Agroforestry in the EU: Results from European E-Conference (May 2006) on farm woodlands in the new Rural Development Regulation (2007-2013). G. Lawson, P.J. Burgess, C. Dupraz, F. Liagre, G. Moreno and L.D. Incoll (NERC, Cranfield University, INRA-SYSTEM, Agroof Développement, Universidad de Extremadura and University of Leeds). abstract
    • Farmer perception of benefits, constraints, and opportunities for silvoarable systems in Bedfordshire, England. A.R. Graves, P. J. Burgess, F. Liagre and C. Dupraz (Cranfield University, Agroof Développement and INRA-SYSTEM). abstract
    • Local valuation of the ecosystem services of community woodlands. O. Agbenyega, P.J. Burgess and M. Cook (Cranfield University) abstract
  6. Poster session:
    • Shaping protocols for Irish oak, ash, sycamore and beech. M. Bulfin, T. Radford and I.J. Short (Teagasc). abstract
    • Chainsaw milling, an appropriate technology to increase benefits from on-farm trees. N.M. Pasiecznik and M.C.M. Brewer. abstract
    • Productivity in silvoarable agroforestry. D.J. Pilbeam, L.D. Incoll, C. Wright, F.H. Reynolds, F. Agostini, P.J. Burgess, I. Seymour and C. Dupraz. (University of Leeds, Cranfield University and INRA-SYSTEM). abstract
    • The full Pilbeam et al. poster is available to download as a PDF file (3.1Mb)

Field visits

After the final session of papers on the Wednesday morning, the Northmoor Trust arranged a visit to their field trial sites which included a demonstration of chainsaw milling by Mark Brewer.

To see photographs of the field visits, click on the picture.
Photo and link to more photos

Organised for the Farm Woodland Forum by

Biodiversity International and the Northmoor Trust.

Local Organisers

Prof. Steve Newman,
Biodiversity International Ltd.,
Grove Lodge,
Main St,
Gawcott,
Buckingham,
MK18 4HZ
UK
e-mail: steve@biodiversity-int.co.uk

and
Dr L.D. Incoll,
the School of Biology,
University of Leeds.
e-mail: l.d.incoll@leeds.ac.uk

and
Jo Clark,
Northmoor Trust,
Little Wittenham.
OX14 4RA
UK.
e-mail: Jo.Clark@northmoortrust.co.uk


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2005 Annual Meeting of the Farm Woodland Forum

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Title

Ecosystem services of farm trees

Dates

Wednesday 29th June - Friday 1st July 2005.

Aim

A meeting for practitioners, advisers and researchers.

The meeting provided an opportunity for presentations, field visits and discussion on the theme of "Ecosystem services of farm trees". In addition to being productive, farm trees can provide environmental services, most manifest at a landscape scale. There were invited presentations on how trees can contribute to key ecosystem service functions, such as flood risk management, provision of clean water, carbon storage and the maintenance of biodiversity and discussion on how to develop and value these functions.

Papers presented 2005 - PDF versions of abstracts and one presentation (PowerPoint) are available to view:

Organised by:

School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor in conjunction with a range of relevant bodies in Wales.

Local Organiser (and contact for more information):

Dr Fergus Sinclair,
School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences,
University of Wales,
Bangor,
Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK

e-mail: f.l.sinclair@bangor.acuk
Telephone: 01248 382459.

Field visits

Field visits were made to Gregynog estate, the Pontbren farmers group and Coed Cymru, Tregynon.
To see photographs of the field visits, click on the picture.
Photo of ancient wood pasture and link to more photos

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The Farm Woodland Forum Annual Meeting 2004

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Title

Trees and upland farming; past, present and future

Dates

23-25 June 2004

Location

National School of Forestry, Cumbria Campus at Newton Rigg, University of Central Lancashire, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0AH.

Objective

The aim of the meeting was to provide an opportunity and arena for presentations, field visits and discussion on the theme of "Trees and upland farming; past, present and future".

Papers presented 2004 - PDF versions of abstracts and full papers are available to view as indicated:

Posters presented - PDF versions of abstracts are available to view as indicated:

Field visits

Field visits were made, on a rainy day, to Borrowdale and St. John's-in-the-Vale. Two short visits to sites at Newton Rigg were also included.
To see photographs of the field visits, click on the picture.
Photo of pollards in Borrowdale and link to more photos

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The UK Agroforestry Forum Annual Meeting 2003

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The UK Agroforestry Forum held its 2003 Annual Meeting "New Approaches to Trees and Woodlands on Farms" from 23 to 25 June 2003 at the Scottish Agricultural College's Hill and Mountain Research Centre, Crianlarich, Perthshire. The meeting examined new approaches to integrating trees and woodlands on commercial farms. It combined field visits to see practical demonstrations of integrated systems within some of the finest scenery in Britain and a series of scientific and policy-based presentations by invited speakers.

Photographs of the field visits showing the Hill and Mountain Research Centre, native Scots pine and a Woodland Trust project are available. Click on the photo.

Thumbnail photo of SAC research centre and link to more photos


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The UK Agroforestry Forum Annual Meeting 2002

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The 2002 Annual Meeting of the UK Agroforestry Forum was held from Monday 17 June to Wednesday 19 June 2002 at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The theme of the meeting was "Farming with trees: new options for short-term profit".

Photographs of the field visits showing silvoarable agroforestry with poplars, elderflower bushes with grazing sheep, coppiced willow and alley-cropping with hardwood trees are available. Click on the photo.

Thumbnail photo of silvoarable and link to more photos


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The UK Agroforestry Forum Annual Meeting 2001

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The 2001 Annual Meeting was held at the University of Leeds from 25 to 27 June. The meeting included a half-day field visit, click on the image to see some photographs.

Photo of the Leeds University poplar site and link to more photographs of the 2001 meeting

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