The UK's first accredited forestry and climate change courses start in Yorkshire

09/02/2012 - In recent years, the forestry sector in the UK has been confronted with a number of growing threats from the effects of climate change. An increasing number of pests and diseases such as Red Band Needle Blight and Phytophthora ramorum, and extreme weather conditions including wind and unseasonal temperatures, are causing foresters to reassess their woodlands and how they manage them.

 

Now, for the first time in the UK, foresters can obtain the skills and knowledge to cope with this situation and even use it to their advantage where possible. PLUS the course leads to a Lantra Customised Award as evidence of their professional competence in this emerging subject.
 

Be amongst the first to obtain the qualification by attending one of these pilot courses.
 

Aske Hall, Richmond, North Yorkshire
22nd & 23rd February 2012
 

J G Graves Discovery Centre, Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield
28th & 29th February 2012

Cost: £100+VAT for Landskills eligible trainees / £330+VAT full rate. Includes all training materials, refreshments and Lantra Certification.
Contact Erica Spencer at Yorwoods on 01765 609355 or erica.spencer@ruraldevelopment.org.uk to obtain further details, confirm your eligibility or book your place.

These courses are funded by LandSkills Yorkshire & The Humber as part of the Rural Development Programme for England.  LandSkills Yorkshire & The Humber is managed by Lantra on behalf of DEFRA.