Tag: forest
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Rooted in History, Branching into the Future: The Story of the Nation’s Forests
The April talk will be given by Dr Lawrence Shaw of Forestry England, based on his heritage work there. The nation’s forests are home to some of the best archaeological sites in England. Evidence of how humans have shaped these places can be found frozen in time, hidden beneath the tree canopy. The unique nature…
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Events in Salisbury for July
July has a couple of interesting events which Salisbury Cafe Sci folk may find interesting, in addition of course to our own July talk from Dr David Read talking about his research on biofuels. First is a Question Time style debate looking at the latest developments in the world of genomics, how this is changing medicine and…
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Forest Science and The Environment
The February talk will be given by Prof. Julian Evans OBE, BSc, PhD, DSc, FICFor, President of the U.K.’s professional forestry body The Institute of Chartered Foresters and chair of The Forestry Commission’s Expert Committee on Forest Science. Forests cover more than a quarter of the world’s land surface, but how sustainable are they? Can…