Oxford Forestry Society meetings have been held in and around Oxford since 2004. The meetings have been well attended and served as valuable occasions to meet up with forestry related friends and colleagues to socialise, as well as discuss the prevailing issues affecting the world’s forests.

Meetings and talks have included:

• Forestry dinner at St Cross College
• Visit to Foxholes Wood West Oxfordshire
• Forest Feast – Food from Forests (Vaults and Garden) - Speaker: Colin Tudge
• Trees in our landscape – Oxford University Botanic Gardens – Speaker: Dr Steven Harris
• Forestry and the Kyoto Protocol
• The outlook for the world’s forests with regard to biomass energy and agriculture

The OFS is now preparing the meetings timetable and themes for winter 2009 and 2010. We hope that these meetings will continue to keep the many people interested and involved in forestry at Oxford University meeting and talking. We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming meetings.

Next meeting: 19th February 2010

Venue: Vaults and Garden, Radcliffe Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4AH
Phone: 01865 279 112
Time: 6:45pm, talks start at 7:00pm, dinner from 9:00pm.
Theme: TREES, CIVILISATION AND SURVIVAL.
Cost of tickets: £15, includes dinner and a small contribution to the running of the Oxford Forestry Society.

Speakers:
Greenbelt Movement, Kenya - Francesca de Gasparis
Woodland Trust - Mike Townsend
Rwanda Aid - Tree planting and agroforestry in Western Rwanda - Alistair Yeomans


Email here any questions or suggestions to the OFS committee.

Oxford Forestry Society organisers:

Rebecca Latchford (M.Sc 2002)
Tonya Lander (M.Sc. 2001, D.Phil 2009)
Tom Curtis (M.Sc. 1999)
Alistair Yeomans (M.Sc. 2001)