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Following Julian Forbes Lairds 'And Another Thing' Episode, in Series 2 (Episode 7 & 18), we gave people the right to reply and so here is Jon Heuch, Arboricultural Consultant, who took us up on the offer. 
Don't forget if you'd like to have your say about this subject, just get in touch via the website!

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Featuring Vanessa Keith, Principal of Studioteka in New York, who talks, amongst other things, about her book 2100: A Dystopian Utopia - The City After Climate Change, which is being made into a video game and is utterly inspiring and a very practical and clever way of engaging all age groups into delivering climate change reality through the education of gaming - check it out - due for release in March 2023 it's incredible!

First up is Kristian Lars Ahlmark, who is an architect with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects in Denmark, who have embarked on a project to build the worlds tallest wooden skyscraper, or 'plyscraper' as it is being nicknamed, called the Rocket &Tigeli building, in Winterthur, Switzerland. 

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James' notes from his biog at https://jamesaldred.com

'I got my first proper break with the BBC in 1998 when they sent me to film in the rainforest canopy of Borneo. Since then I’ve been lucky to film in dozens of different countries and to spend long periods working in most of the worlds tropical rainforests. I’ve been honoured to provide camerawork for many high profile productions along the way and had the pleasure of working alongside hundreds of truly inspirational people, not least Sir David Attenborough.  

Highs include filming the rare Philippine Eagle at its nest in the wild. Lows include a dose of cerebral malaria and African civil war.' 

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From the Grown in Britain website:-

In the UK, we import £7.8bn of foreign timber each year, whilst neglecting the potential of our own forests and woodlands. Only China imports more wood than the UK.
Grown in Britain certification reduces unnecessary imports, by encouraging and supporting active and sustainable management of our own forests and woodlands.

Dougal Driver, CEO, talks to Sharon about the week and what to expect.

The 2022 theme is ‘Building resilience together’, and will feature sessions on topics such as ELM, plant health, carbon and biodiversity net gain, among others.

The conference is normally attended by up to 200 foresters, farmers, landowners, land managers and other stakeholders from across the country, and provides a strong platform to hear from a range of experts and case studies, share experiences, network and collaborate. 

 Confirmed speakers so far include:  

• Forestry Commission Chief Executive Richard Stanford

• CLA President Mark Tufnell

• Nicola Spence, Chief Plant Health Officer, Defra

• Janet Hughes, Programme Director for Future Farming and Countryside Programme

• Liz Nicholson, Director of the Forest Canopy Foundation

• Richard Deffee, Head Forester at Gascoyne Cecil Estates.

• Graham Clark, CLA Senior Land Use Policy Adviser and lead on forestry.

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This years conference was held at Loughborough, and the podcast contains contributions from Jill Butler, Ted Green, Russell Horsey, Keith Sacre and more, in roving interview style by The Tree Lady, Sharon Durdant-Hollamby.  See more about getting involved in the industry at the arboricultural association website

Also interviewed was Mark Brays, Oklahoma Forestry Service Officer, describes the Survivor Tree after the Oklahoma bombing in 1995.

John Gathright from Japan talked about his work helping children climb trees - more here at his website.

Russell Ball discussed his work for Fund For Trees

This podcast is also available on our Youtube Channel, SHA Sharon Hosegood Associates

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This weeks podcast features Jim Chambers  from Tim Moya Associates talking to Sharon about the diseases that affect London Planes, including Neofusicoccum parvum, Inonotus hispidus, and massaria, to name but 3.  Also available on the treeladytalks.co.uk website and here at youtube with photos describing what Jim has found out, 

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Matthew Wells is the Public Landscape Manager for the coastal City of Santa Monica in Southern California. Santa Monica strives to be a beacon of sustainable local government. Prior to this role, Matthew served as the Director of Tree Preservation for NYC Parks, an Arboricultural Officer for the London Borough of Camden, and a Tree Surgeon in his local English village. As a Chartered Forester with a master’s degree in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, he has a unique international experience of urban forestry. Matthew has presented at conferences globally and is passionate about research driven resource management.  

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This bitesize episode centres on the interview Sharon had with Cath Wright, in our Mental Health and Nature Special, and following the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth , September 8th 2022.

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Lyndsie Bourgon, author, oral historian, and 2018 National Geographic Explorer chats to Sharon about her new book, the Tree Thieves, which covers the subject of timber poaching.

The book follows cases of redwood burl theft and maple and cedar poaching, and then branches out to consider the global timber trade and work being done by the US Fish & Wildlife Service and Forest Service to keep up with wide scale poaching 

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Extract from a previous episode with Peter Wohlleben, Series 2 Episode 15, The Heartbeat of Trees. 

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