Andrew Heald
@andyheald.bsky.social
Forester & tree farmer
🌲🌳👨🏽🌾🐂🥜🥭🪵
Inclusive landscape scale solutions
Regenerative bioeconomy
Sustainable cities
Works with the amazing Inovaland team
Lives in Edinburgh
🌲🌳👨🏽🌾🐂🥜🥭🪵
Inclusive landscape scale solutions
Regenerative bioeconomy
Sustainable cities
Works with the amazing Inovaland team
Lives in Edinburgh
Very concerning that @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social have blocked a well used cycle path which was used to access our local primary school without either engaging the local community or ensuring that the inadequate local diversion is properly waymarked
More St Mark’s Path. It would be useful to have some indication that the path was closed from nearby junctions, esp. the turnoff from Warriston Path. Nothing! #edibike @spokes.org.uk @spurtle.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Very concerning that @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social have blocked a well used cycle path which was used to access our local primary school without either engaging the local community or ensuring that the inadequate local diversion is properly waymarked
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🥾 Goodhart Bursary: help attending the RFS Annual Study Tour
🌳 Spencer Bursary: help attending RFS events
🌱 Viking Bursary: help study of forestry benefiting woodland management
🗺️ Randle Travel Bursary: help travel enhancing forestry knowledge
#Bursaries #Forestry #WoodlandManagement #ApplyNow
🌳 Spencer Bursary: help attending RFS events
🌱 Viking Bursary: help study of forestry benefiting woodland management
🗺️ Randle Travel Bursary: help travel enhancing forestry knowledge
#Bursaries #Forestry #WoodlandManagement #ApplyNow
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🥾 Goodhart Bursary: help attending the RFS Annual Study Tour
🌳 Spencer Bursary: help attending RFS events
🌱 Viking Bursary: help study of forestry benefiting woodland management
🗺️ Randle Travel Bursary: help travel enhancing forestry knowledge
#Bursaries #Forestry #WoodlandManagement #ApplyNow
🌳 Spencer Bursary: help attending RFS events
🌱 Viking Bursary: help study of forestry benefiting woodland management
🗺️ Randle Travel Bursary: help travel enhancing forestry knowledge
#Bursaries #Forestry #WoodlandManagement #ApplyNow
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🎥
How to combine #nature action and #ClimateAction
We have the solutions to tackle #ClimateChange!
PL RP Thank you! 🩷💚💙
graph via WWF
#climate #environment #hope #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate #ClimateSolutions #ClimateHope #SaveOurPlanet #SaveTheEarth
How to combine #nature action and #ClimateAction
We have the solutions to tackle #ClimateChange!
PL RP Thank you! 🩷💚💙
graph via WWF
#climate #environment #hope #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate #ClimateSolutions #ClimateHope #SaveOurPlanet #SaveTheEarth
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🎥
How to combine #nature action and #ClimateAction
We have the solutions to tackle #ClimateChange!
PL RP Thank you! 🩷💚💙
graph via WWF
#climate #environment #hope #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate #ClimateSolutions #ClimateHope #SaveOurPlanet #SaveTheEarth
How to combine #nature action and #ClimateAction
We have the solutions to tackle #ClimateChange!
PL RP Thank you! 🩷💚💙
graph via WWF
#climate #environment #hope #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate #ClimateSolutions #ClimateHope #SaveOurPlanet #SaveTheEarth
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Harvesting Machine Operator with Forestry England, full-time, permanent position based in Santon Downham, Brandon, Suffolk c-js.uk/4ou8EVP
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Harvesting Machine Operator with Forestry England, full-time, permanent position based in Santon Downham, Brandon, Suffolk c-js.uk/4ou8EVP
The continued professional failure and incompetence of some editors and journalists …
In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The continued professional failure and incompetence of some editors and journalists …
One final post about @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social and trees.
Tables like this ⬇️ which assume 100% survival of newly planted trees damages the credibility of everyone involved with the really important Edinburgh Million Trees project.
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
Tables like this ⬇️ which assume 100% survival of newly planted trees damages the credibility of everyone involved with the really important Edinburgh Million Trees project.
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
One final post about @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social and trees.
Tables like this ⬇️ which assume 100% survival of newly planted trees damages the credibility of everyone involved with the really important Edinburgh Million Trees project.
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
Tables like this ⬇️ which assume 100% survival of newly planted trees damages the credibility of everyone involved with the really important Edinburgh Million Trees project.
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
Hi @spurtle.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @turvill.bsky.social - it might be worth an email or FOI to the Council to discover:
How many times I-tree survey values have been used in making a Planning Decision since say 2020 ?
Whether the Council will bother to use them in the future …
How many times I-tree survey values have been used in making a Planning Decision since say 2020 ?
Whether the Council will bother to use them in the future …
Pleased to see that @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social are renewing (for a 3rd time) the I-tree survey of our city’s trees.
The survey, first done in 2013, & updated in 2017 places a value on trees based on amenity, location, ecosystem services etc
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
The survey, first done in 2013, & updated in 2017 places a value on trees based on amenity, location, ecosystem services etc
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Hi @spurtle.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @turvill.bsky.social - it might be worth an email or FOI to the Council to discover:
How many times I-tree survey values have been used in making a Planning Decision since say 2020 ?
Whether the Council will bother to use them in the future …
How many times I-tree survey values have been used in making a Planning Decision since say 2020 ?
Whether the Council will bother to use them in the future …
Pleased to see that @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social are renewing (for a 3rd time) the I-tree survey of our city’s trees.
The survey, first done in 2013, & updated in 2017 places a value on trees based on amenity, location, ecosystem services etc
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
The survey, first done in 2013, & updated in 2017 places a value on trees based on amenity, location, ecosystem services etc
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Pleased to see that @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social are renewing (for a 3rd time) the I-tree survey of our city’s trees.
The survey, first done in 2013, & updated in 2017 places a value on trees based on amenity, location, ecosystem services etc
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
The survey, first done in 2013, & updated in 2017 places a value on trees based on amenity, location, ecosystem services etc
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PD...
The trees in St Andrew’s Sq and PSG are some of the most valuable in Edinburgh.
The Spurtle, me and many others have been pushing @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to follow their own policies and properly protect them for over a decade.
Now they need to decompact the soil & repair some of the damage
The Spurtle, me and many others have been pushing @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to follow their own policies and properly protect them for over a decade.
Now they need to decompact the soil & repair some of the damage
ISSUE 357 PUBLISHED TODAY.—Printed December Spurtles available in pubs, shops, cafes, libraries and other services across Broughton and beyond. Christmas-resistant colour pdfs downloadable from www.
broughtonspurtle.org.uk
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
broughtonspurtle.org.uk
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The trees in St Andrew’s Sq and PSG are some of the most valuable in Edinburgh.
The Spurtle, me and many others have been pushing @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to follow their own policies and properly protect them for over a decade.
Now they need to decompact the soil & repair some of the damage
The Spurtle, me and many others have been pushing @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to follow their own policies and properly protect them for over a decade.
Now they need to decompact the soil & repair some of the damage
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Floor in a multi family #strawhouse
Once the walls have dried, flooring is installed.
Upper floor consists of masstimber, lime gravel, wood fiber, coconut fiber, battens, solid wood boards.
Residents rate the sound insulation on the floor slabs as very good. #biobased #howtostrawablebuilding
Once the walls have dried, flooring is installed.
Upper floor consists of masstimber, lime gravel, wood fiber, coconut fiber, battens, solid wood boards.
Residents rate the sound insulation on the floor slabs as very good. #biobased #howtostrawablebuilding
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Floor in a multi family #strawhouse
Once the walls have dried, flooring is installed.
Upper floor consists of masstimber, lime gravel, wood fiber, coconut fiber, battens, solid wood boards.
Residents rate the sound insulation on the floor slabs as very good. #biobased #howtostrawablebuilding
Once the walls have dried, flooring is installed.
Upper floor consists of masstimber, lime gravel, wood fiber, coconut fiber, battens, solid wood boards.
Residents rate the sound insulation on the floor slabs as very good. #biobased #howtostrawablebuilding
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November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I was a college student in Wrexham 1990-93.
We had a lecturer Aled Williams who spoke a lot about the social impact of global warming.
Particularly on food production and on water availability, and how that will impact population movement.
We’ve known this for decades & yet done so little.
We had a lecturer Aled Williams who spoke a lot about the social impact of global warming.
Particularly on food production and on water availability, and how that will impact population movement.
We’ve known this for decades & yet done so little.
NEW! Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across Europe
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I was a college student in Wrexham 1990-93.
We had a lecturer Aled Williams who spoke a lot about the social impact of global warming.
Particularly on food production and on water availability, and how that will impact population movement.
We’ve known this for decades & yet done so little.
We had a lecturer Aled Williams who spoke a lot about the social impact of global warming.
Particularly on food production and on water availability, and how that will impact population movement.
We’ve known this for decades & yet done so little.
Some of the forestry (and other bio based) products that I’ve been using today.
I really should get a hobby ;)
🌱🌳🌲♻️
#PositiveForestry
I really should get a hobby ;)
🌱🌳🌲♻️
#PositiveForestry
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Some of the forestry (and other bio based) products that I’ve been using today.
I really should get a hobby ;)
🌱🌳🌲♻️
#PositiveForestry
I really should get a hobby ;)
🌱🌳🌲♻️
#PositiveForestry
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Forestry workers and their families in the Black Isle, 1920s
[photo courtesy of Nell Stephen]
[photo courtesy of Nell Stephen]
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Forestry workers and their families in the Black Isle, 1920s
[photo courtesy of Nell Stephen]
[photo courtesy of Nell Stephen]
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'Drought has severely damaged Cyprus’ forests, with 40 per cent of the trees in the cedar valley having already dried up, according to forestry department director.
He warned that the situation is unprecedented and threatens the island’s oldest forests.'
cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/29/d...
He warned that the situation is unprecedented and threatens the island’s oldest forests.'
cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/29/d...
Drought threatens Cyprus’ ancient forests, officials warn
Drought has severely damaged Cyprus’ forests, with 40 per cent of the trees in the cedar valley having already dried up, according to forestry department director, Savvas Ezekiel. Addressing the crisi...
cyprus-mail.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
'Drought has severely damaged Cyprus’ forests, with 40 per cent of the trees in the cedar valley having already dried up, according to forestry department director.
He warned that the situation is unprecedented and threatens the island’s oldest forests.'
cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/29/d...
He warned that the situation is unprecedented and threatens the island’s oldest forests.'
cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/29/d...
Last few hours in Brazil - great to visit some of our projects and chat with the communities and farmers, and with colleagues.
Teams is great but face to face conversations in the field or over dinner always seem more productive.
Ate mais 🌱🌳💚🇧🇷✈️🏴
fasb.inovaland.earth
Teams is great but face to face conversations in the field or over dinner always seem more productive.
Ate mais 🌱🌳💚🇧🇷✈️🏴
fasb.inovaland.earth
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Last few hours in Brazil - great to visit some of our projects and chat with the communities and farmers, and with colleagues.
Teams is great but face to face conversations in the field or over dinner always seem more productive.
Ate mais 🌱🌳💚🇧🇷✈️🏴
fasb.inovaland.earth
Teams is great but face to face conversations in the field or over dinner always seem more productive.
Ate mais 🌱🌳💚🇧🇷✈️🏴
fasb.inovaland.earth
Another day and another over simplified @theguardian.com article about forests and carbon.
This is an article about tropical African forests and the only quote is from an academic at an English University 🌍🌳
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is an article about tropical African forests and the only quote is from an academic at an English University 🌍🌳
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Another day and another over simplified @theguardian.com article about forests and carbon.
This is an article about tropical African forests and the only quote is from an academic at an English University 🌍🌳
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is an article about tropical African forests and the only quote is from an academic at an English University 🌍🌳
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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⏰ Only a few days left!
Deadline to submit to our special issue is 30th November.
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
Deadline to submit to our special issue is 30th November.
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
⏰ Only a few days left!
Deadline to submit to our special issue is 30th November.
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
Deadline to submit to our special issue is 30th November.
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
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Training: @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social: Woods for tomorrow: Bringing woods into management, Essential Guide to Caring for your Wood and Continuous Cover Forestry - Irregular Silviculture in the Lowlands: Transformation in Practice
c-js.info/TDScons
c-js.info/TDScons
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Training: @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social: Woods for tomorrow: Bringing woods into management, Essential Guide to Caring for your Wood and Continuous Cover Forestry - Irregular Silviculture in the Lowlands: Transformation in Practice
c-js.info/TDScons
c-js.info/TDScons
Final day of two great weeks working in Bahia, and this is the closest I got to the beach. 🏝️ 🇧🇷
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Final day of two great weeks working in Bahia, and this is the closest I got to the beach. 🏝️ 🇧🇷
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Charcoal is essential for most households, but rising demand is accelerating forest degradation.
New insights show how agroforestry, efficient kilns, & improved cook stoves are helping communities produce energy sustainably while protecting the Yangambi landscape.
Read 🔗: https://bit.ly/48B1Ssy
New insights show how agroforestry, efficient kilns, & improved cook stoves are helping communities produce energy sustainably while protecting the Yangambi landscape.
Read 🔗: https://bit.ly/48B1Ssy
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Charcoal is essential for most households, but rising demand is accelerating forest degradation.
New insights show how agroforestry, efficient kilns, & improved cook stoves are helping communities produce energy sustainably while protecting the Yangambi landscape.
Read 🔗: https://bit.ly/48B1Ssy
New insights show how agroforestry, efficient kilns, & improved cook stoves are helping communities produce energy sustainably while protecting the Yangambi landscape.
Read 🔗: https://bit.ly/48B1Ssy
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Iran’s forestry chief says Elit wildfire contained after weeks of battle
https://www.europesays.com/2591459/
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was…
https://www.europesays.com/2591459/
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was…
Iran’s forestry chief says Elit wildfire contained after weeks of battle - EUROPE SAYS
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was not the right time to ask such questions.
www.europesays.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Iran’s forestry chief says Elit wildfire contained after weeks of battle
https://www.europesays.com/2591459/
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was…
https://www.europesays.com/2591459/
When pressed on state television about the losses to the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, Aflatouni replied that this was…
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🌟 Listen up, aspiring global forestry specialists from beyond the EU! 🌍
Applications are NOW OPEN for the GLOFOR Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
📅 Application deadline: January 15, 2026
For more information about the programme, check globalforestry.eu/applications/! 😎
#gloformundus #globalforestry
Applications are NOW OPEN for the GLOFOR Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
📅 Application deadline: January 15, 2026
For more information about the programme, check globalforestry.eu/applications/! 😎
#gloformundus #globalforestry
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🌟 Listen up, aspiring global forestry specialists from beyond the EU! 🌍
Applications are NOW OPEN for the GLOFOR Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
📅 Application deadline: January 15, 2026
For more information about the programme, check globalforestry.eu/applications/! 😎
#gloformundus #globalforestry
Applications are NOW OPEN for the GLOFOR Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
📅 Application deadline: January 15, 2026
For more information about the programme, check globalforestry.eu/applications/! 😎
#gloformundus #globalforestry
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It’s National Tree Week, the UK’s largest annual tree celebration.
There has never been a better or more important time to consider a career in the forestry sector.
Myerscough currently offers a wide range of different study programmes.
Find out more.
www.myerscough.ac.uk/news/nationa...
There has never been a better or more important time to consider a career in the forestry sector.
Myerscough currently offers a wide range of different study programmes.
Find out more.
www.myerscough.ac.uk/news/nationa...
National Tree Week: Branch out with a Myerscough arboriculture study programme
It’s National Tree Week, the UK’s largest annual tree celebration.
www.myerscough.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s National Tree Week, the UK’s largest annual tree celebration.
There has never been a better or more important time to consider a career in the forestry sector.
Myerscough currently offers a wide range of different study programmes.
Find out more.
www.myerscough.ac.uk/news/nationa...
There has never been a better or more important time to consider a career in the forestry sector.
Myerscough currently offers a wide range of different study programmes.
Find out more.
www.myerscough.ac.uk/news/nationa...