TTTT United Kingdom Forestry Contacts
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Government | Training, Education & Research | Organisations | Companies | Suppliers | Services | General
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| General
Information on UK Forestry |
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| Calendars of Events | |||||
| Useful Resources FAO web pages - UK Forestry |
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| Postcode Plants Database - check out which trees shrubs and other plants are native to your area (your postcode). | Web Site | TTTT | |||
| TreeStock - check availability and get an online quote for all your planting requirements | Web Site | ||||
| Government and Initiatives: | |||||
| Forestry Commission e-mail directory- it helps to contact the right people!! | Click here | ||||
| Forestry Commission Plant Health helpline | |||||
| Forestry Commission publications including UK Forestry Standard | Web Site | ||||
| UK Woodland Assurance Scheme - the Certification Standard for UK | Web Page | ||||
| Forest Enterprise | Web Page | T | |||
| Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Northern Ireland (tel.; 01232524463) | |||||
| Forestry Commission Grants and Licences | Web Page | ||||
| Felling - Statutory Instrument (1998 no.603) - changes to tree felling law | Web Page | ||||
| Scottish Forest Industries cluster | Web Site | TTT | |||
| Forest of Spey and Deeside Forest - Challenge Fund (Cairngorms Partnership Board) | |||||
| Grampian Forest Initiaitve - Challenge Fund | Web Site | ||||
| Grampian Woodlands Project | |||||
| Bracken Land in Wales -Challenge Fund - min 1ha new productive planting (50% bracken cover). Apply early - closing date 31st Jan 1999 | N. Wales S. Wales | e-mail |
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| Authorities and Councils: | |||||
| Archaeology: | |||||
| National Monuments Record of Scotland - CANMORE -Web (access some of the information within the NMRS database) | Web Site | ||||
| Historic Scotland - Technical Conservation, Research and Education | |||||
| Royal Commission - England | Web Site | TT | |||
| Fife Council | |||||
| Highland Council | |||||
| National Parks: | |||||
| Dartmoor National Park (tel: 01626832093) | |||||
| Rivers, Environment: | |||||
| Countryside Commission (tel.:01242521381) | Web Site | ||||
| English Nature (tel.:01733455000) | Web Site | ||||
| SEPA | Web Site | ||||
| Scottish Natural Heritage | Web Site | ||||
| Scottish Office Environment Department | Web Site | ||||
| Health and Safety: | |||||
| FASTCo (Forestry & Arboricultural Safety & Training Council) | |||||
| HSE - little info on forestry | Web Site | T | |||
| Pesticide Safety Directorate (tel: 01904640500) | Web Site | ||||
| Other: | |||||
| Ordnance Survey | Web Site | ||||
| Dept. of Trade and Industry | Web Site | ||||
| Education: | |||||
| Countryside Foundation for Education (tel.: 01422 250250) - promoting an understanding of the countryside as a living, working environment. | |||||
| Scottish Community Education Council (SCEC) | |||||
| Scottish Farm and Countryside Educational Trust | Web Site | ||||
| Education, Research & Training: | |||||
| Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships - to travel overseas to uindertake study projects | Web Site | ||||
| Forestry and forestry related degrees (BSc, and Postgraduate courses): | |||||
| University of Aberdeen | Web Site | TTT | |||
| Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (including the Forest Products Research Centre) - BSc in Forest Products Technology with Forestry and MSc in Forest Products Technology. Forest products and forestry research | Web Site | ||||
| De Montfort University (Lincoln) - undergraduate forestry programme and research active staff as well as some PhD students. | |||||
| University of Edinburgh - Edinfo | Web Site | T | |||
| University of Oxford, Oxford Forestry Institute (Post graduate courses only) | Web Site | TTTTT | |||
| University of Reading, Agriculture, Extension and Rural Development Dept. (Certificates and 1 year MSc in forestry extension) | |||||
| University of Wales, (Bangor) - Wide range of courses including Forestry and Forest Products (BSc Honours degree); MSc and Post graduate in Environmental Forestry; Research | Web Site | TT | |||
| National School of Forestry at Cumbria Campus, Newton Rigg - University of Central Lancashire - new MSc Urban Forestry, Honours degree BSc Forest and Woodland Management and BSc Urban Forest Management. | Web site | ||||
| University of Wolverhampton, Centre for Rural Development and Training (MSc in Development training and education) | |||||
| Royal Agricultural College (Cirencester) MSc in lowland forest management | |||||
| Cranfield University (Silsoe, Beds) Tel.: 01525863000 - wide selection which include aspects of farm woodland forestry | |||||
| Diploma and equivalent courses: | |||||
| Brunel University, Buckinghamshire College tel: 01494-522141 (wood technology) | |||||
| Imperial College, London tel: 0171-58951111 (wood technology/preservation) | |||||
| Inverness College (Scottish School of Forestry) Tel 01463 790431 | |||||
| Llysfasi College (Ruthin, Clwyd) Tel.: 01978790263 in conjunction with the University of Wales- Certificate in Forestry and Forest Products | |||||
| Newton Rigg College of Agriculture and Forestry, Penrith, Cumbria - HND now has partial exemption from the Institute of Chartered Forester's Part I | |||||
| Pomeroy Forestry School, Co. Tyrone Northern Ireland tel: 018687-58256 ( forest industries) | |||||
| Plumpton College (E Sussex) Tel.: 01273890454 - new HND in woodland management and timber extraction | Web site | ||||
| Sparsholt College, Hampshire Tel 01962 776441 | |||||
| Vocational courses (City and Guilds, NVQ, SVQ): | |||||
| Aberdeen College | Web Site | ||||
| Barony College (Parkgate, Dumfries) Tel: 01387 860251) | |||||
| Brinsbury College Tel.: 01798 877400 - NVQ and Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture | |||||
| Hereford College of Agriculture (Holme Lacey, Hereford) Tel01432870316 | |||||
| Houghall College, Durham Tel.: 01913861351 - Certificate in Woodcraft (e.g. coppice management) | |||||
| Lincolnshire College of Agriculture (Riseholm, Lincoln) Tel: 01522522252 | |||||
| PTP Quality Training teach a wide range of land-based skills, including many forestry related courses. All our courses are backed by respected national training bodies, such as LANTRA. | Web site | ||||
| Timber Research and Development Association , TRADA TECHNOLOGY High Wycombe Bucks tel: 01499-563091 (Certificate in forest industries, wood technology) | |||||
| Other courses: | |||||
| All Terrain Training Ltd - winch operators courses | |||||
| On-Road Driving course - Knockhill | |||||
| Forestry Commission - Forestry Training Services (Ae, Dumfries) | |||||
| Kindrogan Field Centre - courses -Perthshire | |||||
| Small Woods Association Tel.: 01743 792644 | |||||
| BTCV - environmental training courses (to NVQ level) | Web Site | ||||
| Arboriculture and Urban Forestry: | |||||
| Broomfield College (Derbyshire) Tel.: 01332 831345 - Certificate in Arboriculture | |||||
| Capel Manor (Middlesex) Tel.: 0181 3664442 Masters/Advanced Diploma in Applied Arboriculture and Urban Forestry | |||||
| Merist Wood (Guildford, Surrey) -Certificate in Arboriculture; course leading to International Society of Arborist's Certified Arborist Examination | Web Site | ||||
| Otley College (Suffolk) - National Diploma/HND in Arboriculture | |||||
| The Horticulture Correspondence College Tel.: Freephone 0800378918 | |||||
| Research etc.: | |||||
| Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College - The Forest Products Research Centre ( Dr. Richard Mather -Senior Lecturer in Forest Sciences) | Web Site | ||||
| Horticulture Research International (Warwick) - British Hardwood Improvement Programme (BHIP) | Web Site | ||||
| Institute of Terrestrial Ecology/NERC, Huntingdon | Web Site | ||||
| MLURI - Land Use
(Aberdeen STORMS - online demo of the programme |
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| SAC (Arboricultural Adviser) | Web Site | ||||
| Tropical Forest Resource Group: Training , research, management | Web Site | ||||
| UK Institute of Wood Science | Web Site | ||||
| Organisations: | |||||
| Allotment Forestry - (Ipswich) Geoff Sinclair Tel: 01473327720 | |||||
| Anglia Woodnet (Norfolk) computer dating | |||||
| Arboricultural Association | |||||
| Bedfordshire Conservation Volunteers | Web Site | ||||
| Borders Forest Trust | Web Site | ||||
| British Association of Nature Conservationists Scotland | Web Site | ||||
| British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) | Web Site | ||||
| British Christmas Tree Growers Association (tel: 01314470499) | Web Site Web Site | ||||
| British Deer Society - a registered charity devoted to the welfare of deer | |||||
| British Trust for Conservation Volunteers | Web Site | ||||
| British Wood Turners Association | Web Site | TT | |||
| Butterfly Conservation | Web Site | ||||
| Central Scotland Forest - Scotlands biggest single environmental improvement project | Web Site | ||||
| Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management | Web Site | ||||
| Chiltern Woodlands Project (tel: 01494565749) | due shortly | ||||
| Christmas Tree Growers of Western Europe (EU) (tel.:01819462695) | Web Site | ||||
| Coed Eryri - The Forest of Snowdonia | Web Site | TT | |||
| Conservation Foundation | Web Site | ||||
| Coppice Association North West | Web Site | ||||
| Council for Environmental Education (tel.:01189756061) | |||||
| Council for National Parks (tel.:01719244077) | Web Site | ||||
| Council for Scottish Archaeology | Web Site | ||||
| Countryside Alliance | Web Site | ||||
| Crofters Commission (Inverness) | |||||
| Dry Stone Walling Association | Web Site | ||||
| Durham Wildlife Trust - Red Squirrel conservation | Web Site | ||||
| Environment Council - Sustainable Business Forum (no forestry) | Web Site | T | |||
| FIC (Forestry Industry Council ) | Building | ||||
| Fieldfare Trust - "B.T. Countryside for All" A Good Practice Guide to Disabled People's Access in the Countryside. | Web Site | Building | |||
| FSC -UK (Forest Stewardship Council -UK) co-ordinator | Web Site | e-mail press office |
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| Forestry Contracting Association | Web Site | Building | |||
| Forestry Trust for Conservation and Education | |||||
| Forests Forever - A Campaign for Wood - an initiative of the Timber Trade Federation | Web Site | ||||
| Friends of Chopwell Wood | Web Site | TTTT | |||
| Friends of the Earth Scotland | Web Site | ||||
| Friends of Loch Lomond | Web Site | ||||
| Game Conservancy | Web Site | TT | |||
| Greenwood Community Forest (Nottinghamshire) | |||||
| Heather Trust | Web Site | ||||
| Institute of
Chartered Foresters "Forestry" - Journal of the ICF |
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| International Tree Foundation (tel: 01342712536) | |||||
| IRIS - Forest Products Industry Directory | Web Site | TT (slow) | |||
| John Muir Trust | Web Site | ||||
| London and West Middlesex National Trust Volunteers | Web Site | ||||
| London Tree Officers Association (tel:01714773800) | |||||
| Manchester, NH Urban Open Space - of interest to elm enthusiasts | Web Site | ||||
| Millennium Forest for Scotland | Web Site | ||||
| National Farmers Union | Web Site | ||||
| National Forest (tel: 01283551211) | Web Site | ||||
| National Proficiency Test Council (tel.: 01203696553) | |||||
| National Trust for Scotland | Web Site | ||||
| North East Native Woodlands - providing free advice to woodland owners | |||||
| Paper Federation
of Great Britain - education and training department (NTO status) - Director of Forestry |
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| Pulp and Paper Information Centre | Web Site | TTTT | |||
| Reforesting Scotland | Web Site | ||||
| Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | |||||
| Royal Forestry Society (England and Wales) | Web Site | TTT | |||
| Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - a registered charity with over one million members. | Web Site Main Site |
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| Rural Forum a voluntary NGO which links rural activity | |||||
| Scottish Forestry Trust | |||||
| Scottish Rural Development Forestry Programme (SRDFP) involves: Reforesting Scotland, Highland and Islands Forum and Rural Forum- see Overseas Development Institute paper: Forests of Scotland, the UK's last colony? Stormclouds over Britain's domestic forestry policy | |||||
| Scottish Wildlife & Countryside Link -liaison body for 34 of Scotland's voluntary organisations - ensuring a sound future for Scotland's environment. | Web Site | TT | |||
| Scottish Wildlife Trust | Web Site | ||||
| Soil Association (tel.; 01179290661) | Building | ||||
| Timber Growers Association | Web Site | ||||
| Timber Research and Development Association (tel:01494563091) | Web Site | ||||
| Timber Trade Federation | Web Site | TTTT | |||
| Tree Council (tel.: 01718289928) | not imminent | ||||
| Trees of Time and Place | Web Site | ||||
| Tropical Forest Resource Group | Web Site | ||||
| UK Forestry Accord Partnership - p/t coordinator Jenny Johnstone | |||||
| United Kingdom Forest Products Association (UKFPA) | Web Site | ||||
| Westonbirt Arboretum | Web Site | ||||
| Wildlife Trust (tel.: 01522544400) | Web Site | ||||
| Wildwood Ecological Restoration in the Southern Uplands of Scotland | Web Site | TT | |||
| Wood Bureau - promoting wood | |||||
| Woodland Trust | |||||
| Woodlots (Wessex co-ordinator) | |||||
| World Conservation Monitoring Centre (Cambridge) | Web Site | ||||
| WWF(UK) | Web Site | TTTT | |||
| World Wide Fund for Nature Scotland | Web Site | ||||
| Companies and Individuals: | |||||
| Yellow Pages - Scotland | Link | ||||
| Yellow Pages - England | Link | ||||
| Yellow Pages - Wales | Link | ||||
| Yellow Pages - Ireland | Link | ||||
| KDM's Countyweb | Web Site | ||||
| Land Agents and Forest Management Companies | |||||
| Bell Ingram Rural | |||||
| Border Consultants (Northumberland ) | |||||
| David Goss and Associates (Dumfries) | |||||
| Eamonn Wall & Co (Dollar, Clackmannanshire) | |||||
| Exmoor Tree Services (Somerset) - buys firewood as well!! | |||||
| Forestry Investment Management | Web Site | ||||
| Fountain Forestry Incorporated | Web Site | ||||
| Hugh Wheeldon & Co. - Chartered Foresters (Carmarthen/Wales) | |||||
| Irvine Ross (Aberdeenshire) | |||||
| John Clegg & Co (Edinburgh) | Web Site | TTT | |||
| John McGregor Landscape Forestry (Derbyshire ) | Web Site | ||||
| Red Rock Forestry (North Wales) | |||||
| RTS Ltd (Crieff, Perthshire) | |||||
| Scottish Woodlands | Web Site | ||||
| Shiresmill Woodlands (Blairhall, Fife) | |||||
| Tilhill Economic Forestry | Web Site | TTTT | |||
| Tree Line (Peebleshire) | |||||
| Vision Forestry ( Aberdeenshire, Scotland) | |||||
| Certification: | |||||
| FSC -UK (Forest Stewardship Council) | Web Site | ||||
| SGS Forestry | |||||
| Soil Association | |||||
| Arboriculture: | |||||
| Clear Cut Urban Forestry (Aberdeen) | |||||
| Grampian Trees (Aberdeen) | |||||
| Highland Clearance Services (West Coast Scotland) | |||||
| Tree Care (London) | Web Site | ||||
| Timber Measurement: | |||||
| The Woodland Stewardship Company Ltd (UK). - | Web Site | TTTt | |||
| Timber Harvesting and Marketing | |||||
| Beacon Forestry Timber Marketing | |||||
| BSW Harvesting Ltd - National Network of Local Area Managers | |||||
| Euroforest Limited | |||||
| KDM International Plc | Web Site | TTTTT | |||
| Scheer's Lumberjack Show of Champions | Web Site | TTT | |||
| Quality logs | Web Site | ||||
| Timber Haulage: | |||||
| TBS Ltd - for Trimble Automatic Vehicle Location and tracking system | Web Site | ||||
| Timber Processing and Products: | |||||
| BSW sawmills | Web Site | ||||
| CSC Forest Products - the largest panelboard manufacturer in the UK.Particleboard, MDF, OSB. | Web Site | ||||
| International Paper (UK) Limited, Tait Paper Products (Aberdeenshire) | Web Site | ||||
| Tim Wade - The Woodland Skills Centre - Woodland Courses, Furniture and wooden Bygones for the House & Garden, Carving , Sawn Timber and Mobile Sawmilling Service (Builth Wells, Powys, WALES) | Web Site | ||||
| Timber Wanted: | |||||
| Hardwood Floors - (sawn timber required) | |||||
| Mike Reeve (Hazel coppice in Norfolk and Suffolk) | |||||
| Weed Control: | |||||
| Weedfree (Berkshire) | |||||
| Surveying, GPS, GIS: | |||||
| Baddenoch Land Management - Woodplan Computer programme | Web site | ||||
| Boreas Technologies (Inverness-shire) GIS consultancy | |||||
| Forest surveys - specialising in surveys using GIS | Web Site | ||||
| National Remote Sensing Centre Ltd Data Services Department - National Inventory of Woodlands and trees - GIS | Web Site | TT | |||
| Sokkia - GIS software and GPS systems | Web Site | ||||
| Positioning Resources - GPS and laser systems (measure trees, fence lines) | Web Site | ||||
| Environmental Consultants: | |||||
| ADC Environment - Environmental Information | Web Site | ||||
| Bob Davis (Aberdeenshire) | |||||
| Landscape Architects: | |||||
| Philip Swindels Associates (Wales) Ltd | |||||
| Christmas Tree Growers: | |||||
| Snowgreen (tel.: 01473 632632) | Web Site | ||||
| Suppliers: | |||||
| Mapping and Survey Equipment: | |||||
| Map Maker Pro 2 - 21 day free trial | Download | ||||
| Mapsworld - purchase maps on-line | Web Site | ||||
| Forestry Tools: | |||||
| A&F Warehouse - supply everything for the forester and tree surgeon | Web Site | ||||
| Charterhouse Richmond - tools, equipment and protective clothing | |||||
| OTTER safety footwear | Web Site | ||||
| Stanton Hope Ltd | Web Site | ||||
| Nurseries -Trees, Shrubs etc.: | |||||
| Ashland - Tree Nursery | Web Site | TTT | |||
| Bart Faassen BV Transplants (Netherlands) | Web Site | ||||
| Belwood (Perthshire) - Scotland's leading supplier of semi-mature trees, conifers and shrubs. | Web Site | ||||
| Chrisite-Elite Nurseries (North East Scotland) | Web Site | ||||
| J.A Jones & Sons Ltd. (Southport) | |||||
| Meadowlands for wild flower seed and grass | |||||
| R&N plant specialists (Warwickshire) | |||||
| Tomnacross Tree Nursery - Native Scottish trees | |||||
| Woodland Improvement Conservation Ltd (Gloucestershire) | Web Site | ||||
| Wyevale Nurseries Ltd (Hereford) | |||||
| Fencing: | |||||
| McArthur - fencing supplies | Web Site | ||||
| Rutland Electric Fencing | Web site | ||||
| Tornado fencing wire | Web Site | e-mail Overseas enquiries |
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| Planting Accessories (treeshelters etc.): | |||||
| Acorn Planting
Products |
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| Green-Tech - for Sylvitub tree shelters, spirals, Multicote 12 Tablets etc. Tel: 01423 324342 | Web Site | ||||
| Netlon | Building | ||||
| Provent by Tranjack - Argyll, Scotland (Fax 01631 570997) | |||||
| Tubex Ltd - Plant Care Division | Web Site | TTT | |||
| Pesticides and Spraying Equipment: | |||||
| Cooper Pegler Ltd - Sprayers | Web Site | Temporary and failed | |||
| CSC - Crop Protection - no forestry | Web Site | T | |||
| Cyanamid | Web Site | ||||
| Fargro Limited | |||||
| Fine Agrochemicals - | Web Site | TTMaturing | |||
| Interagro(UK) - adjuvants | |||||
| Nomix-Chipman | see USA Site | ||||
| SHOO! - insect repellant | Building | ||||
| Chainsaws/Harvesting Equipment | |||||
| Solar Lubricants -Biodegradeable Chain Oil - see Oregon Web Site | |||||
| Forestry Machinery and Equipment: | |||||
| Mainway Engineering (Rochdale) Ld for Environmentally safe bunded bowsers | Web Site | ||||
| Loglogic Master - harvesting head c/w power plus system (Devon based) | |||||
| Timberjack - forest machine manufacturer | Web Site | ||||
| Viking Harvesting Heads - Phil Cooper Forestry Machinery | Web Site | ||||
| William Clark and Son (Parkgate) Ltd, - manufacturers of Forest Machine Tracks and suppliers of forestry equipment | |||||
| Jas.P.Wilson (Dalbeattie) - harvesting machinery (including Rottne) | Web Site | ||||
| Vehicles: | |||||
| Land Rover | Web Site | ||||
| Stump Grinders and Chippers: | |||||
| Land Force | Web Site | ||||
| Clothing: | |||||
| Workware - Cumbria | Web Site | TT | |||
| Timber products: | |||||
| B&Q - Timber policy and targets | Web Site | ||||
| Fell Machinery Services:- Automatic Woodturning lathes, sanders etc. | Web Site | ||||
| Henry Venables | |||||
| Special Services | |||||
| Finance | |||||
| Bank of Scotland - Forestry Finance Scheme | Web Site | T | |||
| Insurance: | |||||
| Bervale Mead - Woodland Insurance | |||||
| Camberford Law Insurance Scheme - Tree Surgeons, Landscape and Garden Services, Forestry Work and Associated Activities | |||||
| J&H Marsh & McLennan - Professional Indemnity Insurance (tel: 0131 311 4200) | |||||
| Legal: | |||||
| Bird Semple (commercial law firm - Scotland and links to the rest of the UK) - Legal Helpline available to ICF members | Web Site | ||||
| Other: | |||||
| Quality Management Scotland -unlock your company's potential with ISO 9000 | Web Site | ||||
| Weather Action Ltd. | Web Site | ||||
| Met Office - up to date 5-day weather forecast - purchase on-line | Web Site | ||||
| General Information: | |||||
| Forestry Research
Advisory Service - South (tel:. 042023000) Forestry Research Advisory Service - North (tel:. 0314452176) |
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| Investment Property Databank Ltd - Forestry Index (independent analysis of investment returns) | Web Site | ||||
| Timberweb - including Newsdesk, Bulletin Board and access to their database. Free facilities include Chat line | Web Site | ||||
| Tree Helpline provided by Arboricultural Advisory and Information Service (tel: 0897161147 premium calls charged £1.50 /min) | not yet | ||||
| Peter Tomlin's Page on Scottish Forestry and trees | Web Site | TTT | |||
| British Trees sponsored by U-net. | Web Site | ||||
| UK Libraries: | |||||
| UK library resource | Web Site | ||||
| Library catalogues (in Dewey) search by author/title/subject | Web Site | ||||
| University library catalogues | Web Site | ||||
| Other useful resources: | |||||
| Democracy '99 provided by Royal Deeside Internet - links to the political parties | Web Site | ||||
| Federation of Small Businesses | Web Site | ||||
| STREET MAP - find a location in the UK | Web Site | a really useful utility | |||
| Plan your train journey with Railtrack | Web Page | excellent!! | |||
| UK Hotels and Guest Houses many offering exclusive discounts | Web Site | ||||
| Media UK | Web Site | ||||
| SCENES - Scottish Environment News | |||||
| "The Green Diary" - North East Scotland's environmental newsletter (CSV Environment) | Web Site | ||||
| "Scotland's 21 Today" - Scottish Agenda 21 publication | |||||
| Other links to links: | |||||