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8TH AUG 2008
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 Myerscough College is pleased to announce that Dr Mark Johnston, Research Fellow in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, has been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
The award is for services to forestry, in recognition of his contribution to the development of urban forestry in Britain.
Since the mid-1970s, Mark has played a crucial role in highlighting the importance of trees in the urban environment. He has worked tirelessly to raise standards in urban tree management at a national level. Among his accomplishments, he initiated several major urban forestry projects in Britain and Ireland, helped organise international conferences on the subject and published numerous academic papers. Much of his early work was done through the Forest of London Trust, a voluntary body which he founded and chaired. Recently, he acted as Lead Researcher on the government’s Trees in Towns II report, which will be published later this summer.
He has also led the development of Britain’s first Masters Degree in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, which will start at Myerscough College in September.
On hearing of his award Mark said:
“I’m delighted to become one of only a few Arboriculturist to have ever received a ‘gong’ for their work. And I’m also really pleased to see that the arboricultural profession is at last playing a leading role in the development of urban forestry in Britain.”
Mark’s home is in Belfast where he lives with his wife Anne. He moved to Northern Ireland fifteen years ago when he was engaged as a consultant to the Department of the Environment (NI) to develop a city-wide urban forestry project for Belfast.
Myerscough College offers an extensive range of courses in Arboriculture from entry to Masters Degree level, with full-time, part-time, work-based and even online study options available.
For information about courses in Arboriculture at Myerscough College, please contact Course Enquiries:
enquiries@myerscough.ac.uk
01995 642211
Myerscough College
www.myerscough.ac.uk
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