Prof John Healey

John Healey is Professor of Forest Sciences at Bangor University. He started his career researching tropical forests, which remain a major focus, however he has increasingly turned his attention to woodlands and agroforestry in the UK. A priority has been to develop the scientific evidence base to underpin sustainable forest management and policy, with a major emphasis on the challenge of simultaneously addressing the global climate and biodiversity crises, while sustaining wood production and the range of other ecosystem services essential for human wellbeing. John teaches at BSc and MSc level across a wide range of subjects including silviculture and forest ecology, health, restoration and policy. He has supervised 28 PhDs through to completion. Outside the University, John plays advisory roles for Defra, Forestry Commission, Natural Resources Wales, and Rainforest Builder, is a board member of Woodknowledge Wales, and contributes advice to Confor.