Jim Smith, Urban Forestry Adviser, Forestry Commission
Jim Smith has been an urban forester for over 35 years. He first worked for the Forestry Commission on leaving school and returned to London to work as an arborist in the Royal Parks in the early eighties.
He is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and has twice been Chair of the London Tree Officer’s Association being involved in the production of many national and regional guidance documents involving trees. Notably the original and current versions of NJUG 10; Guidelines for the Planning Installation, Maintenance and Repair of Utility Services in Proximity to Trees, The Institution of Structural Engineer’s document Subsidence of Low Rise Buildings 2000, The LTOA’s, A Risk Limitation Strategy for Tree Root Claims 2007, The National Tree Safety Group’s guidance Common sense risk management of trees, he is also a member of the British Standards Institute committee on standards for trees.
