Dr James Walmsley

• Professional: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
  Bangor University, 2008–2011
• PhD: Forestry: 'Whole Tree Harvesting and Wood Ash Recycling to Forests: Case Studies in Upland Sitka spruce in Wales
  Bangor University, 2004–2009
• MSc: Environmental Umpact Assessment
  Aberystwyth University, 2000–2002
• BSc: Environmental Science
  University of Birmingham, 1997–2000

Hi, I'm James.  The main focus of my work in Bangor University is supporting students on the undergraduate and postgraduate distance learning forestry programmes. 

I really enjoy creating and facilitating an interactive teaching and learning experience. 

I also act as mentor and staff liaison officer for the Bangor Forestry Students' Association (BFSA). 

Course Director:

• MSc Forestry (distance learning)
• MSc Tropical Forestry (distance learning)
• BSc Forestry
• BSc Conservation with Forestry
• MFor Forestry

2019

• PublishedDevelopment of forestry at Bangor University: An international dimension
  Healey, J. & Walmsley, J., Jul 2019, In : Chartered Forester. 2019, Summer, p. 10-12 3 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedA day in the working life: Dr James Walmsley
  Walmsley, J. & Locher, C., 1 Apr 2019, 3 p. Forestry Journal.
  Research output: Other contribution

2018

• PublishedContinuous Cover Forestry: A Selected Bibliography 2011-2018
  Manning, S. B. & Walmsley, J., 23 Aug 2018, 81 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2017

• PublishedForestry – a fascinating topic and a hugely rewarding career
  Walmsley, J., 20 Nov 2017, 3 p. Countryside Jobs Service.
  Research output: Other contribution
• PublishedReduced Impact Logging and Silvicultural Interventions in Ghana: the Case of Bobiri Forest Reserve
  Sanfilippo, M., Akampulira, E., Mohase, A., Okonkwo, H., Ouyoumb, P., Tumber, R., Walmsley, J. & Rayment, M., 2017, In : International Forestry Review. 19, 3, p. 369-380 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2016

• PublishedHow the proposed reintroduction of Eurasian lynx to Britain illustrates competing values and contrasting views associated with humans and the natural world
  Gray, J., Brockington, J., Hayward, M. & Walmsley, J., 1 Oct 2016, In : Country-Side Magazine. 36, 2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedTransforming forestry students into forestry professionals
  Walmsley, J., 6 Apr 2016, Forestry & Timber News, 2016, 74, p. 21 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• PublishedTurning literature into reality - tales from a Bangor University MSc Tropical Forestry summer school in Ghana
  Walmsley, J., Brockington, J., Agaba, G. & Rayment, M., 1 Apr 2016, In : Agriculture for Development. 2016, 27, p. 20-22 2 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2015

• PublishedForestry in British Higher Education: A tale of decline and regeneration
  Walmsley, J., Savill, P., Burley, J., Evans, J., Horsey, R., Leslie, A., Falck, J., Innes, J. & Waterson, J., 1 Oct 2015, In : Quarterly Journal of Forestry. 109, 4, p. 268-273 6 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedContinuous Cover Forestry Group (Wales) - Clocaenog Forest Visit October 2014
  Walmsley, J. & Hill, N., 22 Apr 2015, 3 p. Online
  Research output: Other contribution

2014

• PublishedThe International Forestry Review: Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 5-11 October 2014, Salt Lake City, USA: Use and sources of domestic firewood in Wales, UK
  Walmsley, J., 2014, International Forestry Review: Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 5-11 October 2014, Salt Lake City, USA. Parrotta, J., Moser, C., Scherzer, A., Koerth, N. & Lederle, D. (eds.). 5 ed. Commonwealth Forestry Association, Vol. 16. p. 267 1 p. E-04b
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2010

• PublishedStump harvesting for bioenergy - a review of environmental impacts.
  Walmsley, J. D. & Godbold, D. L., 1 Jan 2010, In : Forestry. 83, 1, p. 17-38
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2009

• PublishedWhole tree harvesting can reduce second rotation forest productivity
  Walmsley, J. D., Jones, D. L., Reynolds, B., Price, M. H. & Healey, J. R., 10 Feb 2009, In : Forest Ecology and Management. 257, 3, p. 1104-1111
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2008

• PublishedLiterature Review of the Environmental Impacts of Stump Harvesting.
  Walmsley, J. D. & Godbold, D. L., 1 Jan 2008, 2008 ed. Unknown.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2007

• PublishedMachine bundles woodfuel bales from the residue of clear-fell sites
  Walmsley, J. D., 1 Jan 2007, In : Gwlad. 61, p. 15
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2006

• PublishedOverview of Biomass Energy in Wales, UK
  Walmsley, J. D., Jones, D. L. & Healey, J. R., 1 Sep 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedRecycling of Wood Ash to Forests in the UK
  Walmsley, J. D., Jones, D. L. & Healey, J. R., 1 Sep 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedRecycling of Wood Ash to Forests: Application to PAWS Sites
  Pitman, R., Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. A., 1 Sep 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedRecycling of Wood Ash to Forests: Application to PAWS Sites
  Pitman, R., Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 1 Sep 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedRecycling of wood ash to forests in North Wales, UK.
  Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 30 May 2006, p. 347-351.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedRecycling of wood ash to forests in North Wales, UK.
  Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 30 May 2006, p. 347-351.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedRecycling of wood ash to forests in North Wales, UK
  Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 1 May 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedRecycling of wood ash to forests in North Wales, UK.
  Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jan 2006, Proceedings of Second World Bioenergy Conference, 30 May-1 June 2006, Jönköping, Sweden. 2006 ed. Swedish Bioenergy Association, p. 347-351
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2005

• PublishedWind power: local energy for local people
  Walmsley, J. D., 1 Jan 2005, In : Environmentalist, official journal of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, Lincoln. 31, p. 25-26
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2004

• PublishedThe role of environmental non-governmental organisations in the environmental impact assessment process in Japan
  Ryu, J., Walmsley, J. D., Harashina, S. & Slinn, P., 1 Jan 2004, In : Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 22, 4, p. 283-293
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2003

• PublishedAssessment of the role of corporate environmental reporting in supporting share values in FTSE100 companies
  Walmsley, J. D. & Bond, A., 1 Jan 2003, In : Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management. 5, 2, p. 149-182
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2002

• PublishedEIA (Uncultivated Land and Semi-Natural Areas) Regulations 2001
  Walmsley, J. D., 1 Jan 2002, In : International Association for Impact Assessment. 14, 1, p. 6
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedProblem-based learning in the school of planning and landscape
  Walmsley, J. D., 1 Jan 2002.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2019

• Overview of forestry distance learning at Bangor University

  Oral presentation made at a Research Colloquium event at the headquarters of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

  18 Jul 2019

  Links:

  • https://www.csir-forig.org.gh/
  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2017

• Celebrating Excellence in Teaching and Learning

  Transforming forestry students into forestry professionals

  15 Sep 2017

  Links:

  • https://www.bangor.ac.uk/celt/conference/lt-conference-2017.php.en
  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2016

• CELT Learning and Teaching Conference 2016

  Transitions in postgraduate forestry teaching provision in SENRGy: choosing between face-to-face, distance learning, or both?

  14 Sep 2016

  Links:

  • https://www.bangor.ac.uk/celt/conference/lt-conference-2016.php.en
  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2015

• Domestic firewood in Wales: where does it come from and how much energy does it generate?

  19 May 2015

  Links:

  • Link to slides that accompanied the oral presentation
  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• Meeting of Higher Education Institutions from United Kingdom and Ireland which currently teach forestry with the Institute of Chartered Foresters

  Part-time postgraduate forestry study at Bangor University – what have we learnt?

  21 Jan 2015

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2011

• Stump harvesting for bioenergy – greenhouse gas emissions and compliance with the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC

  Keynote speaker

  24 Oct 2011 – 26 Oct 2011

  Links:

  • http://spectare.ucl.slu.se/nlfak/2011/tree_stump_harvesting/treestumpharvesting.html
  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

Since 2011, the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission has generously supported postgraduate distance learning students from developing commonwealth countries to study on our MSc Tropical Forestry programme.  Up to Autumn 2019, this has involved well over 100 scholars from over 20 different countries.

I oversee these scholarships, with fantastic support from a number of colleagues.  A particular highlight of this scheme is the Tropical Forestry Study Tour,.  Find out about some previous tours (and much more!) on this webpage.

Trustee, Woodland Heritage

Practitioner Member, Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment

Committee Member, Royal Forestry Society (North Wales Division)

Member, Continuous Cover Forestry Group

Member, Snowdonia Society

Member, National Trust