Climate change - Forest Research

Research

Developing a Woodland Water Code

The design and development of a Woodland Water Code (WWC) to act as a crediting mechanism to encourage private investment in trees for the improvement of the freshwater environment.

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Expanding Agroforestry: A Tree Species Guide for Agroforestry in the UK

This ‘Tree Species Guide for UK Agroforestry Systems’ provides an overview of 33 species of trees and shrubs that could be planted in UK agroforestry systems.

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Forestry & Woodland Resilience to Drought (FORWaRD)

To inform ‘climate resilient forestry’ policy and management, understanding the drought response of UK tree species is crucial but remains largely unquantified. The Forestry & Woodland Resilience to Drought (FORWaRD) project will address these knowledge gaps by providing an integrated assessment of drought resilience for a variety of UK tree species across a range of temporal and spatial scales.

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Green Finance in the Context of UK’s Trees, Woods, and Forests

There is a need for Green Finance mechanisms to increase private investment in UK woodland creation and tree planting. Forest Research is exploring existing evidence on this topic, identifying innovative mechanisms, existing case studies and research gaps.

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SUPERB – Upscaling Forest Restoration

Forest Research, working with Forestry and Land Scotland, is leading a forest restoration Demo for the EU Horizon2020 “SUPERB” project. This demonstrates conversion to continuous cover forestry, establishment of high-elevation forests, and riparian woodlands with natural flood management measures, and will work with stakeholders to examine potential for upscaling.

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Post-colonial biosecurity possibilities

In this project we explored what hinders and enables researchers, policymakers and practitioners in their work protecting native trees and forests in New Zealand/Aotearoa and Wales/Cymru. This is an international collaborative project between the two countries called Post-colonial biosecurity possibilities.

Publications

[Archive] Dutch elm disease in Great Britain

Lead Author: John Gibbs

RIN 252 (1994) Out of print research publications from the 1980s and 1990s. Please note that since publication the products named may have been withdrawn or changed formulation, services may no longer be available, legislation superseded and addresses and contacts changed.

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Climate Change Mitigation Research to Support Net Zero Policies (DESNZ-FR MoU)

Kate Beauchamp

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Range expansion of bark beetles in the genus Ips (ECLIPSE)

Hugh Evans

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[Archive] Revised windiness scores for the windthrow hazard classification: the revised scoring method

Lead Author: C.P. Quine

RIN 230 (1993) Out of print research publications from the 1980s and 1990s. Please note that since publication the products named may have been withdrawn or changed formulation, services may no longer be available, legislation superseded and addresses and contacts changed.

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Revised valuation of flood regulation services of existing forest cover to inform natural capital accounts.

Lead Author: Samantha Broadmeadow

The ability of trees, woodlands and forests to reduce downstream flooding is increasingly recognised and valued by society, driving a demand for assessments of this important ecosystem service. This study updates a previous evaluation (Broadmeadow et al., 2018) with improved estimates for the volume of flood water potentially removed by woodland or retained by its […]

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An analysis of conifer experiments in Britain to identify productive alternatives to Sitka spruce

Lead Author: Victoria Stokes

An analysis of relevant species trials was carried out to assess the productivity of potential alternative conifer species to Sitka spruce on upland site types in Britain. Data from 87 forest experiments planted between 1929 and 1995 were analysed to compare long-term performance of 52 species with that of Sitka spruce under the same conditions and site type.

274 Search Results

Developing a Woodland Water Code

Expanding Agroforestry: A Tree Species Guide for Agroforestry in the UK

Forestry & Woodland Resilience to Drought (FORWaRD)

Green Finance in the Context of UK’s Trees, Woods, and Forests

SUPERB – Upscaling Forest Restoration

Post-colonial biosecurity possibilities

[Archive] Dutch elm disease in Great Britain

Climate Change Mitigation Research to Support Net Zero Policies (DESNZ-FR MoU)

Range expansion of bark beetles in the genus Ips (ECLIPSE)

[Archive] Revised windiness scores for the windthrow hazard classification: the revised scoring method

Revised valuation of flood regulation services of existing forest cover to inform natural capital accounts.

An analysis of conifer experiments in Britain to identify productive alternatives to Sitka spruce

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