What leads some farmers to dramatically increase the number of trees on their land? What role do social and cultural values play? And how do values and behaviour interact? Increasing tree cover across England is a key priority for the UK government, driven by the benefits that trees and woodlands...
The Land Use and Ecosystem Services Research Group provides services to the forestry and environment sectors in the following areas: Evidence & knowledge These services are focussed on generating ecological, environmental, and social evidence and knowledge. We do experimental work, talk to people, and derive new evidence from existing data. For example,...
How provision of urban greenspace can cause neighbourhood renewal in deprived areas, and improve issues of aesthetics, environmental quality and community cohesion
Forests are popular places for recreation, but some activities can have negative impacts on wildlife. Land managers have to balance delivery of the social and economic benefits derived from outdoor recreation with nature conservation objectives. This literature review provides an overview of potential disturbance issues and a guide to the...
The paper explores the contribution that science has made to forestry and woodland management and looks at the scientific prospects and limitations for the future. It explains the reasons why Britain has become so low in self-sufficiency of wood products and charts the steps successive Governments have taken to change...
This booklet summarises statistics on woodland and forestry, covering areas such as woodland size, timber products, economics, and environmental factors, with the complete 2024 statistics available from Forestry Statistics.
A well-known effect of urbanisation is the warming of the local climate relative to surrounding rural areas, creating a phenomenon known as the ‘urban heat island’ (UHI). UHI intensity varies across a city and over time, but temperature differences may reach 9 °C in the UK. Factors that contribute to...
The area of woodland in the UK at 31 March 2019 is estimated to be 3.19 million hectares (Table 1.1). Of this total, 1.5 million hectares (46%) is in Scotland, 1.3 million hectares (41%) is in England, 0.3 million hectares (10%) is in Wales and 0.1 million hectares (4%) is...
Information on the development pressures, practical considerations, policy and issues of greenspace provision in urban areas
The Roots software program was developed in 2005 to help developers create attractive and sustainable green environment on brownfield sites. RootsTM facilitates a structured approach to site characterisation, problem-solving, species selection and successful planting schemes. Through the structured approach it explains and interprets data and generates custom-built site-specific specifications for...
The Society and Environment Research Group along with our economist colleagues provide a range of social and economic research services to the forestry and environment sectors including: Advice on the design and conduct of social and economic research Research project design and management Advice on social and economic issues in forestry and...
An integrated spatial platform for forest and land management.