Search results for: Urban forests

Information on the improvement of water quality in urban areas through the provision of greenspace and implementation of green infrastructure

Evidencing the potential for community tree nurseries to contribute to satisfying current British demand for quality, diverse, biosecure tree stock.

Information on the importance and use of greenspace planning to ensure adaptation to climate change

The ecological benefits of wildflower meadows for incorporation into urban greenspace, including links to case studies with examples of wildflower meadows for biodiversity

Project exploring the social and cultural value of Trees Outside Woodlands (TOW) in peri-urban and rural areas.

Greenspace as a feature of the urban landscape taking many forms, and serving many purposes

Summary of Programme The importance of pests and diseases associated with forest and woodlands in the UK has never been greater, with highly damaging outbreaks, evidence of greater spread and impact, new organisms being introduced through trade pathways, and established pest threats exacerbated by changes in climate and host availability....

Project seeking to understand, enable and support public access to woodlands in line with the English Tree Action Plan.

The need for a visit to China by British foresters was first proposed in January 1978 to the Chairman of the Great Britain – China Centre by the Earl Bathurst when President of the Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The visit subsequently followed, sponsored and arranged...

This Handbook describes how to plan, create and manage urban woodlands. The primary role of urban forestry is to provide multi-purpose woodlands which improve the quality of daily life for the 46 million urban people of Britain and so the Handbook goes beyond the technical issues of establishing and managing...

The environmental, social and economic benefits of street trees, and examples of street tree planting initiatives

David Slawson Imperial College London – visiting researcher and former Director of OPAL Coordinator of THSCN and Observatree volunteer. Current priorities: to expand the tree health surveillance network, to make data more openly accessible to researchers, land managers and the public, and to increase collaboration between the biosecurity and biodiversity...