Research urges decision-makers to take account of broad ranging cultural benefits gained from green spaces in our towns and cities
The cultural benefits of green spaces, sometimes referred to as ‘green infrastructure’, are difficult to measure and value. As a result they lack integration into decision-making about how to design and manage green infrastructure. Many methods […]
By analysing submissions to the Tributes to Trees website, Forest Research found that people express emotional and sensory experiences from their connections with trees, woodlands and forests, and these are inextricably linked to different places, people and activities
Introduction
This chapter contains statistics on the number and profile of visits to all woodlands from household surveys.
The statistics in this chapter need to be viewed in the context of broader changes in the UK population, with an increasing and ageing population.
More recently, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected visits to the outdoors. Some information on visits […]
Review of recent evidence of health benefits provided by street trees with special attention given to the economic estimates of such benefits.
By Vadims Sarajevs.
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Social forestry research
This project aims to quantify the historic impact and legacy of extreme climatic events on UK forests using tree-ring chronologies, climate and soil data. It focuses on species of major importance to UK forestry in order to provide the information basis for building adaptive capacity into future forest planning and decision-making.
Report from study that addressed how the knowledge and understanding of social research affects policy, planning, practice and outcomes within the Forestry Commission.
By Mariella Marzano, Anna Lawrence and Bianca Ambrose-Oji.
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People, trees and woodlands
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This research aims to determine the practicality, durability, and efficacy of non-plastic biodegradable tree shelters and other tree protection methods, as alternatives to using tree shelters made from conventional plastics.
A project was commissioned to estimate and compare the potential for carbon sequestration (net CO2 uptake) and GHG emissions mitigation that could be realised by creating different types of woodlands.
The analysis assesses the influence of different tree species, site and management factors, including the eventual use of harvested wood, on...
Understanding the factors affecting the uptake of Decision Support Systems in the GB forestry sector and how these can be addressed to enhance and improve uptake.
Scoping Report, September 2010.
By Amy Stewart, Anna Lawrence and David Edwards.
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People, trees and woodlands
Social forestry research
Woods for People
The Woods for People project has created a UK-wide provisional inventory of accessible woodland.
At present, it does not include woodlands where the only access is on public rights of way. For Scotland, the Land Reform Act gives a right of responsible access to almost all land, but the dataset only includes woods that […]
Woods for People
The Woods for People project has created a UK-wide provisional inventory of accessible woodland.
At present, it does not include woodlands where the only access is on public rights of way. For Scotland, the Land Reform Act gives a right of responsible access to almost all land, but the dataset only includes woods that […]
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