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  • Tools and Resources

    Planting practice

     Information on successful planting practice of species in urban greenspace projects and the constraints to planting
  • Tools and Resources

    2019 – Public Opinion of Forestry – Climate change

     Forest Research has conducted similar surveys of public attitudes to forestry and forestry-related issues every two years since 1995. The most recent set of separate surveys was conducted in 2019 (in Northern Ireland, Wales, and across the UK as a whole) and 2017 (in Scotland). The full results are available on our website at  www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/statistics-by-topic/public-opinion-of-forestry/. In […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Oak decline

     Scientific and practical information about oak decline/dieback
  • Tools and Resources

    Open habitats

     Ecological benefit of open habitats in urban or peri-urban greenspace
  • Research

    SCALEFORES: Scaling Rules For Ecosystem Service Mapping

     We are working with Southampton University and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology to develop and test novel modelling frameworks to explore the drivers of ecosystem services at different spatial scales in order to predict and map their delivery.
  • Tools and Resources

    Wetland habitats

     Information on the ecological benefits of wetlands in the urban environment for increased species and provision of habitats
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    2018 – Recreation

     Introduction There are two main approaches to visitor monitoring: General population surveys of individuals at their home. This approach is employed for Scotland’s People and Nature Survey, the Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey, the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (England) and the Public Opinion of Forestry surveys. (Tables 6.1 to 6.6). Surveying and counting of visitors to […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma novo-ulmi)

     About Dutch elm disease in Great Britain
  • Tools and Resources

    2023 – 6: Social

     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. In recent years, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected visits to the outdoors. Some information […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Public Opinion of Forestry

     Introduction The Forestry Commission has conducted similar surveys of public attitudes to forestry and forestry-related issues every two years since 1995. Three separate surveys were undertaken in 2015; in Scotland, Wales and across the UK as a whole. A survey for Northern Ireland was most recently carried out in 2014. Some questions were asked in all of […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Household surveys in Wales

     Household surveys in Wales Natural Resources Wales and its predecessors (Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales) commissioned a Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey (WORS) in 2008, 2011 and 2014. The survey provides data on Welsh residents’ participation in informal outdoor activities and visits to the outdoors, including woodland. Further information on the survey, including copies […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2019 – Public Opinion of Forestry – tree health

     Forest Research has conducted similar surveys of public attitudes to forestry and forestry-related issues every two years since 1995. The most recent surveys were conducted in 2019 (with separate surveys in Wales, Northern Ireland and across the UK as a whole) and in 2017 (in Scotland). Full results are available within the Public Opinion of […]