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The main focus of this area is to support the Welsh Government’s ‘Woodlands for Wales’ policy and produce evidence and demonstrate alternative methods of forest management to clearfelling

Forests and forest management practices can affect surface water acidification in a number of ways. The primary mechanism is the ability of tree canopies to capture more sulphur and nitrogen pollutants from the atmosphere than other types of vegetation. Pollutant scavenging is expected to have peaked in the 1970s when...

It is within the remit of Forest Research to produce statistics on a wide range of topics related to forestry. These statistics are made public in the form of reports and datasets that are published periodically and thematically. In order to ascertain when a new iteration of these will be...

The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This thirty-third Journal includes...

This Bulletin summarises results gained from the extensive programme of experiments and enquiries carried out by the Forestry Commission’s Research Division, from its inception in 1919 until the year 1970, together with the practical experience obtained in the large-scale raising of planting stocks for the national afforestation programme.

Practical guidance covering a flexible and adaptive approach and best advice on managing continuous cover. Forestry Commission Operational Guidance Booklet No. 7. Related pages Continuous cover silviculture Integrated establishment systems for the uplands Management of upland native woodlands Woodland and habitat management publications

Forest Research is the UK’s leading provider of applied forest science and evidence and of expertise, data, products and services for governments and the tree, wood, forest, and natural resource sectors. With reference to environmental aspects from our operations and built estate, we will: We will review this environmental policy...

This pack presents some of the key Forestry Commission initiatives that we have undertaken as part of our commitment to making our business more sustainable. It explains the background to the Environmental Management System that underpins our business sustainability programme, and gives examples of major construction projects that demonstrate best...

In 1961 the Forestry Commission had over 30 forests situated wholly or partly on chalk formations, scattered over the southern and eastern counties from Dorset to Kent and north to Yorkshire, while private estate owners are also engaged in the planting and management of extensive stretches of chalk down woodland....

The black grouse is a large, sexually dimorphic species found typically in habitats transitional between moorland and forest. Numbers of black grouse have recently declined throughout much of Europe. In Britain, the species is now largely confined to Scotland, the north of England and Wales. Continued loss and fragmentation of...

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

The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This twenty-third Journal includes...