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Final report from this project that sought to characterise and understand the problem of wildfires in the South Wales Valleys region and to offer recommendations for appropriate management and policy responses. May 2011.
By Matthew Jollands, Jake Morris and Andy Moffat.
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(Wildfires in Wales – Executive Summary).
Summary of this project that sought to characterise and understand the problem of wildfires in the South Wales Valleys region and to offer recommendations for appropriate management and policy responses.
By Matthew Jollands, Jake Morris and Andy Moffat.
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The research reported in this publication was designed to document social, cultural, economic and environmental characteristics of current non-timber forest product gatherer practices and perceptions and explore their implications for forest policy and management.Collecting wild plant materials and fungi is a valued part of the lives of the people who participated in this project, and […]
This was a joint collaborative piece of work between Natural Resources Wales, Forest Research, Natural England, NatureScot and the Environment Agency. It aimed to bring together and summarise research conducted in each organisation concerning how people, both adults and children, visited green and blue natural spaces during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, and their experiences […]
Report from project to examine the barriers and challenges facing different types and models of woodland-related social enterprise and to investigate the critical enabling factors affecting them.
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