Stand structure is an important determinant of habitat quality for forest biodiversity and is influenced by management. In conifer plantations, the varied structure created within a stand by continuous cover forestry (CCF) systems has been expected to be better for woodland birds than the range of discrete stand structures created through rotations of clearfelling and […]
Planted forests of non-native conifers make up around 36% of Britain’s total wooded area. Increasing the area of native woodlands – including converting non-native conifer to native woodland where appropriate – is an aim of the UK Forestry Standard Guidelines on Biodiversity. It is unclear how much conversion is being implemented, what the motivations might […]
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 to […]
Each year Forest Research, with the support of the Expert Group on Timber and Trade Statistics, conducts the following surveys to collect data on the UK timber industry:
Private Sector Softwood Removals Survey
Sawmill Survey
Survey of Round Fencing Manufacturers
Survey of Pellet and Briquette Production
The information from these surveys (of which you can find samples below, in the Downloads section), […]
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Predicting future risks of damage by insect pests is an important aspect of forest management. Climate change has the potential to affect forest pests and their impact on trees through higher temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events. Warmer temperatures are likely to have complex effects on insects, influencing, among other things, […]
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