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  • Publication

    Leisure landscapes

    Lead Author: Suzanne Martin

    Exploring the role of forestry in tourism By Suzanne Martin. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research

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    2011 – Health benefits of street trees

    Lead Author: Vadims Sarajevs

    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. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research

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    Trees and forests in British society – Ten years of social science

    Lead Author: Forest Research

    How Forest Research social and economic scientists have explored what Britain’s trees and woodlands mean to people, how they are used and how they can contribute to the social and cultural life of the country. Trees and forests in British society – Ten years of social science (PDF-1742K) Over the...

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    Trees and woodlands: Nature’s health service

    Lead Author: Liz O'Brien

    This publication provides information and evidence supporting the idea that the use and enjoyment of woodlands and green spaces improves people’s overall health and well-being. By Liz O'Brien. Forward by Sir Liam Donaldson – Chief Medical Officer for England. November 2005. Executive summary Trees and woodlands: nature’s health service is...

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    A sort of magical place: people’s experiences of woodlands in northwest and southeast England

    Lead Author: Liz O'Brien

    This publication aims to give land managers, policymakers and all those with a wide interest in forestry a picture of how people relate to woodlands and the natural environment. To obtain a hardcopy of this report (price £10) contact Joanne Davies of Forest Research at Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey.

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    Handbook on treatment of coal ash disposal sites

    Lead Author: Forest Research

    Guidelines for the management of established wet-disposed coal ash landfills. Produced by the RECOAL project – using social approaches in coal ash remediation. This examined the reintegration of coal ash disposal sites and mitigation of pollution in the West Balkan Area.

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    Social forestry

    Lead Author: Liz O’Brien

    Questions and Issues This publication contains the presentations given in December 2000 by speakers from Forest Enterprise, Forest Research and the Forestry Commission. Also included are the contributions made by all delegates in workshop discussion groups which focused on quality of life issues, stakeholders and their importance, and social sustainability.

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    Social diversity in the forestry profession

    Lead Author: Bianca Ambrose-Oji

    Research report into employing a social marketing approach to investigating and planning interventions designed to change the behaviour of people looking for work. Specifically, the application behaviour of Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates in future Forestry Commission recruitments, to see increasing numbers of applications from them. By Bianca Ambrose-Oji....

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    Volunteering and Forestry Commission Wales: Scope, opportunities, and barriers

    Lead Author: Bianca Ambrose-Oji

    Report providing scoping evidence and information needed to understand current volunteering activity and opportunities and barriers to using volunteers as a consequence of the legal and any other pertinent issues as it applies in Wales. April 2011. By: Bianca Ambrose-Oji. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research

  • News

    Forest Research seeks tree-growing champions to take part in follow-up survey into community tree nurseries

    Forest Research runs follow-up survey to discover more about community tree nurseries.

  • News

    New survey to help everyone access woodlands

    A new survey aims to better understand how and why woodlands are and aren't used in England.

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    Cultural value of trees, woods and forests – Executive Summary

    Lead Author: Paul Tabbush

    Summary from study that explored how cultural values are identified, explored and taken into account in forest planning and decision-making processes. You may also download the full report(PDF-438K) here. By Paul Tabbush.