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311 Search Results for Land reclamation

  • Tools and Resources

    Household surveys in Scotland

     Household surveys in Scotland Scotland’s People and Nature Survey (SPANS), which measures and collects details about the Scottish adult population’s participation in outdoor recreation in Scotland, ran from March 2013 until February 2014, with 1,000 adults interviewed in their home each month. The survey replaced the previous Scottish Recreation Survey (ScRS). Further information on SPANS and the […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2018 – Scotland

     Household surveys in Scotland Scotland’s People and Nature Survey (SPANS), which measures and collects details about the Scottish adult population’s participation in outdoor recreation in Scotland, ran from March 2013 until February 2014, with 1,000 adults interviewed in their home each month. The survey replaced the previous Scottish Recreation Survey (ScRS). Further information on SPANS and the […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2017 – Scotland

     Household surveys in Scotland Scotland’s People and Nature Survey (SPANS), which measures and collects details about the Scottish adult population’s participation in outdoor recreation in Scotland, ran from March 2013 until February 2014, with 1,000 adults interviewed in their home each month. The survey replaced the previous Scottish Recreation Survey (ScRS). Further information on SPANS and the […]
  • Service

    How to select what analysis you need

     Our research-focused chemical analysis laboratory provides soil, water, plant and foliage (leaf) testing to support a wide range of agricultural and forest-related activities. Environmental monitoring Plant, soil and water analyses are key to any environmental or site monitoring exercise, whether for regulatory or research purposes. We can provide a basic laboratory testing service, or work with you […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2019 – Felling

     Felling Approval for the felling (cutting down) of trees in the UK is granted through felling licences issued by the Forestry Commission, Scottish Forestry, Natural Resources Wales or the Forest Service in Northern Ireland. Felling licences may be conditional (where felling approval is granted subject to replanting) or unconditional (where tree felling is approved without the requirement […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Noise abatement

     Urban greenspace can be used as a noise buffer to improve reduce noise pollution in urban areas
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    2019 – Woodland area by species: broadleaves

     Table 1.9 presents the area of broadleaves, broken down by principal species, ownership and country. The most commonly occurring broadleaved species in Great Britain are birch (accounting for 18% of broadleaf woodland), oak (16%) and ash (12%) (Table 1.9). Birch is more dominant in Scotland, accounting for 43% of the broadleaf area there. Table 1.9 Stocked woodland […]
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    2019 – Woodland area by species: conifers

     Table 1.8 presents the area of conifers, broken down by principal species, ownership and country. Sitka spruce accounts for around one half (51%) of the conifer area in Great Britain (Table 1.8), followed by Scots pine (17%) and larches (10%). Sitka spruce is less dominant in England, accounting for just one quarter (26%) of the conifer […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Peatland restoration

     Forest Research, with FC England and Natural England, has produced tools to help make these decisions for deep peat sites.
  • Tools and Resources

    2019 – Social

     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 National Survey for Wales, the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (England) and the Public Opinion of Forestry surveys. (Tables 6.1 to 6.5). Surveying and counting of visitors to a specific area […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Woodland and archaeology – Overview of potential issues

     Outline of the many issues relating to archaeological preservation during woodland management
  • Tools and Resources

    Species choice

     Information on the practical considerations for correct choice of species for planting on greenspace sites in urban areas