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215 Search Results for Forestry Guidance

  • Tools and Resources

    Grassland habitats

     Information on the ecological benefits of grasslands in the urban and peri-urban greenspace environment, including benefits and practical considerations
  • Tools and Resources

    The pre-reclamation site-investigation process

     Site investigation, remediation, contaminated land, brownfield land, restoration, woodland
  • Service

    Knowledge exchange and impact

     As an applied research agency, Forest Research has a unique bridging role between the research community, policymakers and land managers. Effective knowledge exchange and research impact are critical to our purpose, ensuring our activities makes a difference and providing a rationale for our work and the basis of our contracts with key customers. We have learnt […]
  • Tools and Resources

    About the NFI

     About NFI
  • Tools and Resources

    Biomass heating of buildings of different sizes

     Based on specific examples in the UK and elsewhere. These figures are given purely as approximate guidance and precise energy requirements for a given building will depend on many constructional and operational factors
  • Tools and Resources

    2016 – Woodfuel and pellets

     Woodfuel and pellets Introduction Data on woodfuel have been obtained from the following sources: Sawmill survey and survey of round fencing manufacturers; Private sector softwood removals survey and woodfuel suppliers; Expert Group on Timber & Trade Statistics estimates. Estimates of the quantity of recycled wood used for woodfuel are produced by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (www.woodrecyclers.org). Data on UK pellet production are […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Land managers behaviour and forest resilience

     Landowners and managers are being urged to change their behaviours and practice to increase forest resilience, this research describes some of the barriers to change including the different attitudes and beliefs of different kinds of land managers around uncertainty and risk, and the need for information and guidance which takes these perspectives into account.
  • Research

    Integrating research for policy and practice (2015-20)

     This research programme aims to develop new ways to understand, evaluate and communicate the impacts of research carried out by Forest Research and its partners across society, the economy and environment. Outputs include a series of case studies, and technical guidance to help embed impact generation into the research process.
  • Tools and Resources

    Phytophthora kernoviae

     Overview of invasive plant pathogen Phytophthora kernoviae. Distribution, symptoms, diagnosis and management.
  • Tools and Resources

    Siberian silk moth (Dendrolimus sibiricus)

     Not present in UK Notifiable – see ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name – Dendrolimus sibiricus The larvae, or caterpillars, of the Siberian silk moth are a destructive pest of several species of conifer trees, some of which are grown in the United Kingdom for commercial and/or nature conservation purposes. It is also a human and animal health […]
  • Tools and Resources

    OPM Manual – 9. Pheromone trapping

     Pheromone traps are a useful method of surveying for the presence of adult male insects, including those of oak processionary moth (OPM). The traps work by containing a lure comprising a synthetic chemical cocktail which mimics the sexual pheromone emitted by the female to attract a mate for breeding. Deploying traps, especially in the area outside the […]
  • Service

    Habitat Network Analysis Service

     Forest Research are the leading UK research organisation on the development of spatial analysis techniques for habitat networks and have an excellent  track record of working with and delivering tailored habitat network analyses. What are habitat networks, and why are they important? Habitat networks are configurations of habitat that allows species to move and disperse through a landscape […]