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190 Search Results for Forestry Standards

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    Foliar Analysis

     Table of contents: Service overview Our top performing foliar analysis service offers a comprehensive range of standard and specialist tests to determine the chemical composition of leaf and foliage samples. This will help identify nutrient deficiencies to boost plant growth, yield and quality. We provide a comprehensive suite of chemical analyses and tests for leaves and foliage. Test […]
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    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 […]
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    Economic regeneration

     How the provision of urban green infrastructure can provide economic regeneration benefits and improve the economic situation in deprived areas
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    Soil compaction – practical considerations

     Culitvation methods and considerations to alleviate soil compaction at undermanaged greenspaces
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    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 […]
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    Hylobius Management Support System (MSS)

     A decision support system to help foresters predict and reduce damage and costs due to large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis.
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    Transporting woodfuels

     It is important that woodfuels are transported approriately if it is to be done safely and with maintaining the quality of the fuel
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    OPM manual – 11. Handling oak in OPM areas: Good practice guide

     This page provides good practice guidance when working on trees in or close to OPM-affected areas, or when dealing with arisings from work on OPM-infested trees.
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    2017 – Woodland Carbon Code

     The Woodland Carbon Code is a voluntary standard, initiated in July 2011, for woodland creation projects that make claims about the carbon they sequester (take out of the atmosphere). All projects must be placed on the UK Woodland Carbon Registry. Their claims about potential carbon sequestration are validated by an independent certification body. Validated projects are […]
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    2018 – Woodland Carbon Code

     The Woodland Carbon Code is a voluntary standard, initiated in July 2011, for woodland creation projects that make claims about the carbon they sequester (take out of the atmosphere). All projects must be placed on the UK Woodland Carbon Registry.  Their claims about potential carbon sequestration are validated by an independent certification body.  Validated projects are […]
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    Freshwater ecosystems

     Ecological benefits of greenspace and freshwater ecosystems in the urban environment
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    OPM Manual – 7. Manual removal of nests and larvae

     The first thing to consider when planning to manually remove oak processionary moth (OPM) nests and caterpillars (larvae) is personal protection from contact with the caterpillars’ irritating hairs. It is not only the caterpillars which pose a risk: OPM nests (pictured below) also contain thousands of hairs shed by the caterpillars. These continue to pose a health hazard, either through […]