What does existing evidence tell us about landowners’ values, attitudes and knowledge in relation to decisions about woodland management and creation?.
By Anna Lawrence, Norman Dandy and Julie Urquhart.
Report to the Scottish Forestry Trust and Forestry Commission.
By Liz O’Brien (Forest Research) and Mardie Townsend and Matthew Ebden (Deakin University, Australia).
Environmental volunteering – Summary report (PDF-570K)
This literature review (2010) explores urban health issues and health inequalities and identifies the links between trees, woods and forests and health in urban populations. It outlines current gaps in research and identifies potential opportunities for the Forestry Commission in England, Scotland and Wales to focus on health and well-being in urban areas.
By Liz O’Brien, […]
Final report from study to identify and explore research relating to education and learning outdoors. A particular focus of the review was on learning that takes place in woods as well as learning that focuses on trees and woods.
By Rebecca Lovell and Liz O’Brien and Roz Owen.
Evaluation report that provides a detailed account of how the scheme ran and evidence of the impacts it had on a range of partners, participants and members of the surrounding local communities and that draws out key insights and lessons learnt from the scheme’s governance structure and processes.
By Claudia Carter, Liz O’Brien and Jake Morris.
Executive summary of this project that sought to characterise and understand the problem of wildfires in the South Wales Valleys region and to offer recommendations for appropriate management and policy responses.
By Matthew Jollands, Jake Morris and Andy Moffat.
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Final report from this project that sought to characterise and understand the problem of wildfires in the South Wales Valleys region and to offer recommendations for appropriate management and policy responses. May 2011.
By Matthew Jollands, Jake Morris and Andy Moffat.
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(Wildfires in Wales – Executive Summary).
Summary of this project that sought to characterise and understand the problem of wildfires in the South Wales Valleys region and to offer recommendations for appropriate management and policy responses.
By Matthew Jollands, Jake Morris and Andy Moffat.
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People, trees and woodlands
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Understanding the factors affecting the uptake of Decision Support Systems in the GB forestry sector and how these can be addressed to enhance and improve uptake.
Scoping Report, September 2010.
By Amy Stewart, Anna Lawrence and David Edwards.
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This Research Note considers the potential of extending coverage of the UK Woodland Carbon Code to the carbon benefits of wood products associated with woodland creation projects.
This research examines approaches to valuation of the mental health benefits of forests and proposes how monetary valuation of these benefits can be developed further. It examines metrics to quantify mental health impacts, methodologies to value changes in these and potential for incorporating associated values into natural capital accounting
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