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467 Search Results for forests and climate change

  • Service

    Water Analysis

     Service overview Our laboratory offers a high quality water analysis service for the private sector and research organisations. We carry our regular water analysis for research projects and have acquired the latest state-of-the-art dual view spectrophotometer giving extremely low limits of detection and greater accuracy at trace levels which is suitable to assess drinking water quality […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Biosecurity – practical considerations

     Practical considerations of biosecurity and how planting exotic species and increasing movement of seeds can increase the risk of importing and disseminating new pest species (insects and pathogens).
  • Climate Change Hub

    Timber production

     Climate change will affect our forests, influencing tree growth rates and timber quality.
  • Publications

    Historic Urban Tree Canopy Cover of Great Britain
    Lead Author: Kieron Doick
    A study of historic and current urban tree canopy cover in Great Britain using aerial imagery.
  • Media

    The influence of climate change on forest insect pests in Britain

     The influence of climate change on forest insect pests in Britain
  • Tools and Resources

    Brash removal

     Site selection for brash removal in upland conifer forests, with a focus on Sitka spruce stands
  • Tools and Resources

    Climate amelioration

     Benefits of greenspace for climate amelioration and reduction of the urban heat island effect.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    The role of urban trees and greenspaces in reducing urban air temperatures

     This Research Note describes the negative impact that elevated urban temperatures can have on human thermal comfort and health and how urban green infrastructure can help lessen this impact.
  • Service

    Programme 4 Resource assessment and sector monitoring

     Summary of Programme The programme will pursue innovative approaches to forest inventories, data acquisition, high-quality forestry statistics and forest modelling in support of forest policy and practice.  New methods will be developed and integrated to inform choices on forest capital. Sustainable forest management is only possible with the appropriate data and effective models which enable consequences of […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Erosion control

     Summary of the use of urban greenspace to reduce erosion control and surface runoff due to stabilisation by tree roots and grasses
  • Tools and Resources

    Alice Holt Research Forest

     Conduct studies in a known context, with access to the forest and 50 years’ historic scientific data
  • Tools and Resources

    2017 – Environment

     Introduction The statistics presented in the Environment chapter of this release cover: populations of wild birds; public opinion on tree health; and woodland fires.       Woodland fires Wildfires, including woodland fires, are uncontrolled vegetation fires. Although they can start naturally, the majority are caused by people, either accidentally or deliberately. Wildfires can impact on transport network and power lines; damage property and […]