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480 Search Results for Forestry Practice

  • Publications

    [Archive] Use of broadleaved species in upland forests (FC Leaflet 88 – 1986)

    Lead Author: A.J. Low
    The purpose of this leaflet is to give practical guidance on how best to select and establish broadleaved tree species.
  • Tools and Resources

    2017 – Timber

    Introduction This page provides an overview of the sources for the timber statistics presented in Chapter 2; more detailed information is provided on the following pages. The chapter covers wood production (removals) from UK woodland, and consumption and production by primary wood processors in the UK. The timber statistics presented cover both softwood (wood from coniferous trees […]
  • Publications

    [Archive] Evaluation of forestry research

    Lead Author: A. J. Grayson
    The subject of evaluation is important to research managers generally and especially to those concerned with the formulation and direction of programmes. Evaluation is normally impracticable at the programme level; instead attention must be concentrated at the level of the project. The purposes served by such evaluation are three: to increase the awareness of research […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2018 – Timber

    Introduction This page provides an overview of the sources for the timber statistics presented in Chapter 2; more detailed information is provided on the following pages. The chapter covers wood production (removals) from UK woodland, and consumption and production by primary wood processors in the UK. The timber statistics presented cover both softwood (wood from coniferous trees […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Use of waste materials

    Information on the use waste materials in soil in greenspace projects and practical considerations in the urban context
  • Tools and Resources

    Guidance documents

    A selection of biomass related guidance notes and documents from DEFRA, DECC the Forestry Commission and other sources
  • Publications

    [Archive] The volume-basal area line: a study in forest mensuration

    Lead Author: F.C. Hummel
    This bulletin is a study in forest mensuration which has arisen out of investigations into the timber content of British woodlands. It deals primarily with the relationship that exists between the volume of a tree and its sectional area at breast height; a relationship here called, for convenience, the volume-basal area line. Studies of this […]
  • Research

    Protected Species Research

    Developing practical management guidance through to strategic advice to support forest policy decisions
  • Publications

    Timber, carbon and wind risk: towards an integrated model of optimal rotation length

    Lead Author: Vadim Saraev
    Modern forest management practice increasingly adopts an ecosystem services approach to account for the multiple benefits and objectives of forestry. It is also increasingly linked to climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. In view of the priority given to these policy agendas, it is important that new models take an integrated approach to accounting for […]
  • Service

    Soil Advice

    Our soil surveyors/foresters and scientists provide bespoke advice on practical soil management for the sustainable, healthy growth of diverse tree species and woodlands. Service overview Forest Research soils experts have worked on projects to help forest managers, owners, regulators and policy-makers to develop practical, evidence-based methods for sustainable soil management throughout the UK. Soils are a fundamental contributor […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Forest Yield

    Forest Yield: a PC-based yield model for forest management in Britain
  • Tools and Resources

    Forest operations

    Impacts of forest operations on archaeological evidence