This survey covers employment in the Forestry Commission, the private sector and primary wood processing. It enumerates both direct labour and contractors, counting part-time and contract employment as the actual time worked and expressing the total as whole-job equivalents. It includes employees and the self-employed, between whom no distinction is made.
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 […]
This briefing note outlines evidence on the role of the Public Forest Estate in helping to tackle physical inactivity. It draws on research into the health benefits of forests and also greenspace and green infrastructure in which trees are often an important or key component. It argues that the Public Forest Estate in England is […]
In order to gain a clearer understanding of the value of forests for visitor recreation the Forestry Commission funded a research project to evaluate public perceptions, attitudes and preferences in forests and woodlands. This Technical Paper presents the background to the project, and the results and analyses of the research. It will provide a comprehensive […]
The toolbox provides information and ideas to forest and woodland managers on ways to engage individuals, communities and organisations in the decision-making process, design and management of forestry projects and activities.
This includes developing and maintaining equal access to the many public benefits forestry can provide for all members of society.
A study of social change in The National Forest
By Jake Morris and John Urry.
A Lancaster University Research Project with the National Forest Company and the Forestry Commission.
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People, trees and woodlands
Social forestry research
Report detailing Forestry Commission England engagement and partnership working with third sector and civil society organisations. This is being used to prepare an action plan for the joint agency Third Sector statement (Compact) as well as inform government reviews of departmental engagement with civil society. August 2010.
By: Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Jenny Wallace, Anna Lawrence, and Amy […]
A review of the Forestry Commission's estate in England as part of a study to show how the estate contributes to society today and how it might sustainably serve society's long-term needs.
By Anna Lawrence, Claudia Carter, Liz O’Brien and Rebecca Lovell.
An introductory paper to the concept of ‘Social Forestry’.
By Paul Tabbush, Liz O'Brien, Max Hislop and Suzanne Martin.
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People, trees and woodlands
Social forestry research
A review of the Forestry Commission's estate in England as part of a study to show how the estate contributes to society today and how it might sustainably serve society's long-term needs.
By Anna Lawrence, Claudia Carter, Liz O’Brien and Rebecca Lovell.
Related pages
People, trees and woodlands
Social forestry research
This Information Note discusses the research commissioned by Forestry Commission England in 2002 and undertaken by the University of Brighton into the attitudes and perceptions of woodland owners to public access. The research covered six study areas in south-east England which represented a good range of woodland and owner types.
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