Legacy socio-economic research summary relating to: Community diversity, coherence and development
Exploring disabled people’s perceptions and use of forest recreation in Scotland, England and Wales (PDF-652K)
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General
The natural choice: securing the value of nature (2011). HM Government.
National Parks across the UK have policies and strategies for public access and community engagement (many Local Authorities also have access strategies) – www.nationalparks.uk/
Delivery mechanisms
Equality analysis – Equality analysis is a way of considering the effect on different groups protected […]
By Caroline Kilbride, Jane Poole, Tony Hutchings, Olga Rodriguez-Walters, Danielle Sinnett, Andy Brunt and Andy Moffat.
CL:AIRE Research Bulletin 7.
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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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Introduction
This chapter contains statistics on:
the number and profile of visits to all woodlands from household surveys; and
the number and profile of visits to Forestry England/ Forestry and Land Scotland/ Natural Resources Wales/ Forest Service woodlands from on-site surveys and administrative sources.
Geographical coverage for recreation statistics varies. Estimates are presented at country level and, where possible, UK […]
Summary report of study to provide evidence of the public value of the Forestry Commission Public Forest Estate in England and establish whether people have different perceptions and expectations of publicly owned forests compared to those in other forms of ownership.
By Anna Lawrence and Claudia Carter.
By Bianca Ambrose-Oji and Karen Fancett (Eds.).
Papers presented at the Trees and Forests in British society conference in April 2010.
Forest Research Monograph: 3ISBN 978-0-85538-828-7
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People, trees and woodlands
Social forestry research
Research report providing information about three case studies in England (Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire), Wales (Craig Y Dinas, South Wales), and Scotland (Bishop’s Estate, Glasgow) that show how a variety of public engagement processes were implemented and what the outcomes of including people were in different urban contexts.
By Paul Tabbush and Bianca Ambrose-Oji.
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People, trees and […]
Final report from study to provide evidence of the public value of the Forestry Commission Public Forest Estate in England and establish whether people have different perceptions and expectations of publicly owned forests compared to those in other forms of ownership.
By Claudia Carter, Anna Lawrence, Rebecca Lovell and Liz O’Brien.
Forests and woodlands bring wide-ranging and diverse benefits to people in Scotland. They are ideal places for people of all ages to participate in leisure, recreation and sports. However, forests are also workplaces. Forestry is an important part of the rural economy, and the production of timber provides revenue for landowners and jobs for the […]
This publication aims to give land managers, policymakers and all those with a wide interest in forestry a picture of how people relate to woodlands and the natural environment.
To obtain a hardcopy of this report (price £10) contact Joanne Davies of Forest Research at Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey.
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