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  • Climate Change Hub

    5-step adaptation framework

    The following framework provides forest and woodland managers with a step-by-step approach to tackling the impacts of climate change and increasing resilience through adaptation.

  • Climate Change Hub

    Videos

    Watch our library of animations and videos about climate change risks and how to adapt forestry practice to increase resilience.

  • Research

    Climate Change Mitigation Research to Support Net Zero Policies (DESNZ-FR MoU)

    The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was established to ensure the continued and accurate delivery of the forestry component of the UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI), a statutory Government requirement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to build the evidence around forestry and climate change mitigation, and...

  • Publication

    Selecting urban trees for ecosystem service provision

    Urban trees provide a range of benefits or ‘ecosystem services’ to society.

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    Soil Analysis

    Our top performing soil analysis service offers a comprehensive range of standard and specialist tests to determine the chemical composition and quality of soil, as well as sludge, manures and other wastes applied to land. Our tests can detect contamination or contribute to site monitoring programmes. Service overview We provide...

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    Key Actions 2021-2022

    Centre Action Commentary at the end of 2021-22 financial year. CESB 5 Develop and implement procedures to enable the safe, efficient and quality-assured operation of the Holt laboratory as a tree and plant health facility. ACHIEVED The facility was opened by Lord Benyon on 28th February and is in active...

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    Engagement with nature and Covid-19 restrictions Survey 2021: Key results

    Lead Author: Liz O'Brien

    This summary report of a survey undertaken to explore engagement with nature during the Covid-19 restrictions highlights the important role of nature and woodlands in supporting people's wellbeing through the Covid pandemic.

  • Tool and Resource

    Large pine weevil (Hylobius abietis)

    Present in United Kingdom Notifiable – No Scientific name – Hylobius abietis (H. abietis) The large pine weevil (above), also known as the large brown pine weevil, is, despite its name, an insect pest of many species of young trees in addition to pine trees (in the genus, Pinus). It...

  • Research

    Soil sustainability

    Research to ensure forest practices do not compromise soil sustainability, and to investigate effects of pollutant deposition and climate change on soil acidification and nutrient supply.

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    Quality Assurance and Environmental Management

    Our Quality and Environmental Standards, Certification and Accreditations Forest Research (FR) is an executive agency of the Forestry Commission, a leader in applied forest science, nationally and internationally. Our research supports the timber economy, climate change mitigation, biodiversity and understanding of people’s relationships to woods and forests. We are in...

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    Biodiversity in fragmented landscapes

    Lead Author: Amy Eycott

    Maintaining species’ movement around landscapes is considered important if we are to conserve populations of many species and help them adapt to climate change. Particular features in the landscape have the potential to hinder or facilitate species movement. As each species interacts with the landscape differently, it can be hard...

  • Tool and Resource

    Planting woodland

    Planting a woodland