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.
Questions and Issues
This publication contains the presentations given in December 2000 by speakers from Forest Enterprise, Forest Research and the Forestry Commission. Also included are the contributions made by all delegates in workshop discussion groups which focused on quality of life issues, stakeholders and their importance, and social sustainability.
Woodlands and trees have a wide-ranging role in the economy, but this is often under-valued in conventional economic indicators. For example, woodlands deliver social and environmental benefits – such as outdoor access, biodiversity and carbon sequestration – which are largely unpriced in economic transactions but which have important impacts on the economy and on society’s […]
Report providing scoping evidence and information needed to understand current volunteering activity and opportunities and barriers to using volunteers as a consequence of the legal and any other pertinent issues as it applies in Wales. April 2011.
By: Bianca Ambrose-Oji.
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Executive summary of this project that sought to characterise and understand the problem of wildfires in the South Wales Valleys region and to offer recommendations for appropriate management and policy responses.
By Matthew Jollands, Jake Morris and Andy Moffat.
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A substantial body of literature, including government policies, acknowledges the important role of greenspace in sustainable development and the creation of attractive and economically vibrant communities. Greenspace refers to the natural environmental components (green and blue spaces) that lie within and between a region’s cities, towns and villages. This Research Report provides a critical review […]
Report from project to examine the barriers and challenges facing different types and models of woodland-related social enterprise and to investigate the critical enabling factors affecting them.
By Amy Stewart (July 2011).
See alsoExecutive summary(PDF-337K)
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Understanding the factors affecting the uptake of Decision Support Systems in the GB forestry sector and how these can be addressed to enhance and improve uptake.
Scoping Report, September 2010.
By Amy Stewart, Anna Lawrence and David Edwards.
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Final report from this project that sought to characterise and understand the problem of wildfires in the South Wales Valleys region and to offer recommendations for appropriate management and policy responses. May 2011.
By Matthew Jollands, Jake Morris and Andy Moffat.
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People, trees and woodlands
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(Wildfires in Wales – Executive Summary).
Summary of this project that sought to characterise and understand the problem of wildfires in the South Wales Valleys region and to offer recommendations for appropriate management and policy responses.
By Matthew Jollands, Jake Morris and Andy Moffat.
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This Bulletin is an account of the nursery experimental work on nutrition carried out between 1945 and 1962 by a joint research effort between staff of the Rothamsted Experimental Station and the Research Branch of the Forestry Commission.
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