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    Forest Yield: A handbook on forest growth and yield tables for British forestry

    Lead Author: R.W. Matthews

    Yield models are one of the foundations of forest management. They provide information about the patterns of tree growth and potential productivity that can be expected in forest stands of different tree species, with varying growth rates, when managed in different ways. Yield models are in daily use by forest...

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    Stakeholder perceptions of short-rotation forestry for energy – Literature review

    Lead Author: Norman Dandy

    Research conducted in order to further understanding of the social viability of short-rotation forestry in the British landscape. Woodfuel – social and economic dimensions This publication is part a series of reports and presentations from research to understand the challenges of using trees, woods and forests in an effective woodfuel...

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    The UK Forestry Standard 2017

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission

    The UK governments have set out their requirements for sustainable forest management in the UK Forestry Standard. Available both as ePub and PDF.

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    Planning for lowland habitat networks in Scotland: A landscape-scale approach

    Lead Author: Darren Moseley

    A synopsis of the Lowland Habitat Networks in Scotland report (below), including examples of how networks of non-wooded habitats and their integration in different landscape settings could benefit landscapes in the Scottish Lowlands. By Darren Moseley and Mike Smith. Full report: Developing lowland habitat networks in Scotland: Phase 2 (PDF-3207K)...

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    Identifying the historic environment in Scotland’s forests and woodlands

    Lead Author: Matthew Ritchie

    Identifying the historic environment in Scotland’s forests and woodlands has been prepared by Forestry Commission Scotland and Archaeology Scotland as an aid to forestry and woodland managers when considering the historic environment in their stewardship. The principal purpose of this practice guide is to provide an accessible introduction to exploring...

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    Landscape ecology

    Landscape Ecology at Forest Research, including principles and applications

  • Tool and Resource

    Other sources of information about the historic environment

    Historic environment links and references

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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.31)

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission

    The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This thirty-first Journal includes...

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    [Archive] Forestry practice 1991

    Lead Author: B.G. Hibberd

    Forestry Practice has become the standard textbook for forestry students, forest and woodland growers, owners, managers and planners in Great Britain. This latest edition takes into account the considerable advances and changes in silviculture during the five years since the last edition. This includes a completely new chapter devoted to...

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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.26)

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission

    The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This twenty-sixth Journal includes...

  • Tool and Resource

    Woodfuel: social and economic dimensions

    The page summarises Forest Research’s studies into social and economic issues influencing development of the woodfuel sector.

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    [Archive] Tree planting on man-made sites in Wales

    Lead Author: K.F. Broad

    The purpose of this paper is to record for the wide range of sites the Forestry Commission has restored in Wales, the methods used and the successes and failures of the plantings, the objectives of which have varied from timber production to pure landscape planting. The Paper is intended as...