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Chief Executive Prof James Pendlebury, CEO Has overall responsibility for achieving the objectives and targets set for Forest Research. Research Led by Dr Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Departmental Chief Scientist Our staff are organised into the following centres: These Centres provide a focus and context for our research programmes and points of...
Overview What leads some farmers to dramatically increase the number of trees on their land? What role do social and cultural values play? And how do values and behaviour interact? This Research Note presents accounts from four farms which have substantially increased tree cover, foregrounding the farmers’ stories to focus...
Report giving a snapshot of the state of urban tree management by local authorities in Scotland. By A. van der Jagt and Anna Lawrence What’s of interest If your organisation has an interest in working with us on collaborative research related to greening brownfield or contaminated sites then please email:...
Introduction to Historic Environment Research Programme
There is increasing interest in designing policy interventions to sustain positive individual or societal behaviours and to encourage behaviour change which tackles environmental issues including climate change.
More biodiverse woodlands are better able to resist or adapt to threats, such as climate change. This enhanced resilience supports the continuity of woodlands and the ecosystem services they provide. Biodiversity is the variation at different levels of biological organisation - the genes within a species; the species within a...
This Research Note is based on a PhD research study ‘Forests as places of mental well-being: the meaning and use of urban forests by people with early-stage dementia’. The study examines and develops ways for people with dementia (especially those in the early stages) to engage with nature, and with...
This Leaflet describes briefly the effects of blue stain on the wood of coniferous trees.
Peatlands are a globally significant store of carbon During the second half of the 20th century new planting techniques combined with tax incentives encouraged commercial forestry across large areas of peat bog in the UK, particularly in the Flow Country of northern Scotland. Such planting was controversial and was ultimately...
Read about our organisation, Great Britain’s principal organisation for forestry and tree-related research, our vision and our strategic aims.
By Mark Broadmeadow and Robert Matthews. Forestry Commission In Brief Factsheet. Related pages Climate change research
This publication has been replaced by a new Research Note – Red band needle blight of conifers in Britain
