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311 Search Results for Land reclamation

  • Research

    Centre of Excellence for Brownfield Regeneration

    Forestry Commission Centre of Excellence for brownfield regeneration to woodland and open green space
  • Research

    The social value and governance of street trees

    The page summarises Forest Research’s work to identify the social and cultural values of street trees and determine the formal and informal rules and regulations that influence their management.
  • Research

    Impact of trees for residents of Peabody Hill

    The page summarises a project involving Forest Research to engage and involve residents of the Peabody Hill housing estate in enjoying and improving a small local wood.
  • Research

    NHS Greenspace in Scotland

    NHS Greenspace in Scotland is being developed through a series of demonstration projects at different hospital sites. Staff, patients, visitors and local communities are the beneficiaries of improvements to NHS Greenspace.
  • Research

    Evaluating the impact of trees, woodland and forests on quality of life

    The page summarises Forest Research’s work to assess the contribution that trees, woods and forests make to the quality of life of people living and working in the vicinity.
  • Research

    EU Forest Action Plan: urban and peri-urban forests

    The page summarises a workshop in 2011 between forestry experts and stakeholders, European Commission staff and representatives from Member States to discuss urban and peri-urban forestry (UPF) initiatives and recommend EU-wide action to drive the UPF agenda forward.
  • Publications

    [Archive] Research for practical arboriculture

    Lead Author: S.J. Hodge (Ed)
    This Bulletin records the proceedings of a seminar held at York University in April 1990, organised jointly by the Arboricultural Association and the Forestry Commission. The seminar was the third of its kind, held every 5 years, since 1980, updating the arboriculture industry on current arboriculture research in the United Kingdom. Twenty-six papers are presented […]
  • Research

    Review: street tree valuation systems

    The page summarises the findings of Forest Research’s assessment of three systems for calculating the amenity value of street trees.
  • Research

    Valuing mental health benefits of forests

    This research examines approaches to valuation of the mental health benefits of forests and proposes how monetary valuation of these benefits can be developed further. It examines metrics to quantify mental health impacts, methodologies to value changes in these and potential for incorporating associated values into natural capital accounting
  • Research

    Understanding stakeholder visions for woodland expansion in Scotland

    The development of stakeholder visions for woodland expansion in Scotland from analysing organisational documents, workshops and interviews.
  • Research

    Nature based vocational training leading to human wellbeing in Skåne, Sweden

    The Nature Integration Programme facilitates sustainable integration of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants into society. Many of these groups have been taken in by Sweden in recent years.
  • Publications

    Planning for brownfield land regeneration to woodland and wider green infrastructure

    Lead Author: Gail Atkinson
    The regeneration of brownfield land to green space can deliver multiple benefits to society and the environment through improvements in the quality of a site and its surrounding landscape. Successful delivery of regeneration projects is dependent on the planning of project delivery and on good project management. This Practice Note describes the process of brownfield […]