Summary of Programme
The programme will pursue innovative approaches to forest inventories, data acquisition, high-quality forestry statistics and forest modelling in support of forest policy and practice. New methods will be developed and integrated to inform choices on forest capital.
Sustainable forest management is only possible with the appropriate data and effective models which enable consequences of […]
This Research Note presents the findings of a study which examined how biodiversity changes with stand age, with a view to incorporating it into optimal forest rotation length modelling. The study reviewed relevant literature and analysed Forestry Commission Biodiversity Assessment Project data. The review revealed no simple or universal response of biodiversity to stand age. […]
The Land Use and Ecosystem Services Research Group provides services to the forestry and environment sectors in the following areas:
Evidence & knowledge
These services are focussed on generating ecological, environmental, and social evidence and knowledge. We do experimental work, talk to people, and derive new evidence from existing data. For example, our work on WrEN and Peatland ecosystem […]
The “Slowing the Flow” project at Pickering in North Yorkshire was designed to look at how changes in land use and land management can help to reduce flood risk through greater working with natural processes, as well as provide wider multiple benefits for local communities.
The project began in 2009 and succeeded by implementing a range […]
Summary of Programme
The move to a low carbon economy is expected to place an increasing demand on timber and forest products and there is a need to increase our domestic production to support sustainable economic growth in the sector. Increasing demand for sustainable construction and infrastructure materials as well as biomass is expected.
An over-arching objective […]
This report reviews existing studies estimating future timber prices and price elasticities of demand for emerging species and different product categories, focusing on studies most relevant to UK timber markets. The emerging species considered are those tree species predicted to have a more prominent role in UK forestry in the future. Undertaken as part of […]
Forests and woodlands are the most obvious sources of woodfuel. These pages give guidance on how to produce woodfuel from forest products and by-products.
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