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  • Tools and Resources

    Case studies

     Greenspace sites within the UK that can be used for research projects, case studies or demonstration projects. List of case studies that illustrate the use of green infrastructure to gain social, economic and environmental benefits
  • Service

    Programme 4 Resource assessment and sector monitoring

     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 […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2018 – Woodfuel and pellets

     Woodfuel and pellets Introduction Data on woodfuel have been obtained from the following sources: Sawmill survey and survey of round fencing manufacturers; Private sector softwood removals survey and woodfuel suppliers; Expert Group on Timber & Trade Statistics estimates. Estimates of the quantity of recycled wood used for woodfuel are produced by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (www.woodrecyclers.org). Data on UK pellet production and […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2018 – New planting & restocking

     New planting & restocking Introduction New planting is the creation of new areas of woodland. Restocking is the replanting of areas of woodland that have been felled.  New planting can use planting/seeding or natural colonisation.  Restocking can also use planting/seeding or natural regeneration.       Data sources and methodology Information about Forestry Commission, Natural Resources Wales and Forest Service new planting and […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2019 – New planting & restocking

     Introduction New planting is the creation of new areas of woodland.  Restocking is the replanting of areas of woodland that have been felled.  New planting can use planting/seeding or natural colonisation.  Restocking can also use planting/seeding or natural regeneration. Data sources and methodology Information about Forestry England (previously Forest Enterprise England), Forestry and Land Scotland (previously Forest Enterprise […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2017 – Carbon sequestration

     In climate change reporting, removals to forestland, also called the forest sink, measures the net annual accumulation of carbon in forests by woody biomass, soils and litter. Table 4.2 and Figure 4.2 show estimates and projections of net carbon dioxide removals attributed to UK forestry, from 1990 to 2050. The annual rate of accumulation is projected […]
  • Tools and Resources

    2019 – Public Opinion of Forestry

     Introduction Forest Research (on behalf of the Forestry Commission, Scottish Forestry, Welsh Government/ Natural Resources Wales and Northern Ireland Forest Service) has conducted similar surveys of public attitudes to forestry and forestry-related issues every two years since 1995. Three separate surveys were undertaken in 2019; in Northern Ireland, in Wales and across the UK as a […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Two-spotted oak buprestid (Agrilus biguttatus)

     The two-spotted oak buprestid (TSOB) is a UK and European native, bark-boring beetle which lives on oak trees (trees in the Quercus genus), and which, in sufficient numbers, can severely weaken them.
  • Tools and Resources

    Wildflower meadow habitats

     The ecological benefits of wildflower meadows for incorporation into urban greenspace, including links to case studies with examples of wildflower meadows for biodiversity
  • Research

    Management of multifunctional forests (MULTIFOR)

     This four-year project involved a partnership of research organisations and local authorities from northern France and southern England, two regions with similar production and semi-natural forest ecosystems. Forest Research helped to develop common management strategies to maximise the economic, environmental and social benefits from forests in the two regions and to improve their resilience to climate change.
  • Tools and Resources

    Oak decline / dieback – the facts

     A layman's guide
  • Tools and Resources

    Downloads and further resources

     Resilience Implementation Framework - downloads and further resources