Forestry and Tree Health Resources
Meeting notes from 20/02/2024
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...
This Bulletin presents the papers which were given at a workshop held at the end of 1984 to bring together a wide range of researchers, within and outwith the Forestry Commission, working on problems presented by the new and sudden occurrence in the late 1970s of large scale and severe...
The six main foliar pathogens already causing significant damage to conifers and broadleaved tree species in the UK are described along with the likely impact of climate change on their spread and severity.
Evidence indicates that woodland creation is generally a cost-effective method of climate change mitigation, when compared with a range of alternatives. However, engaging landowners and land managers in woodland creation schemes can sometimes prove difficult, and this affects prospects for meeting national woodland planting targets and associated climate change mitigation...
A set of Pan-European Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management are compiled at intervals of 4 years for the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) now branded as Forest Europe. Further information on the Forest Resources Assessment, including details of terms and definitions used, and results for all...
UK forestry statistics provided to international organisations - UNECE Timber Committee
Meet the team and partners behind delivery of the Nature for Climate Fund programme.
Name Tree Health Citizen Science Network (THCSN) Vision of the network Our vision is that citizen science related to tree health in the UK is coordinated to foster collaboration, quality and best practice resulting in clarity and learning for volunteers and the most useful evidence and impact for end users....
this page summarises resources and guidance on managing resilient forests
This research aims to assist those responsible for woodland creation in the Central Scotland Green Network area in identifying landowners and locations which offer the ‘best bets’ for new tree planting. In addition, the research seeks to inform on how communication and outreach can be tailored to be more effective.
Nine papers presented at a workshop funded as part of an EU concerted action programme, aimed at reviewing information on the impact of grazing animals on forest ecosystems, identifying management problems, and determining priority areas for research. There is need for better integration of ecological and economic objectives in forest...