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Woodland offers a wide range of benefits including environmental benefits
A suggested way for British woodlands to combat the problems they are facing due to climate change and exotic pests and diseases is to grow a range of novel exotic tree species. Here we examine the arguments for doing this in the context of British forestry where the objectives are...
Forest Research is collaborating with several organisations in order to harness this novel DNA approach for a range of applications in which monitoring of forest biodiversity is required.
How the provision of greenspace can increase invertebrate biodiversity in the urban environment
Planted forests of non-native conifers make up around 36% of Britain’s total wooded area. Increasing the area of native woodlands – including converting non-native conifer to native woodland where appropriate – is an aim of the UK Forestry Standard Guidelines on Biodiversity. It is unclear how much conversion is being...
Our Quality and Environmental Standards, Certification and Accreditations Forest Research (FR) is an executive agency of the Forestry Commission, a leader in applied forest science, nationally and internationally. Our research supports the timber economy, climate change mitigation, biodiversity and understanding of people’s relationships to woods and forests. We are in...
Urban forests can both help reduce climate change and help urban society cope with its impacts.
To protect biodiversity in the face of environmental change, there is a need to designate and manage areas of habitat for rare and threatened species. However, to identify the right areas usually requires detailed data on species distributions. Reliable data for rare and protected species are sparse as many species...
Information on the practical considerations for correct choice of species for planting on greenspace sites in urban areas
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