Slowing the Flow at Pickering

Project exploring a new approach to flood management by working with nature to try and store more water in the landscape and slow its passage downstream

Can forestry reduce flooding? – research results

Collaborative studies of the effects of forestry on flood flows in Coalburn, Balquhidder, Europe-wide study (FOREX) and Defra review of the impacts of rural land use and management on flood generation.

Opportunity mapping for trees and floods

Using GIS and spatial data sets to identify areas where woodland establishment has the greatest potential to reduce flooding

Role of floodplain woodlands in reducing flooding

Evaluating the effects of floodplain and riparian woodlands on flood flows

Will a shift to continuous cover forestry (CCF) help reduce flooding?

How the small-scale nature of silvicultural practices under continuous cover forestry may favour those factors that help to reduce flood flows

Role of forest management and scale in reducing flooding

How the amount of water used by a forest and the timing of water flows are greatly influenced by the nature of silvicultural practices

Cases for and against forestry reducing flooding

Can forestry reduce flooding?

Can native woodlands help reduce flooding?

Potential impact of the less intensive management of native woodlands

Opportunity mapping for woodland creation to meet the objectives of the Water Framework Directive

Map-based case study to assess how woodland creation could be better targeted within catchments to locations where it would contribute most to maximising water and other benefits, while minimising risks. By Samantha Broadmeadow, Tom Nisbet, Martyn Silgram & Katrina Morrow. Final report to the Environment Agency and Forestry Commission England, May 2009. Related pages Forest hydrology Soil sustainability

Restoring floodplain woodland for flood alleviation

By Tom Nisbet and Huw Thomas. Final Report for Defra Project SLD2316 – a study designed to evaluate and demonstrate the contribution of floodplain woodland to flood alleviation. Related pages Forest hydrology Soil sustainability

Forestry and Water Resources

Improving ability to quantify amount of water used by trees through a range of process, field-catchment and modelling studies

Forestry and Freshwater Ecology

The impact of forestry on the ecological functioning of the freshwater environment