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This Woodfuel Information Pack brings together key basic information about many aspects of using wood for fuel. These include background on benefits, renewable energy targets and policy, conversion, end users and systems. For more information, visit our Tools and Resources fuel information pages.
Forestry Commission Report 2014. Technical guidance on using quality compost to reclaim land for forestry and woody biomass. Contact Bill Jones. What’s of interest These publications are produced by Technical Development. Some (mainly older) publications are not available online. If you do not find what you are looking for, please...
Forestry Commission Report 2016. Results of forestry reclamation trials Central Scotland using green compost and fibre anaerobic digestate. Contact Bill Jones. What’s of interest These publications were produced by Technical Development. Some (mainly older) publications are not available online. If you do not find what you are looking for, please...
Evaluating the use of acoustic tools to assess Scots pine timber quality, and the practical implications for assessing timber quality from naturally regenerated stands. Related pages Tree and Wood Properties Compression Wood Cell wall macromolecules and reaction wood (CEMARE)
Contact Bill Jones. What’s of interest These publications were produced by Technical Development. Some (mainly older) publications are not available online. If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact Bill Jones.
Recent research shows that Pseudomonas now causes bleeding canker of horse chestnut trees.
Our research explores the value of different tree and forest ecosystem services and uses innovative methods to identify and capture those values
A multi-species modelling approach to examine the impact of alternative climate change adaptation strategies on range shifting ability in a fragmented landscape This paper describes research to test the effects of varying ‘climate change adaptation strategies’ on the ability of different animals to move through the landscape in response to...
Aylott M.J., Casella E., Farrall K. & Taylor G. (2010). Estimating the supply of biomass from short-rotation coppice in England, given social, economic and environmental constraints to land availability.
To control Rhododendron spread, its eradication, usually by cutting and removal, is an accepted management practice. The regrowth of shoots on rhododendron stumps is however a common. Two papers explore different aspects of this problem.
Booklet describing the contribution of woodlands to promote sustainable development within the regional Structure Plan. By Duncan Ray and Darren Moseley.
A synopsis of the Lowland Habitat Networks in Scotland report (below), including examples of how networks of non-wooded habitats and their integration in different landscape settings could benefit landscapes in the Scottish Lowlands. By Darren Moseley and Mike Smith. Full report: Developing lowland habitat networks in Scotland: Phase 2 (PDF-3207K)...
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