The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This thirty-sixth Journal includes...
The page summarises the work of an interdisciplinary project, funded by the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme of the UK Research Councils, to develop collaborative and sustainable management of natural resources in Britain.
Our climate is changing rapidly, with milder, wetter winters, warmer summers, longer growing seasons and more frequent extreme conditions, including drought periods and heavy rainfall events. The projected rate of climate change is unprecedented and therefore action is essential now to improve the resilience of forests and woodlands, and to...
The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This eleventh Journal includes...
Between October 1976 and September 1977, a critical appraisal was conducted by the Forestry Commission Research and Development Division into the problems of the establishment and management of trees and other woody plants on regraded colliery spoil heaps. Further supporting evidence has since been collected. This report summarises the evidence...
Trees and greenspaces can play an important role in reducing the negative impact of the urban heat island effect on urban communities.
The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This thirteenth Journal includes...
Research to assess best practice in M&E, and provide models to ensure the findings of M&E are assimilated and applied in ways that help make the Forestry Commission and its partners more responsive, adaptive and sustainable
Practical considerations and benefits of greenspace for short rotation coppice and woodfuel establishment
Practical considerations and challenges to how urban greenspace can help mitigate local climate change by helping to cool the urban climate
Practical considerations of biosecurity and how planting exotic species and increasing movement of seeds can increase the risk of importing and disseminating new pest species (insects and pathogens).
A layman's guide