The Land Use and Ecosystem Services Research Group provides services to the forestry and environment sectors in the following areas: Evidence & knowledge These services are focussed on generating ecological, environmental, and social evidence and knowledge. We do experimental work, talk to people, and derive new evidence from existing data. For example,...
Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) recognised design and management of pesticide efficacy trials, with specialist tree tolerance testing and forestry test sites. Service overview Plant protection products – herbicides, insecticides and biocides – are only approved for sale and use in the UK once they have completed rigorous registration test. These trials...
Discover information and explore techniques to engage individuals, communities and organisations in the decision-making process, design and management of forestry projects and activities.
This document contains a set of UK indicators of sustainable foresty. The indicators mostly provide information about the present state, and trends over time, of woodlands and their management, rather than measures of driving forces (pressures) or responses.
The European Landscape Convention describes landscape as ‘an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors’
Resources relevant to Forests and Water. General Future water: the Government’s water strategy for England (2011). HM Government. The natural choice: securing the value of nature (2011). HM Government. Delivery mechanisms The Water Framework Directive and River Basin Management Plans – The European Union Water Framework Directive, which came into...
This Research Report reviews the provision of four ecosystem services by 18 small and medium stature tree species using the i-Tree Eco model and compares the performance of these trees in different age groups.
This Research Report reviews the provision of four ecosystem services by 12 large stature tree species using the i-Tree Eco model and compares the performance of trees in different age classifications and climate regions.
The area of woodland in the UK at 31 March 2018 is estimated to be 3.17 million hectares (Table 1.1). Of this total, 1.4 million hectares (46%) is in Scotland, 1.3 million hectares (41%) is in England, 0.3 million hectares (10%) is in Wales and 0.1 million hectares (4%) is...
The area of woodland in the UK at 31 March 2017 is estimated to be 3.17 million hectares (Table 1.1). Of this total, 1.4 million hectares (45%) is in Scotland, 1.3 million hectares (41%) is in England, 0.3 million hectares (10%) is in Wales and 0.1 million hectares (4%) is...
Information on the opportunity of using woodfuel produced from trees growing in the urban environment to provide a sustainable energy source
Research into the sustainability of 12 urban forests across Great Britain, and recommendation of a framework to rate sustainability of urban trees.
