As Britain’s new conifer forests have matured there has been increasing interest in the use of natural regeneration for restocking after felling. While achieving successful natural regeneration can reduce costs and provide environmental benefits the uncertainties associated with its use can make it difficult for forest managers to decide when...
During 1979, further spraying operations of Lodgepole pine forests in northern Scotland with fenitrothion, to control outbreaks of Pine beauty moth were necessary using the ultra-low volume technique, and monitoring operations were undertaken partly to confirm the observations of the previous year, but also, in some instances, to provide additional...
Guidance developed by Forest Research on the selection of suitable sites for stump harvesting, best practice to maintain sustainable forest management, and research to quantify the risks to soils
Flooding is a major environmental hazard facing the UK and one that is expected to increase with climate change. Societal impacts and economic damages are likely to escalate, with major floods already costing multiple £billion. These concerns are driving a more sustainable approach to flood risk management involving greater working...
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This Technical Guide serves as a source of information for those involved in winching operations in forestry. A series of basic principles are presented on winch forces and fail-safe systems including a discussion of areas where shortfalls in safety can commonly occur. Guidance is provided on the controlled failure of...
Information on the practical considerations and challenges of planting trees around buildings in urban areas
Why cultivation of soil in the urban and peri-urban greenspace environment is important and a summary of cultivation techniques
The great spruce bark beetle is found in forests throughout continental Europe. It damages spruce trees by tunnelling into the bark of the living trees to lay its eggs under the bark. The developing larvae feed on the inner woody layers, which weakens, and in some cases may kill, the...
Forest Research, with FC England and Natural England, has produced tools to help make these decisions for deep peat sites.
Forest Yield: a PC-based yield model for forest management in Britain
This is the first revision of the original 1983 edition of this Booklet and incorporates recent developments in herbicides, equipment and methods of application.