Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Well-being and quality of life
Peabody Hill Wood: Impact of trees on well-being of residents on two social housing estates (PDF-221K)
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The Society and Environment Research Group along with our economist colleagues provide a range of social and economic research services to the forestry and environment sectors including:
Advice on the design and conduct of social and economic research
Research project design and management
Advice on social and economic issues in forestry and the wider environment
Advice on evaluating forestry, environment and […]
This work helps us to understand the overall value of our treescape, in which non-woodland trees play a critical role. We define non-woodland trees as single trees in urban and rural places, groups of trees covering less than 0.1 hectares, and small woods covering less than 0.5 hectares.
Ecosystem services have traditionally been regarded as ‘free goods’ and there is a lack of incentives to protect them. Payments for Ecosystem Services attempt to rectify this, often through market mechanisms. The use of these schemes has become more widespread particularly in the USA and some developing countries.
By Gregory Valatin (Forest Research) and Jenna Coull […]
A study exploring perceptions of the white-tailed eagle reintroduced to the Isle of Wight and the Solent, and comparing these perceptions to those recorded prior to the eagles’ reintroduction.
The UK’s trees face a growing number of pest and disease related threats, many of which are driven by human activities and behaviour. However, there is very limited evidence surrounding the impact of communication around biosecurity on attitudes and actions. This research builds on previous research for Scottish Forestry into...
Development and implementation of methodologies to evaluate the social and cultural impacts of forest related interventions and ensuring that these are incorporated into Decision Support Systems (DSS) for the forestry sector along with stakeholder involvement
The page summarises the findings a comprehensive review by Forest Research into equality and diversity in the UK forestry sector, including an analysis of how trees, woods and forests meet the main principles of diversity policy.
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