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    Head shot of FR staff Member Beth Brockett

    Beth Brockett
    Senior Social Scientist
    Society and environment research group (SERG)
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    Public Perceptions on the Reintroduction of White-tailed Eagles

     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.
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    Head shot of FR staff Member Hannah Wheeler

    Hannah Wheeler
    Social Scientist
    Society and environment research group (SERG)
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    Active Forests Programme Evaluation: Phase 2

     The Active Forests Programme aims to create a physical activity habit for life for visitors to the nation’s forests in England. The programme provides engaging, inspirational and motivating physical activity opportunities for new and existing forest visitors. It is a partnership between Forestry England and Sport England and was evaluated by Forest Research.
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    Land managers and woodland creation: The evidence landscape in the UK

     This research used a systematic process to map the social science evidence around UK land managers’ willingness and ability to create woodland.
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    Head shot of FR staff Member Maddy Pearson

    Maddy Pearson
    Social Scientist | Anthropologist
    Society and environment research group (SERG)
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    Community Tree Nurseries

     Evidencing the potential for community tree nurseries to contribute to satisfying current British demand for quality, diverse, biosecure tree stock.
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    Valuing Non-Woodland Trees

     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.
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    Social and Cultural Values and Trees on Farms in England 

     This research involves working directly with farmers to better understand the barriers to and opportunities for increasing tree cover on farms. Specifically, it aims to explore how and where trees fit with farmers’ values – that is, where things matter to them for social, cultural, or moral reasons.
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    Social Dimensions of Natural Colonisation

     This research investigates why land managers may or may not adopt natural colonisation for tree expansion. It explores their attitudes, barriers, and support needs while evaluating the effectiveness of incentive schemes to improve engagement and policy support.
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    Natural colonisation as a strategy for woodland creation and expansion

     Bianca Ambrose-Oji Kevin Watts
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    Harry Marshall
    Social Scientist
    Society and environment research group (SERG)