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    Valuing mental health benefits of forests

     This research examines approaches to valuation of the mental health benefits of forests and proposes how monetary valuation of these benefits can be developed further. It examines metrics to quantify mental health impacts, methodologies to value changes in these and potential for incorporating associated values into natural capital accounting
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    Assessment of large-scale plant biosecurity risks to Scotland

     This research aims to better understand potential large-scale threats to plant biosecurity in Scotland. We are exploring the risks posed by i) non-specialist and online horticultural sales, ii) large-scale plantings for landscaping and infrastructure projects, and iii) large-scale tree plantings for environmental benefits.
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    Attitudes to Woodland Expansion in Southern Scotland

     A review of the methods available for eliciting local attitudes to woodland expansion (or other land use change), and findings from an attitudinal study in Southern Scotland.
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    The social dimensions of oak processionary moth (OPM) management

     Bianca Ambrose-Oji Mariella Marzano
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    Co-designing tree health policy options with land managers

     Co-design of tree health policy options with land managers for resilient treescapes post EU-Exit as part of Future Farming and Countryside Programme (FFC).
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    Nature based vocational training leading to human wellbeing in Skåne, Sweden

     The Nature Integration Programme facilitates sustainable integration of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants into society. Many of these groups have been taken in by Sweden in recent years.
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    Tributes to Trees

     By analysing submissions to the Tributes to Trees website, Forest Research found that people express emotional and sensory experiences from their connections with trees, woodlands and forests, and these are inextricably linked to different places, people and activities
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    Valuing tree and forest ecosystem services

     Our research explores the value of different tree and forest ecosystem services and uses innovative methods to identify and capture those values
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    Valuing and governing tree and forest ecosystem services

     This research provides new insights into how to recognise and understand the value of ecosystem services provided by trees and forests.
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    Biosecurity engagement with hikers at Rowardennan in Scotland

     Following the discovery of Phytophthora ramorum close to Rowardennan in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Forest Research was commissioned to carry out questionnaires with hikers in the area to investigate their awareness of and engagement with the topic of tree pests and diseases, and biosecurity.
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    Resilience – Future Proofing Plant Health

     What is tree resilience, and how can we support better management for tree health in the face of climate change and pests and diseases?
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    Delivering Resilient Forests

     Resilient forests are important if our trees are to cope better with changing environmental conditions and threats from pests and diseases. This page provides information on the publications produced as part of Forest Research's 'Delivering Resilient Forests' programme of research.