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    Climate change impacts on insect pests associated with Sitka spruce

     This project is investigating the potential impact that a changing climate may have on the insect pests associated with the UK’s most important and widely planted conifer tree species Sitka spruce.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Biomass in live woodland trees in Britain
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Inventory Report is one of a series of publications reporting the outputs of the Forestry Commission National Forest Inventory. It forms part of the 25-year forecast of softwood availability series, which includes the following reports:• Standing timber volume for coniferous trees in Britain• 25-year forecast of softwood timber availability• 25-year forecast of standing coniferous […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Carbon in live woodland trees in Britain
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Inventory Report is one of a series of publications reporting the outputs of the Forestry Commission National Forest Inventory. It forms part of the 25-year forecast of softwood availability series, which includes the following reports:• Standing timber volume for coniferous trees in Britain• 25-year forecast of softwood timber availability• 25-year forecast of standing coniferous […]
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    SilviFuture

     SilviFuture is a network established to promote and share knowledge about novel forest species across Britain.
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    Forestry publication document

    Using quality compost to reclaim land for forestry and woody biomass
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Forestry Commission Report 2014. Technical guidance on using quality compost to reclaim land for forestry and woody biomass. Contact Bill Jones. What’s of interest These publications are produced by Technical Development. Some (mainly older) publications are not available online. If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact Bill Jones.
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    Scotland’s Climate Ready Forest Network

     The Climate Ready Forest Network aims to support the forest sector in Scotland become more resilient to climate change.
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    Provenance Trial at Hucking

     Provenance trials are a series of studies that has planted trees from different provenances in order to assess their performance
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    Adapting Scotland’s forests for resilience to climate change

     Hosting video clips to show how climate change might affect Scotland's forests.
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    Opportunity mapping – targeting woodland creation for water objectives

     Opportunity mapping has been developed to help identify these locations and promote more integrated catchment management.
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    Forest Management Adaptation (AdaFor) 2013 -2015

     Details of the Forest Management Adaption project working to ensure forests are sustainable in the future
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    Scientific review: cost effectiveness of forestry for climate change mitigation

     This page summarises the results of Forest Research’s calculations on the potential and cost-effectiveness of UK’s forests to mitigate climate change.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Air temperature regulation by urban trees and green infrastructure
    Lead Author: Kieron Doick
    A well-known effect of urbanisation is the warming of the local climate relative to surrounding rural areas, creating a phenomenon known as the ‘urban heat island’ (UHI). UHI intensity varies across a city and over time, but temperature differences may reach 9 °C in the UK. Factors that contribute to a UHI include the thermal properties, […]