Human dimensions of species management

Understanding human-wildlife interactions in forest environments

UK – India forest landscape restoration

As part of a UK–India collaboration on forestry, this summary report shows how Forest Landscape Restoration can safeguard biodiversity by taking a landscape approach using appropriate technologies and practical applications and produce real benefits for communities by working in partnership with them. Edited by Mike Smith (Forest Research) and Sandeep Tripathi (India Forest Research Institute), September […]

Human dimensions of adaptive forest management and climate change

Adaptive forest management is a systematic process for continually improving forest management, in conditions of complexity and uncertainty, by learning from the outcomes of experiments and operational practice. Adaptive management has often been proposed as a suitable approach for dealing with uncertainty and complexity in natural systems, particularly in relation to climate change.Some of the […]

Summary of a review of the Forest Education Initiative in Britain

Reviewing the Forest Education Initiative across Britain and the activities of the cluster groups that carry out education projects and activities

Woodland measures for meeting Water Framework Directive objectives

An evaluation of the key issues relating to woodland and the Water Framework Directive

Health benefits of street trees

The page summarises the findings of Forest Research’s comprehensive literature review to assess economic evidence on the health benefits provided by street trees.

Project evaluation: Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme

This page summarises Forest Research’s evaluation of the Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme.

Volunteering in forests in Scotland and Wales

This page summarises Forest Research’s study of volunteering in public forests in Scotland and Wales.

Managing forests for white-tailed eagles

White-tailed eagles (sea eagles) were re-introduced to Scotland from the 1970s and there are now over 50 breeding pairs. They frequently nest and roost in woodlands and tend to use habitual nest sites. The species has a high degree of legal protection, and woodland managers need to plan operations carefully to avoid disturbing the birds […]

Estimating visitor and visit numbers to woodlands

This page summarises Forest Research’s review of methods and tools used by forest managers and practitioners to estimate visitor numbers, visit frequencies and total visits to woodlands.

Management of ancient wood pasture

This guidance note provides an introduction to the restoration and management of ancient wood pastures in Scotland. It is aimed at land managers, their advisers and agency staff involved in land management and grant assessment. It has also been developed to help applicants to the Scottish Rural Development Programme deliver the ‘Management of Ancient Wood […]

Evaluating the uptake of decision support systems in the UK forestry sector

This page summarises the findings of a Forest Research study to assess the level of uptake of decision support systems within the UK forestry and land use sectors.