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    Active Forests evaluation: social prescribing pilot

     Overview The Active Forests programme (‘Active Forests’) aims to create a physical activity habit for life for visitors to the public forest estate in England.   This page summarises details of the monitoring and evaluation undertaken for the Active Forests social prescribing pilot. This aimed to address barriers to participation in forest-based activities,...
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    Active Forests evaluation: Phase 3 ‘Removing Barriers’

     Overview The Active Forests programme (‘Active Forests’) aims to create a physical activity habit for life for visitors to the public forest estate in England.   This page summarises details of the monitoring and evaluation of phase 3 of the Active Forests programme, called ‘Removing Barriers’. This phase runs for three years from...
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    Active Forests evaluation: Phase 2

     Overview The Active Forests programme (‘Active Forests’) aims to create a physical activity habit for life for visitors to the public forest estate in England.   This page summarises details of the monitoring and evaluation of phase 2 of the Active Forests programme, which ran for five years from 2017-2022 across 18 sites,...
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    Active Forests evaluation: Phase 1 (pilot phase)

     Overview During the pilot phase, the Active Forests programme (‘Active Forests’) aimed to create a sporting habit for life for visitors to the public forest estate in England. This page summarises details of the monitoring and evaluation of phase 1 – the pilot phase – of the Active Forests programme, which ran...
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    Active Forests evaluation: overview

     About Active Forests The Active Forests Programme (‘Active Forests’) 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.   The key principles of the programme are:  Activities are led by...
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    Forestry publication document

    Active engagement with trees, woods and forests: A review of the literature
    Lead Author: George Murrell
    Policymakers across Great Britain want to know how to encourage more people to get involved in volunteering activities such as tree planting, citizen science and community woodland management.  This review has investigated the motivations and barriers that are relevant to different groups of people when seeking to engage in volunteering activities connected to trees, woods […]
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    Forestry publication document

    Defra Group Personal Biosecurity Behaviours: Evaluation of Biosecurity Training
    Lead Author: Clare Hall
    The Defra Group Personal Biosecurity Behaviours (DGPBB) project aims to provide personal biosecurity guidance and training across relevant Defra group organisations. Forest Research have conducted an evaluation of the training delivered so far, through an online questionnaire before and after the training, and in-depth interviews. Results, as presented in this report, reveal positive changes in […]
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    Understanding and mapping the socio-cultural benefits of forest recreation

     Trees, woods, and forests provide multiple benefits to society, including those of social and cultural value. This research outlines a scoping study which sought to identify and test methods for spatially mapping and surveying the recreation attitudes and behaviours of people living in an area around Cannock Chase National Landscape.
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    Economics of Woodland Creation in England

     The Economics of Woodland Creation project aims to build England’s forest economic evidence base to help land managers and businesses make informed decisions on land use change and woodland management. This will be achieved through the collection and economic analysis of information on the financial implications of woodland creation options.
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    Forestry publication document

    Trees Outside of Woodland: An exploration of social and cultural values

     A photo essay based on interviews with 16 arts and humanities practitioners and academics, focusing on their relationship with Trees Outside of Woodland. Key themes that emerge include childhood memories and experiences, emotional connections and the interconnectedness of humans and nature.
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    Forestry publication document

    Trees and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Lead Author: Dr Emma White
    A secondary analysis of data from an online, UK representative survey, in-depth interviews and photo elicitation was used to investigate the terms people use to describe trees and places with trees, the importance of trees to perceptions of naturalness and nature connection, and whether trees were associated with greater wellbeing.
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    Forestry publication document

    In Brief: Increasing tree cover on dairy farms in England: The role of farmers’ values
    Lead Author: Maddy Pearson
    Understanding the range of values held by farmers in relation to trees allows us to learn how, when, and where farmers may embrace having trees on their land. Explicit consideration of these values will better enable those working to design policies, incentives, tools, advice, or other communications to do so in ways which are more […]