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    Spatial analysis and prioritisation of the social and cultural values attached to woodlands and forests

     Project to develop and then test methods for mapping and spatially analysing the range of social and cultural ecosystem services provided by different kinds of woodlands to different segments of society
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Social media and forestry: A scoping report
    Lead Author: Amy Stewart
    Scoping report to help inform thinking about the value of social media to the Forestry Commission, how it can be more effectively utilised and what objectives and policy goals it can be used to help achieve and so provide a basis for identifying specific future research needs to support the Forestry Commission’s ongoing implementation of, […]
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    The Natural Environment Framework: estimating the value of new woodland

     The page summarises findings from Forest Research’s work to estimate the expected net economic benefits that Forestry Commission Wales would deliver by meeting targets for new woodland set out in the Natural Environment Framework.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Public access to woodlands and forests
    Lead Author: Star Molteno
    A review of existing literature on public access by Star Molteno, Jake Morris and Liz O’Brien. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Greenspace design for health and well-being
    Lead Author: Aileen Shackell
    The guidance set out in this Practice Guide represents a step forward in our thinking about the benefits of the outdoors for health and well-being. It aims to inspire everyone involved with outdoor spaces in healthcare settings to think how they could be used for therapeutic purposes. Focusing on outdoor spaces across the NHS estate, […]
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    Relationships between peri-urban woodlands and people’s health and well-being

     This page summarises the findings of a Forest Research study to document people’s woodland experiences at four peri-urban case study sites.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Understanding private land-manager decision-making: A framework for forestry
    Lead Author: Norman Dandy
    This report synthesises substantial research relating to private land-management, including previous work by Forest Research. Drawing on both primary and secondary sources, it describes a Framework within which to understand the influences upon land-manager decision-making. By Norman Dandy. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research
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    Greenspace initiatives: assessing evidence for economic benefits

     The page summarises the findings and recommendations from Forest Research’s critical assessment of the evidence and estimates used in valuations of initiatives to create or improve greenspace.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Common sense risk management of trees – landowner summary
    Lead Author: National Tree Safety Group
    This is one of three new publications that have been produced by the Forestry Commission for the National Tree Safety Group. The three documents provide guidance on trees and public safety in the UK for owners, managers and advisers. This landowner summary document provides a summary of the full guidance document – Common sense risk management […]
  • Research

    The State of Europe’s Forests 2011: cultural and spiritual value

     This page is about Forest Research’s contribution to the 2011 State of Europe’s Forests report.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Human dimensions of adaptive forest management and climate change
    Lead Author: Anna Lawrence
    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 […]
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    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