This 2024 report outlines a study undertaken to estimate the potential flood storage provided by beaver dams during flood events, comparing this with existing man-made timber bunds to determine whether the beaver dams offer comparable storage volumes such that the eventual loss/failure of the timber bunds does not pose an increased risk of downstream flooding.

This 2018 report describes modelling and quantifying the hydrological effect of woodland planting opportunities identified in the Camowen and Drumragh catchments in Omagh, Northern Ireland using rainfall-runoff modelling techniques.

This 2017 report describes a project to provide GIS spatial datasets and maps to identify priority areas for woodland creation to benefit flood risk management in Northern Ireland.

The maps accompanying the 2017 report

Sustainable flood management is increasingly looking to the role of catchment land use in alleviating downstream flooding. Woodland presents a number of opportunities that are dependent on its location within the landscape. This 2006 paper by Tom Nisbet and Huw Thomas examines each of these opportunities, and considers whether woodland can make a significant contribution to tackling future flooding as part of a whole-catchment approach to sustainable flood management.

Global review of the role of forestry in flooding