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The regeneration of Vacant and Derelict Land (VDL) to woodland or other vegetated end uses, including community greenspace, offers significant potential for delivering environmental and economic benefit to society.
This project aims to build research capacity and expertise in the regeneration of VDL, to support the successful delivery of vegetation establishment schemes on these challenging sites.
Forest Research will be providing support to DEFRA’s VDL Discovery 2 Project, and will undertake a review of existing regeneration literature, with the aim of publishing updated technical guidance to support practitioners in this field.
This project is part of the Nature for Climate Fund.
The review of existing land regeneration literature has been completed, and work is currently progressing on preparing updated guidance, with the aim of publishing in 2025.
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