Indicators of sustainable forestry

 

UK Indicators of Sustainable Forestry were published in October 2002. A number of relatively small pieces of external research have been commissioned to fill some of the gaps. This includes:

• A contribution in 2002-03 to the Countryside Survey 2000 follow-up (FOCUS) and contributions in 2004-05 and 2005-06 to a scoping study for Countryside Survey 2006;
• In 2004 we funded a project to review woodland butterfly data, contributing to funding a study of Environmental Justice in Scotland and are supporting the compilation of information about non-timber forest products;
• We also plan to support work in Wales to compile information about the extent of community involvement in woodland management, following a study that reported on this topic for Scotland;
• We also provide an annual funding contribution for the IPD index of the financial return from commercial forestry (see Economic research).

Commissioned reports

Date: November 2004
Title: The Current Level of Butterfly Monitoring in UK Woodlands
Author: D Liley, T Brereton and D Roy
Full report: PDF

Summary:

In 2004 Butterfly Conservation produced a report to the Forestry Commission on The Current Level of Butterfly Monitoring in UK Woodlands and potential use of the data to inform sustainable forestry (Durwyn Liley, Tom Brereton & David Roy, November 2004)  

Date: 2003
Title: FOCUS
Author:
Full report: View report

Summary:

FOCUS (Finding Out Causes and Understanding Significance) is a programme of research, designed to further analyse data from CS2000, with the aim of answering a specific set of questions. Where necessary, data from other sources will also be used. A further aim of FOCUS is to recommend improvements to survey protocols. The FOCUS work is being undertaken by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.