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News highlights
April 2009
- Assessing open source GIS software for use with Forest Research tools
An alternative to commercial GIS packages - Investigating horse chestnut bleeding canker
Research to provide an accurate diagnosis of this pathogen and underpin management strategies to combat the disease - Monitoring and evaluating the contribution of trees, woods and forests to quality of life
An exciting new interdisciplinary research project - Research centres launched
Our new structure based on 3 research centres: Forestry & Climate Change, Forest Resources & Management, and Human & Ecological Sciences - Stump harvesting - benefits and risks
Interim guidance on site selection and good practice now available
March 2009
- Linking pattern and process in mycorrhizas at the European scale
Workshop held to evaluate the state-of-the-art and generate a new research programme on the effects of human-accelerated environmental change upon forest mycorrhizas and forest condition
News highlights from: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Recent media releases
| Have Your Say On Code For Tree Planting Schemes To Capture Carbon | The Forestry Commission wants to hear people’s views on a draft Code of Good Practice for Forest Carbon Projects. - 02/07/2009 |
| New Network To Boost Woodfuel | A new £1.4m initiative to help communities and businesses understand the economic and environmental benefits of using biomass as a source of renewable energy could transform the way Scotland uses this untapped resource. - 01/07/2009 |
| Have You Seen These Caterpillars' Nests? | West London residents are once again being asked for help in the effort to get rid of the pest oak processionary moth from the area. - 25/06/2009 |
| Stoke Kids Take Climate Change Challenge At National Nature Reserve | Around 600 school children from Stoke-on-Trent have taken their first steps to becoming the climate change champions of the future thanks to a special environment day led by the Forestry Commission and Natural England. - 24/06/2009 |
| Forestry Commission Re-Issues Guidance On Brash Removal | The Forestry Commission's Forest Research agency has re-issued its guidance on brash removal from harvesting sites. - 03/06/2009 |
| Public Asked For Help To Get Rid Of Pest Moth | Residents of north-west and south-west London are once again being asked to help eradicate the pest oak processionary moth from the area and prevent it from spreading further. - 08/05/2009 |
