Products & services

We offer a broad portfolio of forestry related products and services, both for the UK and internationally. Some are fee-based and others are free. We also offer a wide selection of technical forestry and environmental publications, many of which are available for free download.

Alice Holt research forest
Conduct studies in a known context, with access to the forest and 50 years’ historic scientific data.
Consultancy and research
Finding better ways of managing natural resources, improving tree quality and forest operations and helping clients to solve foresty and tree-related problems.
Forest planning and management
PC-based applications that link the relevant environmental and biodiversity factors to forest and woodland practice and which provide users with an easily accessible information resource.
Plant, soil, water analysis and plant quality testing
Chemical analysis of plant, water and soil samples and testing of plant stock quality.
Scientific and technical information
Forestry Commission library, Forest Research photographic library and technical forestry and environmental publications.
Surveys and inventories
Analysis of data from the National Inventory of Woodland and Trees and advice on use of geographical information systems, digital mapping and other data capture and production forecasting techniques.
Technical development
Wide range of evaluation and development work on forestry and associated operations.
Technical services
Technical and environmental services and advice to scientists, woodland managers and land based industries.
Tree health and protection
A range of laboratory-based diagnostic services, computer-based decision support systems, treatment services and herbicidal products.
Woodland heritage services
Helping land managers discover and protect what's under the woodland canopy.