Environmental accountability and a growing emphasis on conserving and enhancing the biodiversity value of woodlands are issues of increasing importance in the UK forestry industry.
Technical Services Unit (TSU) offers a range of services to meet customer requirements for ecological surveys including:
- National Vegetation Classification
- Environmental Site Classification
- Soil and site surveys
- ForestGALES
- Habitat surveys, mapping and monitoring
- Species surveys
- Natural regeneration survey and monitoring
- Native Woodland Surveys.
Staff at each of our national network of field stations have extensive experience in:
- General botanical identification and survey techniques
- Habitat survey and mapping methods.
Surveyors are trained in the use of advanced data capture and transfer technology.
Contact
Dr. Janet Dutch
Technical Services Unit
Forest Research
Northern Research Station
Roslin
Midlothian EH25 9SY
Tel: 0131 445 2176
Fax: 0131 445 5124
Email: janet.dutch@forestry.gsi.gov.uk