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Optimal soil conditions or ‘soil health’ is the foundation of forest health, including providing resilience in the face of environmental change. This research aims to improve interest in and uptake of science-based guidance and advice to maintain or improve forest soil health for forest resilience.

This research, commissioned by Forestry England (FE) investigated the opinions, perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge of key stakeholders with interest in the reintroduction of European wildcat into Kielder Forest, as well as the residents within 20 miles of Kielder village.

Optimising a protocol for drone spraying onto single trees and evaluate the operational feasibility of using drones for control of the quarantine tree pest Oak Processionary Moth (Thaumetopoea processionea).

Sitting within Forest Research’s Woodland Creation and Expansion programme, this work area explores the role of land managers in woodland creation.

This project will develop a multi-criteria assessment framework to evaluate the benefits, constraints and risks of productive tree species, and collaborate with stakeholders to prioritise species for national deployment to drive diversification and increase resilience.

This stakeholder co-designed project will explore the ecological and societal significance of Ancient and Long-established Woodland, supporting policy development to protect irreplaceable habitat and aiding acceptance of any adjustment to definitions.

This project aims to make better use of existing data on timber and related topics to improve the evidence base on current use and future availability of timber.

The NCEA TOW map will be used to characterise the setting, distribution and density of TOW features across England and explore the implications of regional variations for key habitats, biodiversity and carbon sequestration.

This project aims to improve the inter-annual monitoring of tree growth across England by developing the foundations for a cost-effective, robust and representative national network.

This project will use remote sensing to map structural diversity across English woodlands, complement locally derived woodland condition assessments, and test the impacts of forest management on structural diversity and carbon sequestration. We will also engage with private woodland owners through a Forest Lab project called ‘Living Layers’.

Our vision is to establish and strategise a national Research Forests Network to provide a strategic series of experiments and demonstration sites that will inform industry practice towards climate-smart forestry.

This extension to Expanding Agroforestry addresses priority policy evidence needs and delivers tools to support the strategic expansion of UK agroforestry and hedgerows to meet biodiversity and net zero targets, through stakeholder and policy co-design.