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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 Handbook provides guidance to those looking to create woodland or grassland on sites requiring intervention, including landowners, managers, planners and designers.

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 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.

LERN aims to enhance understanding of nature recovery by establishing a national network of experimental woodland creation sites to provide robust evidence supporting policy and practice.

Underplanting extends the range of coniferous tree species that could potentially be used to diversify future commercial timber production in the United Kingdom

This Guide lets you find out more about the trees found in the forests and woodlands of Great Britain.

Six UK-wide trials tested 17 alternative tree species for commercial timber production, revealing promising options like Douglas fir and Maritime pine to reduce risks from pests, diseases, and climate change.

Forest Research is collaborating with stakeholders across the forestry sector to assemble the evidence required to select a shortlist of productive tree species most suited to current and future conditions. This will guide actions to diversify our forests and increase their resilience to pests and diseases and climate change.