Overview
‘A society that values healthy plants’ is one of the four key outcomes laid out in the 2023 Plant Biosecurity Strategy for Great Britain. This means raising awareness of plant health issues and encouraging people to change their behaviour.
Part of this journey is to understand public attitudes to plant health. From there we can […]
Overview
What leads some farmers to dramatically increase the number of trees on their land? What role do social and cultural values play? And how do values and behaviour interact?
This Research Note presents accounts from four farms which have substantially increased tree cover, foregrounding the farmers’ stories to focus on the role social and cultural values […]
Overview
This In Brief summarises our recently published Research Report, which explored the issues that matter to cereal farmers in England in relation to trees and tree cover on their farms.
The In Brief reports on the general findings of the research, outlines the findings to the research question ‘what matters to cereal farmers?’ and explains […]
Overview
This Research Report explores the issues that matter to cereal farmers in England in relation to trees and tree cover on their farms.
Looking beyond just financial considerations, this report explore which factors guide and shape farmer attitudes to and behaviours regarding trees and tree cover. If we can learn what farmers value in relation […]
Policymakers across Great Britain want to know how to encourage more people to get involved in volunteering activities such as tree planting, citizen science and community woodland management. This review has investigated the motivations and barriers that are relevant to different groups of people when seeking to engage in volunteering activities connected to trees, woods […]
The Defra Group Personal Biosecurity Behaviours (DGPBB) project aims to provide personal biosecurity guidance and training across relevant Defra group organisations. Forest Research have conducted an evaluation of the training delivered so far, through an online questionnaire before and after the training, and in-depth interviews. Results, as presented in this report, reveal positive changes in […]
A photo essay based on interviews with 16 arts and humanities practitioners and academics, focusing on their relationship with Trees Outside of Woodland. Key themes that emerge include childhood memories and experiences, emotional connections and the interconnectedness of humans and nature.
A secondary analysis of data from an online, UK representative survey, in-depth interviews and photo elicitation was used to investigate the terms people use to describe trees and places with trees, the importance of trees to perceptions of naturalness and nature connection, and whether trees were associated with greater wellbeing.
Understanding the range of values held by farmers in relation to trees allows us to learn how, when, and where farmers may embrace having trees on their land. Explicit consideration of these values will better enable those working to design policies, incentives, tools, advice, or other communications to do so in ways which are more […]
What leads some farmers to dramatically increase the number of trees on their land? What role do social and cultural values play? And how do values and behaviour interact?
Increasing tree cover across England is a key priority for the UK government, driven by the benefits that trees and woodlands offer, such as climate change mitigation […]
This Research Report explores the issues that matter to dairy farmers in England regarding trees and increasing tree cover on farms. It looks beyond financial considerations to explore the other factors which guide and shape farmer attitudes and behaviours in this area. Understanding the range of values held by farmers in relation to trees allows […]
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