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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.

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.

Project exploring the ecological function of Trees outside Woodland (ToW), using detailed mapping and biodiversity investigations.

Project exploring the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) in forest resilience, shaping ecosystem services, and aiding climate adaptation.

Project investigating mycorrhizal fungal communities in areas of natural colonisation, and making links with wider ecosystem biodiversity.

Project exploring the movement of species between woodlands, and how to fast-track connectivity within fragmented landscapes.

Project quantifying changes in soil carbon and tree biomass caused by different ground preparation practices during woodland creation.

Project providing evidence for recommendations in support of 'climate-smart' forestry: ensuring the right tree in the right place for the right reasons.