Forestry and Tree Health Resources
Information about the Research Forest for Wales, and its relationship with the National Forest for Wales.
Publications about improving silvicultural and operational solutions for achieving sustainable management
A description of Forest management plans and their importance
This research tested the efficacy and tree tolerance of the herbicide amidosulfuron, in combination with different spray adjuvants, as possible alternatives for controlling bracken infestations in woodland.
The tables in this publication have been prepared with the object of providing a basis for the management of Forestry Commission plantations but they are equally applicable to any plantations which are managed primarily for profit. The Revised Yield Tables for Conifers in Great Britain published in 1953 (Forest Record...
The ecosystem services concept helps describe the benefits which humans receive from nature and natural processes in a way that can influence policy and management decision-making. The ability of trees, woodlands and forests to provide a wide range of ecosystem services is very much dependent on where they are located...
The aim of this Field Guide is to assist forestry practitioners in making responsible management decisions by providing them with a way to identify soil quickly. This is done via a series of keys aimed at those with little or no experience of soil classification.
This booklet, with its associated yield models and curves, replaces Forestry Commission Booklet Number 34 Forest Management Tables (Metric) by G. J. Hamilton and J. M. Christie, which was published by HMSO in 1971. Yield models can be constructed to simulate the effects of any silvicultural treatment, and the ‘normal...
Forest management plans are the key reference documents for monitoring and assessing forests and forestry practice in Britain. They define and communicate forest and woodland management proposals, set out how sustainable forest management is to be achieved and describe the consequences of management activities over time. […]
2002 report. Outlines, from a domestic perspective, some of the key international commitments on forests and identifies the actions associated with them.
Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Governance Human dimensions of adaptive forest management (PDF-160K) Access our current and recent socio-economic research.
The tables included in this Booklet are designed as aids to the management of forests in British conditions and where profitability is a primary objective. The Booklet is divided into four parts which are: The Yield Class System of Classifying Growth Potential Thinning Control Production Forecasting Yield Tables This publication...