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The NCEA People Pressure project tested remote technologies to monitor woodland recreation and assess how forest use contributes to threats, social benefits and landscape understanding within England’s National Forest Inventory.

Soil biodiversity underpins essential ecosystem functions and reflects woodland condition yet is difficult to monitor using traditional methods. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding offers a scalable, non-invasive approach to assess fungi and invertebrates. Integrated into the National Forest Inventory, it will generate baseline data to track biodiversity patterns and woodland condition...

Woodland canopy arthropods are sensitive indicators of ecological condition but are difficult to sample and identify at scale using traditional methods. DNA metabarcoding offers a cost‑effective alternative, enabling comprehensive biodiversity assessment. Integrated into the National Forest Inventory, it will generate baseline data to track spatial and temporal trends in arthropod...

This research project aimed to integrate eDNA metabarcoding into the National Forest Inventory survey to assess ecological condition through monitoring of woodland mammals. eDNA offers a non‑invasive, scalable alternative to traditional surveys by detecting species from environmental traces, providing an efficient, cost‑effective way to capture mammal diversity across woodland ecosystems....

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) programme monitors woodland and trees within Great Britain. It includes the most in depth survey carried out on Britain’s woodland and trees to date. The NFI provides an extensive and unique record of key information about our forests and woodlands.

On Wednesday 17 June, Forest Research was admitted to the European National Forest Inventory Network (ENFIN).

Woodland Inventories The current National Forest Inventory is the first continuous inventory of British woodlands and is being conducted on a five-year cycle. Prior to the National Forest Inventory, a series of one-off woodland inventories took place in Great Britain every 15 years or so. Most

​​Assessing changes in British woodland condition is essential for biodiversity, resilience, and statutory monitoring. These projects use scalable DNA and eDNA metabarcoding to monitor mammals, soil biodiversity, and canopy arthropods across England, overcoming the limitations of traditional methods and providing new insights into forest form and function through incorporation into...

Bats are a powerful indicator of woodland ecosystem health. The National Woodland Bat Survey uses acoustic monitoring to assess bat presence, distribution and relative abundance across England’s woodlands.

This Report presents the regional results for Yorkshire and the Humber from the Forestry Commission National Inventory of Woodland and Trees: England. For more information and the results of the survey at county level, visit the National Forest Inventory web pages.