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306 Search Results for water

  • Research

    Developing a Woodland Water Code

     The design and development of a Woodland Water Code (WWC) to act as a crediting mechanism to encourage private investment in trees for the improvement of the freshwater environment.
  • Media

    The public, visits to the countryside, and biosecurity – Questionnaire Results

     The public, visits to the countryside, and biosecurity - Questionnaire Results
  • Tools and Resources

    Forests and water

     Water is the most vital element of all natural resources and is essential to life.
  • Tools and Resources

    Water quality

     Information on the improvement of water quality in urban areas through the provision of greenspace and implementation of green infrastructure
  • Tools and Resources

    Water resources

     Resources relevant to Forests and Water. General Future water: the Government's water strategy for England (2011). HM Government. The natural choice: securing the value of nature (2011). HM Government. Delivery mechanisms The Water Framework Directive and River Basin Management Plans – The European Union Water Framework Directive, which came into force on 22 December 2000, establishes a new, integrated approach […]
  • Service

    Water Analysis

     Service overview Our laboratory offers a high quality water analysis service for the private sector and research organisations. We carry our regular water analysis for research projects and have acquired the latest state of the art dual view spectrophotometer giving extremely low limits of detection and greater accuracy at trace levels which is suitable to assess […]
  • Research

    Forestry and Water Quality

     Research to understand woodland-water interactions to reduce diffuse pollution and improve water quality
  • Research

    Forestry and Water Resources

     Improving ability to quantify amount of water used by trees through a range of process, field-catchment and modelling studies
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Woodland for Water: Woodland measures for meeting Water Framework Directive objectives
    Lead Author: Tom Nisbet
    This report considers the key issues relating to woodland and the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in England and Wales, but has application to Scotland and Northern Ireland. By Tom Nisbet, Martyn Silgram, Nadeem Shah, Katrina Morrow & Samantha Broadmeadow. Forest Research Monograph: 4ISBN 978-0-85538-830-0 Related pages Forest hydrology Soil sustainability
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Water use by trees
    Lead Author: T R Nisbet
    This Information Note assesses the factors that influence the water use of trees and considers how conifers and broadleaves are likely to affect water resources in different parts of the UK.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Forestry and surface water acidification
    Lead Author: T R Nisbet
    Forests and forest management practices can affect surface water acidification in a number of ways. The primary mechanism is the ability of tree canopies to capture more sulphur and nitrogen pollutants from the atmosphere than other types of vegetation. Pollutant scavenging is expected to have peaked in the 1970s when emissions were greatest and led […]
  • Media

    Agroforestry Tree Species Guide v5

     Agroforestry Tree Species Guide v5