Bianca Ambrose-Oji

Papers

Ambrose-Oji, B., Pearson, M., Spencer, K., Colley, E., Guy, M., Watts, K., (2025), Tree Planting, Natural Colonisation, Hybrid Approaches: Land Manager Decisions Explored, People and Nature, https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70071

Fuentes-Montemayor, E., Ambrose-Oji, B., Braunholtz, L., Burton, V., Fleiss, S., Gilbert, H., Guy, M., Hughes, S., Koricheva, J., Orchard, R., Park, K., Pearson, M., Silva, T., Watts, K., Metzger, M., (2025). Working with natural processes for woodland creation, Forest Research, Farnham, Surrey.

Tsouvalis, J., Little, R., Fajardo-Escoffie, J., Hartley, S.E., Rose, D.C., Ambrose-Oji, B., de Boon, A., Maderson, S., Urquhart, J., (2025). Co-design in policy development: Leveraging opportunities, addressing challenges, and proposing solutions for inclusive governance – Lessons from England. Land Use Policy, Volume 150, 107440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107440

Ambrose-Oji, B., Pearson, M., Cross, E., Shallcross, J., Polschneider, S., Hattersley, R., FitzGerald, O., (2024). Community Tree Nurseries in the UK: Promise, Potential and Pitfalls. Forests 15, 560. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15030560

Ambrose-Oji, B., Urquhart, J., Hemery, G., Petrokofsky, G., O’Brien, L., Jones, G.D., Karlsdóttir, B., (2024). The opportunities and challenges to co-designing policy options for tree health with policy makers, researchers and land managers. Land Use Policy 136, 106974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106974

Moffat, A.J., Ambrose-Oji, B., O’Brien, L., Doick, K., (2024). Public attitudes to urban trees in Great Britain in the early 2020s. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. Vol 91. 128177 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128177

Morris, C., Brockett, B.F.T., Selwood, S., Carr, V., Hall, J., Hughes, J., Ambrose-Oji, B., (2024). Mainstreaming social sciences expertise in UK environment policy and practice organisations: retrospect and prospect. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 11, 399. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-02891-z

Petrokofsky, G., Dunn, M., Edwards, D., Harvey, W.J., Hemery, G.E., Marshall, H., McConnachie, S., Petrokofsky, L., Watts, K., Ambrose-Oji, B., (2024). Development of a Tool for Navigating the Evidence concerning Land Managers and Woodland Creation in the United Kingdom. Forests 15, 299. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15020299

Tew, E.R., Ambrose-Oji, B., Beatty, M., Büntgen, U., Butterworth, H., Clover, G., Cook, D., Dauksta, D., Day, W., Deakin, J., Field, A., Gardiner, B., Harrop, P., Healey, J.R., Heaton, R., Hemery, G., Hill, L., Hughes, O., Khaira-Creswell, P.K., Kirby, K., Leitch, A., MacKay, J., McIlhiney, R., Murphy, B., Newton, L., Norris, D., Nugee, R., Parker, J., Petrokofsky, G., Prosser, A., Quine, C., Randhawa, G., Reid, C., Richardson, M., Ridley-Ellis, D.J., Riley, R., Roberts, J.E., Schaible, R., Simpson, L.E., Spake, R., Tubby, I., Urquhart, J., Wallace-Stephens, F., Wilson, J.D., Sutherland, W.J., (2024). A horizon scan of issues affecting UK forest management within 50 years. Forestry: Vol 97, Issue 3, Pages 349–362, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpad047

O’Brien, L., Cook, M., Hall, C., Ambrose-Oji, B., (2023). Trees and forests’ contribution to well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: how did people adapt to change? Forestry: Vol 97, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 243-54, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpad037

Urquhart, J., Ambrose-Oji, B., Chiswell, H., Courtney, P., Lewis, N., Powell, J., Reed, M., Williams, C., (2023). A co-design framework for natural resource policy making: Insights from tree health and fisheries in the United Kingdom. Land Use Policy 134, 106901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106901

Ambrose-Oji, B., Goodenough, A., Urquhart, J., Hall, C., Karlsdóttir, B., (2022). ‘We’re Farmers Not Foresters’: Farmers’ Decision-Making and Behaviours towards Managing Trees for Pests and Diseases. Forests 13, 1030. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071030

Hansen, R., Buizer, M., Buijs, A., Pauleit, S., Mattijssen, T., Fors, H., van der Jagt, A., Kabisch, N., Cook, M., Delshammar, T., Randrup, T.B., Erlwein, S., Vierikko, K., Nieminen, H., Langemeyer, J., Soson Texereau, C., Luz, A.C., Nastran, M., Olafsson, A.S., Steen Møller, M., Haase, D., Rolf, W., Ambrose-Oji, B., Branquinho, C., Havik, G., Kronenberg, J., Konijnendijk, C., (2022). Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities. European Planning Studies, 2401-2424. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594

Karlsdóttir, B, Barsoum, N, Stokes, V & Ambrose-Oji, B (2022) What needs to change for managers to diversify tree species to improve pest and disease resilience within the UK’s production forests? Quarterly Journal of Forestry.  Vol 116 No.1, 19-27.

Dunn, M, Ambrose-Oji, B & O’Brien, L (2021) Delivery of Ecosystem Services by Community Woodland Groups and Their Networks. Forests 12 1640. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121640

Jakobsson, R., Olofsson, E. and Ambrose- Oji, B. (2021) Stakeholder perceptions, management and impacts of forestry conflicts in southern Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 36 (1), 68-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2020.1854341

O’Brien, L, Karlsdóttir, B, Ambrose-Oji, B, Urquhart, J, Edwards, D, Amboage, R & Jones, G (2021) How Can Local and Regional Knowledge Networks Contribute to Landscape Level Action for Tree Health? Forests 12(10) 1394.  https://doi.org/10.3390/f12101394

Ambrose- Oji, B.; Atkinson, M.; Petrokofsky, G.; Hemery, G. (2020) Resistance to resilience: Environmental worldviews and distrust among small-scale woodland managers as psychological barriers to climate change adaptation practice. Small Scale Forestry 19, 159–185 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-020-09440-x

Marzano, Mariella, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Clare Hall, and Darren Moseley. 2020. “Pests in the City: Managing Public Health Risks and Social Values in Response to Oak Processionary Moth (Thaumetopoea processionea) in the United Kingdom.”   11 (2):199.

Ambrose-Oji, Bianca, Jon Stokes, and Glyn D Jones. 2019. “When the Bough Breaks: How Do Local Authorities in the UK Assess Risk and Prepare a Response to Ash Dieback?”  Forests 10 (886). https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100886.

van der Jagt, A.; Smith, M.; Ambrose-Oji, B.; Konijnendijk, C.; Giannico, V.; Haase, D.; Lafortezza, R.; Nastran, M.; Pintar, M.; Železnikar, S., et al. (2019) Co-creating urban green infrastructure connecting people and nature: A guiding framework and approach. Journal of Environmental Management, 233, 757-767.

Young, J.C.; Marzano, M.; Quine, C.P.; Ambrose-Oji, B. (2018) Working with decision-makers for resilient forests: A case study from the UK. Forest Ecology and Management 417, 291-300,

Pauleit, S.; Ambrose-Oji, B.; Andersson, E.; Anton, B.; Buijs, A.; Haase, D.; Elands, B.; Hansen, R.; Kowarik, I.; Kronenberg, J., et al. (2018) Advancing Urban Green Infrastructure in Europe: outcomes and reflections from the GREEN SURGE project. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2018.

O’Brien, L.; Ambrose- Oji, B.; Wheeler, B. (2018) Santé mentale et bien-être : L’apport des arbres et des forêts au bénéfice de différentes populations en Grande-Bretagne (Mental health and wellbeing: The contribution of trees and forests to diverse populations in Britain). Revue Forestière Française Spécial forêts et santé publique.

Buijs, A.; Hansen, R.; Van der Jagt, S.; Ambrose-Oji, B.; Elands, B.; Lorance Rall, E.; Mattijssen, T.; Pauleit, S.; Runhaar, H.; Stahl Olafsson, A., et al. (2018) Mosaic governance for urban green infrastructure: Upscaling active citizenship from a local government perspective. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2018

Buijs, A.E., Mattijssen, T.J.M., Van der Jagt, A.P.N., Ambrose-Oji, B., Andersson, E., Elands, B.H.M. et al. (2017) Active citizenship for urban green infrastructure: fostering the diversity and dynamics of citizen contributions through mosaic governance. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 22: 1-6.

Van der Jagt, A.; B. Elands; B. Ambrose- Oji; Buizer, M., É. Gerőházi; and M. Steen Møller (2016) Participatory Governance of Urban Green Spaces: Trends and Practices in the EU. Nordic Journal of Architecture Research

Marzano, M., Ambrose-Oji, B. and Dandy, N. (2016) Employee relocation in the public sector: Perspectives from forestry. Scottish Forestry, 70 (1), 41-47

Van der Jagt, A.; B. Ambrose- Oji; and A. Lawrence. (2015). Wildlife and conservation in community woods: Business as usual? ECOS. 36(1):36-43

Ambrose- Oji, B.; A. Lawrence; and A. Stewart. (2014). Community based forest enterprises in Britain: two organising typologies. Forest Policy and Economics, 58:65-74

Lawrence, A., and Ambrose-Oij, B., (2014). Beauty, friends, power, money: navigating the impacts of community woodlands. Geographical Journal, 181(3): 268–279

Achigan-Dako, E.G.; S. N’danikou; F. Assogba-Komlan; B. Ambrose-Oji; A. Ahanchede; and M.W. Pasquini. (2011). Diversity, Geographical, and Consumption Patterns of Traditional Vegetables in Sociolinguistic Communities in Benin: Implications for Domestication and Utilization. Economic Botany 65:129-14

Morris. J., O’Brien, L., Ambrose-Oji, B., Lawrence. A. and Carter C. (2011). Access to all? Barriers to accessing woodlands and forests in the UK. Local Environment. 16(4):375-396.

Ambrose Oji, B (2011). Wild Product Governance: Finding Policies that Work for Non-timber Forest Products. Mountain Research and Development 31:178-179.

Elias, A., Ambrose-Oji, B., & Karripia, R.S., (2007) Rural women’s potential for development: Groups, social capital, access and utilisation of development communication in Dire Dawa administrative council, Eastern Ethiopia. International Development Review

Ambrose Oji, B. (2003). Reviewing the contribution of NTFPs to livelihoods of the forest poor: evidence from the tropical forest in South West Cameroon. International Forestry Review, 5(2):106-117.

Ambrose-Oji, B. (2000). Can non-timber forest products come from a plantation? Non-Wood News, 7: 20-21.

Lawrence, A. and Ambrose-Oji, B., with Lysinge, R. and Tako, C. (2000). Exploring local values for forest biodiversity on Mount Cameroon. Mountain Research and Development, 20(2):112-115.

Books and book chapters

Elands, B., Ambrose-Oji, B., Haase, A. and Peters, K. (2020) Urban realities of engaging with nature in Europe; increasing diversity and consequences for wellbeing and social cohesion. In Urban Nature: Enriching Belonging, Wellbeing and Bioculture. M.L. Cocks and C.M. Shackleton (eds.), Routledge/Earthscan, London.

Hemery, G., Petrokofsky, G., Ambrose-Oji, B., Forster, J., Hemery, T. and O’Brien, L. (2020) Awareness, action and aspirations in the forestry sector in responding to environmental change: Report of the British Woodlands Survey 2020. Sylva Foundation. Oxford, p. 33.

Hemery, G., Petrokofsky, G., Ambrose-Oji, B., Edwards, D., O’Brien, L., Tansley, C. et al. (2018) Shaping the Future of Forestry: Report of the British Woodlands Survey 2017. Sylva Foundation. Oxford, p. 36.

Ambrose-Oji, Bianca. 2020. “Socio-ecological sustainability and new forms of governance: Community forestry and citizen involvement with trees, woods and forests.” In The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology, edited by Katharine Legun, Julie C Keller, Michael Carolan and Michael M Bell. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Fors, Hanna, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Helena Mellqvist, and Märit Jansson. 2020. “Participation in urban open space governance and management.” In Urban Open Space Governance and Management, edited by Märit  Jansson and Thomas B. Randrup. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

O’Brien, L.; B. Ambrose- Oji; S. Waite; J. Aronsson; and M. Tighe. (2016). Learning on the Move: Green Exercise for Children and Young People. In Green Exercise: Linking Nature, Health and Wellbeing, ed. J. Barton; R. Bragg; C. Wood; and J. Pretty.

Lawrence, A., Van der Jagt, A., Ambrose- Oji, B., Stewart, A., (2014). Local authorities in Scotland: a catalyst for community engagement in urban forests? Trees, People and the Built Environment II. Institute of Chartered Foresters

Lawrence, A., and Ambrose-Oji., B. (2013). A framework for sharing experiences of community woodland groups. Research Notes. Edinburgh: Forestry Commission.

Ambrose-Oji, B. (2011). Mainstreaming gender in the UK forest sector: livelihoods and equality of access to forest benefits. In Forests and Gender, ed. L. Aguilar; D.M.P.D. Shaw; and A. Quesada-Aguilar, 83-88. Gland, Switzerland and New York, NY: IUCN and WEDO.

Ambrose-Oji, B. (2010). Environmental Sociology and International Forestry: Historical Overview and Future Directions in Woodgate, G and Redclift, M (eds) The International Handbook of Sociology III. Edward Elgar, London. ISBN 978-1-84844-088-3.

Ambrose-Oji, B. (2009). Urban food systems and African indigenous vegetables: Defining the Spaces and Places for African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture pp 1-34 in Shackleton, C.M., Pasquini, M.W. and Drescher, A.W., (eds) African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture. Earthscan, London. ISBN 978-1-8440-7715-1.

Ambrose-Oji, B., and Mughogho, N. (2007). The uses of Adansonia grandidieri, A. rubrostipa and A. za as vegetable oils. In van der Vossen, H and Makimilo, G eds. Vegetable Oils PROTA Volume 14, PROTA Wageningen, Netherlands.

Ambrose-Oji, B., with Allmark, T., Buckley, P., Clements, B. and Woodgate, G. (2005). The Environmental State in the Forest: Of Lookouts, Lumberjacks, Leopards and Losers? Livelihoods and participatory forest biodiversity conservation in SW Cameroon. In Redclift, M. and Woodgate, G., eds, New Developments in Environmental Sociology, London. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Purushothaman, S, S Purohit, and B Ambrose-Oji. (2004). The Informal Collective as a Space for Participatory Planning: The Peri-Urban Interface in Hubli-Dharwad Twin City Area. In Purkayastha, B. and Subramaniam, M., eds, The Power of Women’s Informal Networks: Lessons in Social Change from South Asia and West Africa  USA: Lexington Books.

Stockdale, M., and Ambrose, B. (1996). Mapping and NTFP Inventory: Participatory Assessment Methods for Forest-dwelling Communities in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In; Carter, J. (ed.) Recent Approaches to Participatory Forest Resource Assessment, ODI, London.