Climate change

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Innovative projects to boost UK biomass production

  • Posted on: 14 Oct 2021

Forest Research has been successful in winning funding from the government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme as part of a collaboration led by Forest Creation Partners (FCP). The partnership will use geospatial data science to identify optimal planting sites for forestry-based biomass production.
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Success for Forest Research in UKRI Treescapes funding

  • Posted on: 25 Aug 2021

Earlier this month UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) announced the successful Treescapes research bids. Forest Research has secured participation in three of the funded projects.
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What role do forests play for natural flood management in the UK?

  • Posted on: 22 Jun 2021

Recently published research conducted by Bangor University and Forest Research reviews the current state of knowledge on the role of forested lands for natural flood management (NFM) in the UK. …
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Climate Change Factsheets Set Two Published

  • Posted on: 7 Jun 2021

The next in our series of Climate Change Factsheets have been published, exploring the effects of climate change on our trees and woodlands. Aimed at practitioners, the factsheets showcase the…
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How does replanting productive conifers affect carbon sequestration on shallow peat soils?

  • Posted on: 7 Jun 2021

New research reveals the impacts of forest management for timber production on the carbon sequestration of a Sitka spruce forest and shows the impact of the 2018 drought.
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Forest Research Launches Climate Change Factsheet Series

  • Posted on: 28 Jan 2021

Forest Research has today (Thursday 28th January 2021) launched the first in a series of factsheets exploring the effects of climate change on our trees and woodlands. Aimed at practitioners,…
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Not seeing the carbon for the trees? Mapping net change in carbon from afforestation in Scotland

  • Posted on: 13 Aug 2020

Researchers at the James Hutton Institute, Forest Research and the University of Aberdeen have developed a new way to quantify the potential carbon storage for eleven different forestry management alternatives in Scottish locations using a novel spatial analysis method.
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Forest Research collaborate with Defra and Vodafone to pilot new generation of tree growth monitors

  • Posted on: 30 Jul 2020

Forest Research collaborate with Defra and Vodafone to pilot new generation of tree growth monitors
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Celebrating British Science Week

  • Posted on: 11 Mar 2020

This week, scientists from Forest Research have been demonstrating their research on woodlands and climate change at Forestry England’s Alice Holt Forest. The activities are part of British Science Week and have been carried out with local college students.
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Looking to the future with centenary trees planted at Alice Holt Lodge

  • Posted on: 19 Dec 2019

As part of the Forestry Commission’s centenary celebrations, Forest Research is has planted 25 trees in the grounds of its research station at Alice Holt Lodge, in the south-east of England.