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Image of Research shows contact with nature supporting people through COVID-19

Research shows contact with nature supporting people through COVID-19

  • Posted on: 27 Nov 2020

Forest Research has carried out a survey and interviews to find out if the COVID-19 restrictions of spring to early autumn 2020 led to changes in people’s interactions with trees, woodlands and wider nature. The research illustrates the important role that trees, woodlands and wider nature can play as part of people’s everyday lives and in supporting and protecting their wellbeing under the very difficult circumstances of a global pandemic.
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Study reveals changes in tree canopy cover in Britain’s urban areas

  • Posted on: 29 Sep 2020

Newly published research from Forest Research explores changes in tree canopy cover since the 1940s for ten urban areas across Great Britain.
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Acute oak decline research provides fresh insights into oak tree, bacteria & beetle interactions

  • Posted on: 24 Aug 2020

Research finds that when bacteria and beetle larvae associated with acute oak decline were used to infect oak logs, there was a significant increase in the variety and abundance of damaging genes expressed by the bacteria, particularly those of Brenneria goodwinii, the main bacterial culprit in causing the stem rot associated with acute oak decline.
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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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New Voice For The Forestry Profession

  • Posted on: 15 Jul 2020

Dr Helen McKay OBE FICFor has been appointed as the new Chief Forester for Scotland. In her new role, she will provide technical and professional advice on forestry matters to...
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England’s first reintroduced Pine Martens have kits

  • Posted on: 13 Jul 2020

Combined efforts to bring pine martens back to the Forest of Dean have just reached a major milestone – a number of recently released females have given birth to offspring....

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Forest Research wins funding for collaborative research into oak tree health

  • Posted on: 8 Jul 2020

A pioneering new project to investigate the health of our British oak trees has been given the go-ahead.
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Views sought on the National Forest Inventory

  • Posted on: 17 Jun 2020

A survey to support an independent review of the National Forest Inventory (NFI) has been launched today, Wednesday 17 June 2020. The survey calls on landowners, forestry and woodland professionals,...
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Understanding deer damage is crucial when planting new forests

  • Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

Scientists at the University of Southampton and Forest Research say understanding the risk of damage by deer to new and existing forests in Britain is crucial when considering their expansion.