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Image of What do we know about how trees can cool our towns and cities?

What do we know about how trees can cool our towns and cities?

  • Posted on: 6 Aug 2019

What do we know about how trees can cool our towns and cities?
Image of New suite of publications explore services provided by urban trees

New suite of publications explore services provided by urban trees

  • Posted on: 28 Jun 2019

New suite of publications explore services provided by urban trees
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New Strategy to protect UK tree diversity

  • Posted on: 6 Jun 2019

New Strategy to protect UK tree diversity
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New Head of IFOS is Announced

  • Posted on: 15 Feb 2019

Nicol Sinclair has been announced as the new Head of IFOS from 1st July 2019. He will be taking over from Peter Weston, who is retiring after a long and...
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New study to predict and monitor the response of forests to drought and temperature change.

  • Posted on: 13 Feb 2019

A new £800,000 interdisciplinary study designed to predict and monitor the response of European forests to drought and temperature change.
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Using Big Data to Help Manage Global Natural Assets

  • Posted on: 12 Feb 2019

Research carried out by the University of Southampton and Forest Research is helping to tackle one of the biggest sustainability challenges – looking after and nurturing the natural resources in...
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Tree bark biochar: a green bullet for Scotland’s carbon store

  • Posted on: 14 Jan 2019

Tree bark biochar: a green bullet for Scotland’s carbon store
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Former Forest Research Scientist Awarded OBE in the New Year’s Honours List

  • Posted on: 28 Dec 2018

Steve Lee, who has recently retired from Forest Research, has been awarded an OBE for his expertise in tree breeding in the UK.
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Trees can help mitigate farm ammonia emissions

  • Posted on: 11 Dec 2018

A new calculator and planting guidance have been developed to help farmers decide which trees to plant, and in what formation, to mitigate the impact of ammonia emissions from animal housing and grazing areas.

Forest Research part of UK-wide consortium to combat serious threat to plant health

  • Posted on: 5 Dec 2018

Forest Research is proud to be a partner in a major bacterial plant diseases research programme, supported by UK Research and Innovation’s Strategic Priorities Fund and announced by the Parliamentary...