Earlier this month UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) announced the successful Future of UK Treescapes programme research bids and Forest Research has secured participation in three of the funded projects.
Six research teams across the UK will receive a share of £10.5 million funding from UKRI to develop new tools and approaches which will help trees and woodlands adapt to climate change and enable the UK to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The research will also improve understanding of the value of trees to people and the planet, and support the expansion of treescapes across the UK.
Involving multi-disciplinary teams from thirteen universities and research institutes, over 40 non-academic partners and supporters, and with funding for three years, this funding forms part of the £14.5 million Future of UK Treescapes Programme.
Forest Research has secured participation in the following projects:
The other projects funded by Treescapes are:
Forest Research Chief Scientist, Professor Chris Quine said:
“We’re delighted to be involved in several of these projects and are grateful to the funders for enabling us to actively participate in these stimulating research collaborations. Spanning topics covering urban trees, community woodland partnerships, and the genetics of tree populations they will enable Forest Research to apply its wide-ranging expertise in support of resilient treescapes.”
Mark your calendars with dates of major events and shows that we’ll be attending in 2024.
Lord Douglas-Miller OBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Defra and Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare, visited Forest Research’s Alice Holt research station on Monday, 11 March, 2024, to find out more about our work protecting trees, woodlands and forests from invasive pests and diseases.
A new national monitoring project aims to help prevent the potential spread of a serious pest affecting spruce trees – the larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus).
Mark your calendars with dates of major events and shows that we’ll be attending in 2024.
Lord Douglas-Miller OBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Defra and Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare, visited Forest Research’s Alice Holt research station on Monday, 11 March, 2024, to find out more about our work protecting trees, woodlands and forests from invasive pests and diseases.
A new national monitoring project aims to help prevent the potential spread of a serious pest affecting spruce trees – the larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus).