The Rapid Review of Evidence on Biodiversity in Great Britain’s Commercial Forests is a review of evidence on biodiversity in many of the most commonly encountered commercial high forest types in Great Britain.
Top tips on how to develop a biosecurity action plan are now available from the Forest Research Climate Change Hub.
Forest Research runs follow-up survey to discover more about community tree nurseries.
Project exploring the ecological function of Trees outside Woodland (ToW), using detailed mapping and biodiversity investigations.
Project exploring the interactions between peatland and woodland, and how decisions can be made to support both the ETAP and EPAP.
Project exploring the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) in forest resilience, shaping ecosystem services, and aiding climate adaptation.
Overview This article, published in the Journal of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGjournal), outlines the work of the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network (WPHSN), a Welsh Government funded plant health initiative. Launched in 2022 by Forest Research (FR), the primary aim of the WPHSN is to monitor the presence and...
Access to main annual statistics publications, Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures - latest versions and earlier releases
Forest Research has released the latest Accredited Official Statistics on woodland and forestry in the UK.
Introduction This chapter provides background information on the statistics presented in this release. It covers: • data sources and methodology used to produce the statistics;• information on quality measures;• information on any revisions to historic data;• and links to further information. Further details on quality are provided in quality reports...
Introduction This chapter contains information about world forestry, presenting global figures by region alongside data for the UK and the EU. Topics covered include woodland area, carbon stocks, wood removals, production and apparent consumption of wood products and international trade in forest products. The data are produced by the United...