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  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Managing deadwood in forests and woodlands
    Lead Author: Jonathan W Humphrey
    Deadwood is a vital component of a properly functioning forest ecosystem. It plays an important role in sustaining biodiversity and in delivering ecosystem services such as soil formation and nutrient cycling. In the UK up to a fifth of woodland species depend on dead or dying trees for all or part of their life cycle […]
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    Forestry publication document

    Natural regeneration in western hemlock plantations on ancient woodland sites
    Lead Author: Ralph Harmer
    During the 20th century large areas of ancient semi-natural woodland were converted to conifer plantations, creating sites now termed PAWS (Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites). Restoration of these sites to native woodland is a current objective of forestry policy throughout Great Britain. Natural regeneration is often regarded as the preferred method for restocking PAWS but […]
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    Forestry publication document

    Managing trees for safety
    Lead Author: National Tree Safety Group
    This is one of three new publications that have been produced by the Forestry Commission for the National Tree Safety Group. The three documents provide guidance on trees and public safety in the UK for owners, managers and advisers. Managing trees for safety is a leaflet for tree owners to help them understand the issues around […]
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    Forestry publication document

    Common sense risk management of trees
    Lead Author: National Tree Safety Group
    This is one of three new publications that have been produced by the Forestry Commission for the National Tree Safety Group. The three documents provide guidance on trees and public safety in the UK for owners, managers and advisers. This main document provides guidance for inspecting and maintaining trees; guidance that is reasonable and proportionate to: […]
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    Forestry publication document

    Forestry Facts & Figures 2011
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This booklet contains a summary of statistics about woodland and forestry.Please note – the printed version of this document is an A2 sheet folded to A6. The PDF of the document is set to print at A3 therefore some of the pages will appear upside down.
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    Human dimensions of species management

     Understanding human-wildlife interactions in forest environments
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    Forestry publication document

    Environmental effects of stump and root harvesting
    Lead Author: Andy J Moffat
    The removal of tree stumps and coarse roots from felling sites as a source of woody biomass for bioenergy generation is well established in parts of Europe, and interest has been expressed in replicating this practice in some regions of the UK. Overseas research shows that stump harvesting can pose a risk to sustainable forest […]
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    Forestry publication document

    Human dimensions of adaptive forest management and climate change
    Lead Author: Anna Lawrence
    Adaptive forest management is a systematic process for continually improving forest management, in conditions of complexity and uncertainty, by learning from the outcomes of experiments and operational practice. Adaptive management has often been proposed as a suitable approach for dealing with uncertainty and complexity in natural systems, particularly in relation to climate change.Some of the […]
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    Human dimensions of adaptive forest management

     The page summarises the findings from Forest Research’s literature review and case study analyses on the social, cultural and organisational aspects of adaptive forest management and the impact of innovation in this area.
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    Woodland measures for meeting Water Framework Directive objectives

     An evaluation of the key issues relating to woodland and the Water Framework Directive
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    The forgotten forest: the story of Whitelee Forest in the 20th Century
    Lead Author: Ruth Tittensor
    This is the story of forestry in and around Whitelee Forest, based on the memory of those who lived and work in forestry, knitted together from personal recollections.
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    Project evaluation: Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme

     This page summarises Forest Research’s evaluation of the Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme.