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    Active engagement with trees, woods and forests: A review of the literature

    Lead Author: George Murrell

    Policymakers across Great Britain want to know how to encourage more people to get involved in volunteering activities such as tree planting, citizen science and community woodland management.  This review has investigated the motivations and barriers that are relevant to different groups of people when seeking to engage in volunteering...

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    Defra Group Personal Biosecurity Behaviours: Evaluation of Biosecurity Training

    Lead Author: Clare Hall

    The Defra Group Personal Biosecurity Behaviours (DGPBB) project aims to provide personal biosecurity guidance and training across relevant Defra group organisations. Forest Research have conducted an evaluation of the training delivered so far, through an online questionnaire before and after the training, and in-depth interviews. Results, as presented in this...

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    Understanding and mapping the socio-cultural benefits of forest recreation

    Trees, woods, and forests provide multiple benefits to society, including those of social and cultural value. This research outlines a scoping study which sought to identify and test methods for spatially mapping and surveying the recreation attitudes and behaviours of people living in an area around Cannock Chase National Landscape.

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    Economics of Woodland Creation in England

    Project using forest economics to help land managers and businesses in England plan decisions on land use change and woodland management.

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    Trees Outside of Woodland: An exploration of social and cultural values

    A photo essay based on interviews with 16 arts and humanities practitioners and academics, focusing on their relationship with Trees Outside of Woodland. Key themes that emerge include childhood memories and experiences, emotional connections and the interconnectedness of humans and nature.

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    Trees and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Lead Author: Dr Emma White

    A secondary analysis of data from an online, UK representative survey, in-depth interviews and photo elicitation was used to investigate the terms people use to describe trees and places with trees, the importance of trees to perceptions of naturalness and nature connection, and whether trees were associated with greater wellbeing.

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    In Brief: Increasing tree cover on dairy farms in England: The role of farmers’ values

    Lead Author: Maddy Pearson

    Understanding the range of values held by farmers in relation to trees allows us to learn how, when, and where farmers may embrace having trees on their land. Explicit consideration of these values will better enable those working to design policies, incentives, tools, advice, or other communications to do so...

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    Paths to embracing trees on farms: The role of social and cultural values

    Lead Author: Stephen McConnachie

    What leads some farmers to dramatically increase the number of trees on their land? What role do social and cultural values play? And how do values and behaviour interact? Increasing tree cover across England is a key priority for the UK government, driven by the benefits that trees and woodlands...

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    Increasing tree cover on dairy farms in England: The role of farmers’ values

    Lead Author: Maddy Pearson

    This Research Report explores the issues that matter to dairy farmers in England regarding trees and increasing tree cover on farms. It looks beyond financial considerations to explore the other factors which guide and shape farmer attitudes and behaviours in this area. Understanding the range of values held by farmers...

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    Social and cultural values of treescapes

    This research project aimed to improve the representation and understanding of the social and cultural values of treescapes in plant health policy. Existing evidence on the social and cultural values of treescapes by publics tends to be limited in scope, for example to recreation, aesthetics, or health values.