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200 Search Results for Forestry Standards

  • Media

    The UK Forestry Standard

     The UK Forestry Standard
  • Media

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     fcfc001_y3khnaw The UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) 2017
  • 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 […]
  • Service

    Key Actions 2022-2023

     Key ActionProgressProduce a report for the Forestry Commission on wood properties and uses of larch in Britain.ACHIEVEDReview and implement the Forest Research Data Strategy.ACHIEVEDImplement the Changing the Way We Work change programme.ACHIEVEDDeliver an update of the woodland carbon sequestration estimates for inclusion in the Woodland Carbon Code ‘Woodland Carbon Calculation Spreadsheet’, incorporating revisions based on […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Building wildfire resilience into forest management planning
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Wildfire events are predicted to increase in frequency in the UK due to increased land-use pressure and climate change. Wildfires can have a number of impacts on sustainable forest management and, in some extreme cases, may have devastating human and environmental consequences. Reducing the incidence and impact of wildfires in forests and woodlands through good […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Adapting forest and woodland management to the changing climate
    Lead Author: Gail Atkinson
    Our climate is changing rapidly, with milder, wetter winters, warmer summers, longer growing seasons and more frequent extreme conditions, including drought periods and heavy rainfall events. The projected rate of climate change is unprecedented and therefore action is essential now to improve the resilience of forests and woodlands, and to protect the benefits that they […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Establishing and managing gene conservation units
    Lead Author: Jason Hubert
    Conserving the genetic diversity within our tree species and the processes that determine it are important for sustainable forest management and increasing the resilience of Britain’s forests and woodlands. The genetic diversity within a tree species at any one time is the result of many dynamic processes, and it provides the source for future adapted […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Biomass and sustainability

     A selection of publications, reports and standards relating to sustainability of biomass
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Managing forest operations to protect the water environment

     This Practice Guide provides advice to forest managers, practitioners, planners and supervisors, on how forest operations should be planned and managed to protect the water environment.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Ecosystem services and forest management
    Lead Author: Louise Sing
    The ecosystem services concept helps describe the benefits which humans receive from nature and natural processes in a way that can influence policy and management decision making. The ability of trees, woodlands and forests to provide a wide range of ecosystem services is very much dependent on where they are located and how they are […]
  • Service

    FR Environmental Policy Statement

     Forest Research works across the UK as the leading provider of applied forest and tree-related science, forestry data services, policy evidence, technical development, specialist extension services and professional training, and also collaborates internationally on tree-related research.  With reference to our business activities we will: Comply with relevant legislation.Manage our activities according to the UK Forestry Standard […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Converting planted non-native conifer to native woodlands: a review of the benefits, drawbacks and experience in Britain
    Lead Author: Nadia Barsoum
    Planted forests of non-native conifers make up around 36% of Britain’s total wooded area. Increasing the area of native woodlands – including converting non-native conifer to native woodland where appropriate – is an aim of the UK Forestry Standard Guidelines on Biodiversity. It is unclear how much conversion is being implemented, what the motivations might […]