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  • Publications

    Environmental volunteering: Motivations, barriers and benefits

    Lead Author: Liz O’Brien
    Report to the Scottish Forestry Trust and Forestry Commission. By Liz O’Brien (Forest Research) and Mardie Townsend and Matthew Ebden (Deakin University, Australia). Environmental volunteering – Summary report (PDF-570K)
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    Restoring floodplain woodland for flood alleviation

    Lead Author: Tom Nisbet
    By Tom Nisbet and Huw Thomas. Final Report for Defra Project SLD2316 – a study designed to evaluate and demonstrate the contribution of floodplain woodland to flood alleviation. Related pages Forest hydrology Soil sustainability
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    Woodland establishment on landfill sites: Ten years of research

    Lead Author: Kirsten Foot
    Contract report to the Department for Communities and Local Government detailing research over a ten-year period to examine tree growth on modern containment landfill sites. In 1993-4, experimental tree species plots were set up on five clay capped landfill sites across England, following newly proposed standards for tree establishment. Initial data collection indicated that useful insights […]
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    The use of compost in the regeneration of brownfield land

    Lead Author: Danielle Sinnett
    Integrated remediation and greening of urban greenspace using compost for the establishment of plant growth on remediated soils and the development of novel compost for the remediation of metal contaminated land. By R. van Herwijnen, G. Sellers, D. Sinnett, A.J. Moffat, T.R. Hutchings, A. Al-Tabbaa and S. Ouki. CL:AIRE SUBR:IM Bulletin 10 What’s of interest If your organisation has […]
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    [Archive] Forest Research Annual Report and Accounts 2007-2008

    Lead Author: Forest Research
    This report is available to download here or to order in hardcopy from The Stationery Office (TSO) (Phone: 0870 600 5522; www.tsoshop.co.uk)
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    Handbook on treatment of coal ash disposal sites

    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Guidelines for the management of established wet-disposed coal ash landfills. Produced by the RECOAL project – using social approaches in coal ash remediation. This examined the reintegration of coal ash disposal sites and mitigation of pollution in the West Balkan Area.
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    Surveys of woodland using LiDAR

    Lead Author: Peter Crow
    Developments in remote sensing technology to reveal the historic environment by ‘seeing through’ the woodland canopy and its application in mapping, with direct relevance to forest management. By Peter Crow. Related pages Historic environment resources
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    Methuselah

    Lead Author: Kieron Doick
    A monitoring and evaluation strategy for urban greenspace. Contact Kieron Doick
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    Impacts of climate change on forests in Scotland

    Lead Author: Duncan Ray
    Report compiled for Forestry Commission Scotland by Duncan Ray with sections also drafted by Dave Wainhouse, Joan Webber and Barry Gardiner.
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    Payments for ecosystems services

    Lead Author: Gregory Valatin
    Ecosystem services have traditionally been regarded as ‘free goods’ and there is a lack of incentives to protect them. Payments for Ecosystem Services attempt to rectify this, often through market mechanisms. The use of these schemes has become more widespread particularly in the USA and some developing countries. By Gregory Valatin (Forest Research) and Jenna Coull […]
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    Climate change: Impacts and adaptation in Scotland

    Lead Author: Forest Research
    By Duncan Ray Summary from Forest Research Annual Report and Accounts 2007-8. Related pages Climate change research
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    [Archive] Forest Research Annual Report and Accounts 2006-2007

    Lead Author: Forest Research
    This report is available to download here or to order in hardcopy from The Stationery Office (TSO) (Phone: 0870 600 5522; www.tsoshop.co.uk)