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This research examines the potential of agroforestry to contribute to meeting greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets outlined in Scotland’s Climate Change Plan, and the economic viability of adopting agroforestry practices. It finds agroforestry has potential to sequester carbon and is generally financially viable, but benefits vary according to different factors.
Project working with farmers to understand the barriers to and opportunities for increasing tree cover on agricultural land.
Project exploring land manager attitudes and barriers to uptake of natural colonisation as a means of woodland creation.
Bianca Ambrose-Oji Kevin Watts
Short summary of evaluation of outcomes and benefits of conducting i-Tree Eco surveys in the UK.
This review aims to answer the question “what are the public perspectives of woodland creation, expansion, management and maintenance?” (where woodland is taken to refer to trees in any location and context). Using a combination of structured search strings and key word searches, the search process uncovered 81 relevant publications...
This research aims to find out how to expand woodland cover in a way that maximises ecological and social benefits. The programme complements the other six programmes and follows collaborative principles to produce tools which support land managers, stakeholders and policymakers to increase engagement with woodland creation activities
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Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Economic research Woodfuel scoping study (PDF-266K) Access our current and recent socio-economic research.
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