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    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

    [Archive] Forestry section proceedings from the British Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting 1986
    Lead Author: G.C. Barnes (Ed.)
    The paper explores the contribution that science has made to forestry and woodland management and looks at the scientific prospects and limitations for the future. It explains the reasons why Britain has become so low in self-sufficiency of wood products and charts the steps successive Governments have taken to change this, starting with the creation […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Restoring afforested peat bogs: results of current research
    Lead Author: Russell Anderson
    The value of peat bogs as open habitats and stores of carbon may be lost if they are planted with trees. The number of bogs being restored is increasing but still modest in scale relative to the area of afforested peatland. Research is currently being carried out to determine the feasibility and methodology for restoring […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Soil quality

     What are the properties of soil and how do they determine the ability of the soil to perform a variety of functions indicative of a healthy soil
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Gwydyr forest in Snowdonia: a history
    Lead Author: Donald L. Shaw
    In 1920 the Forestry Commission began the transformation of a great expanse of steep hillside and moorland, around Betws-y-Coed in North Wales, into modern productive forest. The few old oakwoods that remained, and the remarkable scenery of riverside, lake and crag were treated with the consideration they merited when spruce, larch, pine and Douglas fir […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Step 4: Identify the desired pathway and related management actions

     Resilience Implementation Framework - step 4
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Valuing flood regulation services of existing forest cover to inform natural capital accounts

     Background Forests are recognised to reduce flood flows, although the issue is complex and continues to be explored. While the processes of how trees affect the generation and conveyance of flood waters are understood, there remains a lack of monitoring data to quantify effects at the catchment scale (click here to visit the WWNP evidence base webpage). This […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The management of forest streams (FC Leaflet 78 – 1980)

     This Leaflet discusses forest management in relation to stream conservation, as well as stream health and improvement.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Report on the investigation into the condition of tree crops at Llandover and Llantrisant forests in the South Wales and Monmouthshire coalfields
    Lead Author: W.R. Day
    A history of the condition of tree crops at Llandover and Llantrisant forests containing an introduction, past history of sites, history of policy and management, previous reports, topography, climate, geology, water systems, soils, vegetation, present condition of crops, factors affecting the growth of plantations, notes on woodland areas other than the forests, discussion of suitability […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Woodland for Water: Woodland measures for meeting Water Framework Directive objectives
    Lead Author: Tom Nisbet
    This report considers the key issues relating to woodland and the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in England and Wales, but has application to Scotland and Northern Ireland. By Tom Nisbet, Martyn Silgram, Nadeem Shah, Katrina Morrow & Samantha Broadmeadow. Forest Research Monograph: 4ISBN 978-0-85538-830-0 Related pages Forest hydrology Soil sustainability
  • Tools and Resources

    PG Suspension

     A biological control agent for Heterobasidion annosum
  • Tools and Resources

    Forests and soil

     Soil is an important component of the forest ecosystem.