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176 Search Results for forests and landscape

  • Research

    Forland Landscape Restoration

     The ForLand-Restoration project is developing a forest landscape restoration decision support platform. A collaborative research project funded by Climate-KIC to explore landscape restoration opportunities with stakeholders with the aim of reaching consensus on land use decisions.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Cultivation of soils for forestry
    Lead Author: D. B. Paterson
    This Bulletin describes how foresters can use cultivation to provide a favourable site for tree survival and growth. A guiding principle is to work within the limitations of the site and to appreciate the effects of cultivation upon the microsite and the wider forest environment. The wide range of cultivation techniques now available means that […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Encouraging biodiversity at multiple scales in support of resilient woodlands
    Lead Author: Chloe Bellamy
    Woodland ecosystems are integral to our health, well-being, security and economy, but they face a number of pressures including climate change, land-use intensification, and emerging pests and diseases. This Research Note explores the links between biodiversity, measured at different levels of organisation (genes, species and communities), and the ability of woodland ecosystems to withstand and […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Farm woodland practice
    Lead Author: B.G. Hibberd
    Today it is possible to create woodlands which not only provide income from timber but which also fit well in to the landscape, and offer an enriched habitat for wildlife and game. To grow trees successfully so that they thrive and are an asset to the farm requires a sound knowledge of the different tree […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Management of stem bleeding on oak

     General advice on the management of (bacterial) bleeding cankers on oak
  • Tools and Resources

    Noise abatement

     Urban greenspace can be used as a noise buffer to improve reduce noise pollution in urban areas
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Wood properties and uses of Scots pine in Britain
    Lead Author: Paul Mclean
    This Report collates and synthesises research into the production and use of Scots pine timber in Great Britain, drawing where necessary and for comparative purposes on sources from the European continent where Scots pine is better characterised and used in a wider range of applications.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Scenario analysis: exploring future woodland use and ecosystem services delivery
    Lead Author: Darren Moseley
    Land use change has been one of the major influences on UK forests and wooded landscapes for many years, with the future likely to be affected through changes in climate and human population pressure. This presents a challenge for the long-term planning and management of woodlands to provide the range of goods and benefits (i.e. […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Acute oak decline (AOD): Incidence and distribution

     Information about the incidence and distribution of acute oak decline (AOD) in Great Britain, and how it is obtained.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    A future with broadleaved trees
    Lead Author: Steve Lee
    A strategy for the improvement of broadleaved trees in Britain and Ireland   The nations’ broadleaved trees, such as oak, chestnut, ash and birch, are important economically, socially and environmentally. Forest Research, Future Trees Trust and Earth Trust have jointly produced a strategy to improve Britain’s and Ireland’s broadleaved trees. The strategy, ‘A future with broadleaved trees’, […]
  • Research

    Edinburgh Panda Consortium

     The Edinburgh Consortium for Giant Panda Conservation and Forest Landscape Restoration aims to deliver a 10-year Research Programme in partnership with Wolong and Sichuan colleagues.
  • Tools and Resources

    ForestGALES

     PC-based wind risk model for British forests