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    Tanau Gwyllt yng Nghymru – Crynodeb Gweithredol
    Lead Author: Matthew Jollands
    (Wildfires in Wales – Executive Summary). Summary of this project that sought to characterise and understand the problem of wildfires in the South Wales Valleys region and to offer recommendations for appropriate management and policy responses. By Matthew Jollands, Jake Morris and Andy Moffat. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research
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    Volunteering and Forestry Commission Wales: Scope, opportunities, and barriers
    Lead Author: Bianca Ambrose-Oji
    Report providing scoping evidence and information needed to understand current volunteering activity and opportunities and barriers to using volunteers as a consequence of the legal and any other pertinent issues as it applies in Wales. April 2011. By: Bianca Ambrose-Oji. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research
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    Volunteering in and for Scotland’s forests
    Lead Author: Liz O’Brien
    Report investigating the current opportunities for volunteering, where and how these operate and any barriers to developing volunteering or offering further opportunities. April 2011. By: Liz O’Brien and Mariella Marzano. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research
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    2011 – Health benefits of street trees
    Lead Author: Vadims Sarajevs
    Review of recent evidence of health benefits provided by street trees with special attention given to the economic estimates of such benefits. By Vadims Sarajevs. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research
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    Access for all? Barriers to accessing woodlands in the UK?
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Well-being and quality of life Access for all? Barriers to accessing woodlands in the UK? (PDF-77K) Access our current and recent socio-economic research.
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    Woods and forests in British society: progress in research and practice
    Lead Author: Bianca Ambrose-Oji
    By Bianca Ambrose-Oji and Karen Fancett (Eds.). Papers presented at the Trees and Forests in British society conference in April 2010. Forest Research Monograph: 3ISBN 978-0-85538-828-7 Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research
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    Public engagement in forestry: a toolbox for public engagement in forest and woodland planning
    Lead Author: Bianca Ambrose-Oji
    This toolbox revises the previous edition – 'Involving people in forestry: a toolbox for public involvement in forest and woodland planning' which was published in 2004. The toolbox provides information and ideas to forest and woodland managers on ways to engage individuals, communities and organisations in the decision-making process, design and management of forestry projects […]
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    Lifestyle, identity and young people’s experiences of mountain biking
    Lead Author: Katherine King
    This Research Note summarises in-depth research conducted with young people as part of the Active England project at Bedgebury Forest, Kent.
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    Learning from monitoring and evaluation – a blueprint for an adaptive organisation
    Lead Author: Jake Morris
    Report setting out principles for learning from social forestry monitoring and evaluation within the Forestry Commission and its partners. By Jake Morris and Anna Lawrence. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research
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    Uptake of decision support systems in the forestry sector in Great Britain
    Lead Author: Amy Stewart
    Understanding the factors affecting the uptake of Decision Support Systems in the GB forestry sector and how these can be addressed to enhance and improve uptake. Scoping Report, September 2010. By Amy Stewart,Anna Lawrence and David Edwards. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research
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    Landowners’ attitudes to woodland creation and management in the UK: A review of evidence in the UK
    Lead Author: Anna Lawrence
    What does existing evidence tell us about landowners’ values, attitudes and knowledge in relation to decisions about woodland management and creation?. By Anna Lawrence, Norman Dandy and Julie Urquhart. Summary report (PDF-443K)
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    2010 – Place-making and communities: A review of concepts, indicators, policy and practice
    Lead Author: Amy Stewart
    Exploring the UK government (including forestry-related) usage and definitions of terms or concepts related to the social and community benefits that can potentially be realised through accessible provision of green space, including woods and trees. October 2010. By Amy Stewart.
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    Place-making and communities: Inventory of social evidence and practical programmes relating to trees, woods and forests and urban/peri-urban regeneration, place-making and place-shaping
    Lead Author: Amy Stewart
    Report that identifies key evidence themes and evidence gaps and urban regeneration, place-shaping and making programmes in Great Britain in which trees have played the fundamental role. October 2010. By Amy Stewart and Liz O’Brien.
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    Forestry publication document

    Cultural value of trees, woods and forests – Executive Summary
    Lead Author: Paul Tabbush
    Summary from study that explored how cultural values are identified, explored and taken into account in forest planning and decision-making processes. You may also download the full report(PDF-438K) here. By Paul Tabbush.
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    Review of research evidence in relation to the role of trees and woods in formal education and learning
    Lead Author: Rebecca Lovell
    Final report from study to identify and explore research relating to education and learning outdoors. A particular focus of the review was on learning that takes place in woods as well as learning that focuses on trees and woods. By Rebecca Lovell and Liz O’Brien and Roz Owen.
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    2010 – Evaluation of the Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme
    Lead Author: Claudia Carter
    Evaluation report that provides a detailed account of how the scheme ran and evidence of the impacts it had on a range of partners, participants and members of the surrounding local communities and that draws out key insights and lessons learnt from the scheme’s governance structure and processes. By Claudia Carter, Liz O’Brien and Jake […]
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    Social diversity in the forestry profession
    Lead Author: Bianca Ambrose-Oji
    Research report into employing a social marketing approach to investigating and planning interventions designed to change the behaviour of people looking for work. Specifically, the application behaviour of Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates in future Forestry Commission recruitments, to see increasing numbers of applications from them. By Bianca Ambrose-Oji. Related pages People, trees and […]
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    The social and cultural values, and governance, of street trees
    Lead Author: Norman Dandy
    Climate change and street trees project – Social Research Report. Understanding the social and cultural values associated with street trees in the urban environment and the governance context in which decisions about their management are made. By Norman Dandy. Related pages People, trees and woodlands Social forestry research