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Co-design of tree health policy options for resilient treescapes as part of Future Farming and Countryside Programme (FFC)

The Nature Integration Programme facilitates sustainable integration of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants into society. A large number of these groups have been taken in by Sweden in recent years.

By analysing submissions to the Tributes to Trees website, Forest Research found that people express emotional and sensory experiences from their connections with trees, woodlands and forests, and these are inextricably linked to different places, people and activities

This research provides new insights into how to recognise and understand the value of ecosystem services provided by trees and forests.

The development of stakeholder visions for woodland expansion in Scotland from analysing organisational documents, workshops and interviews.

Exploration of the resilience of woodlands to future change by assessing how ecosystem service values and natural capital stocks of woodlands may be affected by change through the application of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (UK NEA) scenarios and different management approaches, e.g. forest diversification through the application of forest management alternatives

Following the discovery of Phytophthera Ramorum close to Rowardennan in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Forest Research were commissioned to carry out questionnaires with hikers in the area to investigate their awareness of and engagement with the topic of tree pests and diseases, and biosecurity.

What is tree resilience and how can we support better management for tree health in the face of climate change and pests and diseases?