Filtered publications and research

Current research into the role of forestry in natural flood management

Management tools, advice and research to reduce and manage wind damage to British forests

Research to ensure forest practices do not compromise soil sustainability, and to investigate effects of pollutant deposition and climate change on soil acidification and nutrient supply.

How woodland management can adapt in anticipation of climate change

An analysis of species diversity of the Public Forest Estate in Britain to help inform the future direction of research on species and provenance.

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

This study reviews approaches to accounting for carbon storage and carbon substitution benefits of harvested wood products under existing carbon market standards, and considers how the UK Woodland Carbon Code - which at present covers climate change mitigation benefits of afforestation in terms of carbon sequestration, might be extended.

We are working with Bat Conservation Trust to develop and trial a national citizen science field survey scheme and species distribution modelling framework for UK woodland bats.

Optimal rotation length model, which accounts for timber production and climate change mitigation (in terms of carbon benefits) and adaptation (in terms of windthrow risks), is developed.

This page summarises the work undertaken by Forest Research in creating best practice guidance in land regeneration