Woodlands and the environment

 

Research programmes

• Climate change: adapting forests and woodlands in Wales to a future climate
• Climate change: adapting Scotland's forests to a future climate
• Climate change: impacts
• Climate change: mitigation
• Environmental Change Network
• Forest Focus Review
• Forest hydrology
• Historic environment
• Intensive long term monitoring of forest ecosystems
• Soil sustainability

Related topics

• Guide to using woodland for sediment control

Forthcoming conferences and events

• Carbon benefits of timber in construction
• Forest Research and climate change
• Impacts of climate change on land-use function
• Understanding the carbon cycle of forest ecosystems - a data assimilation approach

Publications

• Publications about woodlands and the environment

Related products and services

• Alice Holt Research Forest - conduct studies with access to 50 years’ scientific data
• Chemical analysis service - of water, plant and soil samples
• Foliar analysis service - chemical analysis of foliage with optional fertiliser prescription
• Plant analysis service - chemical and nutrient analysis
• Soil analysis service - chemical analysis of soil samples
• Technical services - forest, soil and site surveys
• Water analysis service - chemical analysis of aqueous environmental samples
• Woodland heritage services - help for land managers to discover and protect what's under the woodland canopy

Services also include:

• Expert advice in environmental research fields
• Environmental impact assessments
• Physical environmental sustainability audits (site/forest specific).

Contact

For further information contact:

Prof Andy Moffat
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH

Tel: +44(0) 1420 526202
Fax: +44(0) 1420 520180
Email: andy.moffat@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Research into 'woodlands and the environment' within Forest Research is centred in the Environmental and Human Sciences Division.