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Land regeneration and urban greening
 Establishing woodlands on brownfield and contaminated land.
Greenspace can successfully be established to provide a wide range of socio-economic, health and environmental benefits. There are, however, many challenges in designing and implementing solutions for sustainable greenspace development. Our cutting-edge research is designed specifically to address those challanges and disseminate as best practice guidance. About this research, its background and objectives, underlying Forestry Commission policy and funders Research programmesForthcoming conferences and eventsPublicationsRelated products and services- roots™ - decision support system for greening brownfield land
We provide a range of services to the environmental and remediation sector including: - Design, implementation and management of research projects
- Development of best practice guidance and decision tools
- Technical consultation for greenspace development on brownfield and contaminated sites
- Evaluation of research and regeneration programmes
- Catchment based critical load assessments
- Brown field site investigations
- Soil-forming material advisory service for land reclamation
- Testing service for novel products/amendments for land reclamation.
ContactFor more information please contact: Tony Hutchings
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH Tel: +44(0)1420 22255
Fax: +44(0)1420 23653
Email: tony.hutchings@forestry.gsi.gov.uk Research in this area is carried out by the Land Regeneration and Urban Greening Team working within the Environmental and Human Sciences Division.
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