
Forest Research
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Research agency for the Forestry Commission.
Scientific services to support sustainable forestry.
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Dr Claire Woodall from our Urban Forest Research Group ๐๏ธ๐ณ will be presenting '๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐' at a fascinating public seminar next month - 'Public Urban Green Spaces: Ecological


Check out our new interdisciplinary paper on early detection strategies for invading tree pests. Providing the first surveillance map for emerald ash borer incursions into the UK. bit.ly/3FOw2g1 Rothamsted Research University of York Forest Research University of Warwick

New research, in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University, suggests that European silver fir, Pacific silver fir, and Serbian spruce could be blended into the British spruce C16 market, offering promising alternatives for future timber production. These species demonstrated strong



๐ฐ A new paper from Forest Researchโs Dr Andrew Leslie and Teagascโs Dr Ian Short in the RoyalForestrySociety Quarterly Journal of Forestry, reviews the published literature on the benefits of mixed broadleaf and mixed conifer and broadleaf stands. It concludes that mixed stands can



Modelling in partnership with University of Stirling, University of Glasgow & RSPB Science suggests that planting next to existing woodland is likely to be much more effective in boosting woodland bird populations than planting in isolated patches or small clumps. Read more: ow.ly/kLKy50VGecb

Looking for a new role within the #forestry sector? The deadline for our latest vacancy is fast approaching โ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ / ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ Alice Holt, Hampshire ๐ 27 April ๐ ow.ly/8Xq250VG6k9 #Jobs #Careers



Looking for #TreeHealth advice to help you manage your woodland? Join us on Facebook on Tuesday 6 May, 12pm to 2pm. Our panel of experts from the Forestry Commission, Forest Research & Kew Gardens will answer your questions as part of #PlantHealthWeek. facebook.com/ForestryComm


