Forest Research

Research agency for the Forestry Commission.
Scientific services to support sustainable forestry.

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🔎✨We are looking for two new Committee members to join the Forestry Commission Expert Committee on Forest Science.

📢 Closing Date: 30th January 2026
🔗 Apply online: https://t.co/JHiCDBG2wT

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💡New findings from the National Forest Inventory (NFI) highlight who owns Britain’s woodlands and how that land is held across England, Scotland and Wales. 🔗Read the full report: https://t.co/lxjH2z9bIr

🔎 The latest report draws on an NFI questionnaire survey of woodland owners, providing updated estimates of woodland area by ownership and property type.

🌳One key insight: Around 1.1 million hectares of woodland in Great Britain are privately owned by individuals, accounting for 37% of the total woodland area.

🤝Understanding woodland ownership is crucial for shaping effective forestry policy, supporting sustainable management, and delivering environmental benefits at scale.

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This week (15–18 December), Forest Research staff are attending the @BritishEcolSoc Annual Meeting in Edinburgh, taking part in a wide range of presentations, workshops and discussions that reflect the breadth of modern ecological science. 💚

Find out more: https://t.co/FeopsoCx7K

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Only nine conifer species make up almost all UK commercial forests. Sitka spruce accounts for over half of all timber harvested.

Read more: https://t.co/mTDghHawqb

To boost resilience to climate change, Forest Research and partners (@ForestryLS & @ForestryEngland) planted 17 emerging species across nine large trial sites. Early results are now published, led by Principal Scientist Dr Ian Willoughby.

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🌳Ammonia absorbing tree-belts lead to ecosystem trade-offs – increased nitrogen and carbon capture but reduced microbe diversity in soil – suggests new research. 👇

https://t.co/QfPm5Hwnks

The research was funded by @DefraGovUK Nature for Climate Fund.

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🪵🔥If you're involved in the harvesting, processing, transport, import or trade of firewood in Scotland, please complete our firewood industry survey to help protect Scotland’s trees. 👇https://t.co/jOP2l1goDE

🤝 Research led by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, in partnership with Forest Research, Sylva Foundation, Cromarty Firth Watershed Environmental Trust, and Sarah McLusky research events and facilitation. Funded by @PlantHealthScot.

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At @forestsandwood's Scotland Tree and Plant Health Update, Senior Scientist in Wood Properties, Ruben Manso outlined the latest work on stem cracking.

Ruben’s talk highlighted why reporting suspected cases through #TreeAlert is vital for understanding where cracks are emerging.

More information: https://t.co/WlRsG24ieh

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🌿New guidance is now available to help local authorities understand the social and cultural values people hold for their local trees.

Partnership with @TheTreeCouncil, @YorkUniversity and @FeraScience. Funded by @DefraGovUK Future Proofing Plant Health Programme.

👉 Guidance available online: https://t.co/8QQLAuuVMK

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Join our national monitoring project and help expand a network of pheromone traps to improve understanding of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus.

👉 Sign up: https://t.co/nYc0ZwXJd3

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#WoodlandManagement #TreeHealth

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A major new research project is now underway to identify a shortlist of productive tree species suited to Wales’ current and future climate 🌳🌦️

Commissioned by @WGClimateChange, Forest Research will lead the work in partnership with @WKWales, @BangorUni and @EdinburghNapier 🤝

More information: https://t.co/59jdZAHEpY

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Mae prosiect ymchwil newydd o bwys yn digwydd i nodi rhestr fer o rywogaethau cynhyrchiol o goed sy’n addas i hinsawdd Cymru yn awr ac yn y dyfodol 🌳🌦️

Comisiynwyd gan @NewidHinsawdd, bydd Forest Research yn arwain y gwaith mewn partneriaeth â @WKWales, @prifysgolbangor a @EdinburghNapier 🤝

Mwy o wybodaeth: https://t.co/WkQBeMcHcu

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Forest Research, led by social scientist, Dr Stephen McConnachie, interviewed 49 farmers and held two focus groups to understand how their values shape decisions about growing trees on farms.

Funded by @DefraGovUK Nature for Climate Fund 🌱

Full detail: https://t.co/9HVEbmRj5w

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It’s National Tree Week and to mark the occasion, Forest Research staff are sharing the tree species they love most. 💚

🔎🌳 We’ve also updated our 'Easy Guide to Forest Trees and Their Uses' publication. Order online: https://t.co/Z5KrUTTU5F

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We currently have two opportunities to join our teams at Forest Research.

🧪 Scientist – Molecular Biology – Alice Holt, Hampshire
🔧 Facilities Engineer – Roslin, Midlothian

Find out more and apply:
https://t.co/bEQEMZNkXU

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In our NEW blog, we're focusing on Ips typographus, commonly known as the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle.

We look at how the beetle arrived in the UK, the risk it poses, and how we're collaborating to fight this tree pest: https://t.co/P2DZWqni5Q

Image: Paws For Conservation