This week (15–18 December), Forest Research staff are attending the @britishecologicalsociety.org Annual Meeting in Edinburgh, taking part in a wide range of presentations, workshops and discussions.💚 Find out more: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-... #BES #ForestResearch #Ecology

Only nine conifer species make up almost all UK commercial forests. Sitka spruce accounts for over half of all timber harvested. To boost resilience to climate change, Forest Research and partners (Forestry and Land Scotland & Forestry England) planted 17 emerging species over 9 large trial sites.

🌳Ammonia absorbing tree-belts lead to ecosystem trade-offs – increased nitrogen and carbon capture but reduced microbe diversity in soil – suggests new research. 👇 www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/what-ef... The research was funded by #DefraGovUK Nature for Climate Fund.

🪵🔥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. 👇 www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/take-pa...

New guidance is available to help local authorities understand the social & cultural values people hold for trees. Partnership with @thetreecouncil.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social #FeraScience Funded by #DefraGovUK Future Proofing Plant Health Programme. More info: ow.ly/tMJi50XBIMA

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: ow.ly/4uIC50XtyqM @forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK #WoodlandManagement #TreeHealth

A major new research project is underway to identify a shortlist of productive tree species suited to Wales’ current & future climate. Commissioned by Welsh Gov, partnership with @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & @edinburghnapier.bsky.social Details: ow.ly/twfa50XyxBK

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 Defra's Nature for Climate Fund 🌱 Full detail: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/how-do-...

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: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications... #NationalTreeWeek @thetreecouncil.bsky.social

The latest Timber Price Indices for Great Britain has now been published, covering sales up to 30 September 2025. View the full Timber Price Indices here: ow.ly/i5SC50XtYEp #ForestResearch #TimberPriceIndices #UKForestry

Join our national monitoring project and help expand a GB-wide network of pheromone traps to improve understanding of the eight toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus. 👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9 @forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK

Chief Scientist, Prof. Bianca Ambrose-Oji, and many FR researchers presented at the Britain’s Forest Future conference running in Durham yesterday and today 🌳📊. Organised by Defra @uktreescapes.bsky.social and the Centre for Forest Protection #ForestResearch #UKTreescapes #ForestsFuture

👏 Dr Nadeem W. Shah, Senior Hydrologist at Forest Research, presented at the 6th @iufro.bsky.social International Conference on Forests and Water in a Changing Environment. Delegates visited the Miyun Reservoir Forest Experiment Station, which was damaged in this summer’s floods.

🌿 We’re hiring a Scientist in Molecular Biology to be involved in routine testing of samples for pests and pathogens. 👉 Find out more and apply: ow.ly/NGqQ50XkRNX 📍 Location: Alice Holt Research Station, Hampshire 📅 Apply by: 25 November 2025 #ScienceCareers

📣Calling all researchers & practitioners – join us for a practical webinar to introduce an interactive tool that maps the social science evidence of land managers & woodland creation. 📅 Thursday 4 December, 15:00 - 15:30 💻 Free online session 👉 Register: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/land-ma...

Liz O’Brien, Forest Research’s Principal Social Scientist, gave a keynote on Green Social Prescribing at the World Forum on Forest Therapy 🇰🇷. With 300 delegates from 35 countries, the event showed how forest therapy is shaping global health policy. 🌲 #ForestTherapy #NatureForHealth

🌍 @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social explores the complex impacts of #windstorms as well as forest management strategies to help reduce wind-related damage, incl the #ForestGALES decision support tool, widely used across Europe to inform sustainable forest management. #ForestResearch #ClimateScience

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 t𝐡𝐞 𝟗𝐭𝐡 #𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. The focus on understanding how #peatlands respond to restoration at different scales from the microscopic to the catchment level. @rspbscience.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social

📢🤝Forest Research and the Sylva Foundation are inviting woodland owners and agents in England to take part in an exciting new project investigating how woodland structure influences biodiversity. 🔗 Find out more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/owners-...

🌿 We’re hiring a Field Research Officer to play a key role in collecting and managing data that underpins our research on forest health, resilience and sustainable management. Apply: ow.ly/3nZb50XkRNV 📍 Location: Santon Downham, Brandon, Suffolk #ForestryJobs #ForestResearch #EnvironmentalScience

We’ve been working with Scottish Forestry to develop a shortlist of 28 productive tree species that will help diversify woodland, strengthen resilience to pests, diseases, and climate change, and guide future investment and management decisions. 💪🌳 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/jkvB50XjCLs #ForestResearch

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Byddwn yng nghynhadledd rithiol #WythnosHinsawddCymru yr wythnos nesaf. 👋Dewch i ddweud helo wrth ein stondin arddangos rithiol. ⏰Byddwn yma o 8:30am - 3:30pm 📅3 tan 5 Tachwedd 🔗Ymunwch â ni trwy ymrestru i’r digwyddiad ow.ly/FxBy50XiXxj

Site managers are often unsure how visitors perceive dead & decaying trees in the landscape. 📘 Full report: forestresearch.gov.uk/news/public-... @nationaltrust.org.uk @kneppwilding.bsky.social Funded by Defra's #NatureforClimate

🤩 Earlier this month, 15 delegates attended our training school to learn about applying social science to urban tree health as part of the COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology & COST Action CA 20132 – UrbanTreeGuard. #UrbanTreeHealth #Biosecurity #ForestResearch

Have you ever used our Forest Research Statistics Publications? We want to hear from you. Take part in the survey here ➡️ ow.ly/r6TT50XcfvO 💫 Help us make our publications even better. 🗓️ Closes 31 October 2025 💬 Takes just a few minutes #ForestryStatistics #ForestResearch

A day in the life of an Applied Biologist... All through #BiologyWeek we'll be showcasing the diverse careers of our applied biology community 🌱 First up join Mirabelle Ostle, a Forest Ecological Advisor for @forestresearchuk.bsky.social, as she walks us through her working day 🌲 #IAmABiologist

🌳 How do new woodlands shape wellbeing and sense of place? Research led by Dr Beth Brockett at Forest Research found communities see local tree planting as good for both nature and people. 🔍 Learn more: ow.ly/kLaK50XaSGB #WoodlandCreation | #SocialScience

🆕The latest price-size curves report for UK-grown hardwood species has been published. Inside you'll find updated curves for various species, combining survey data with insight to estimate standing sale prices (£/m³) across different tree sizes. 🔗 ow.ly/LkuO50WYJHb 🤝Grown in Britain #GiBWeek2025

🌳 Scientists from our Tree Health team recently attended The Sunken Garden Ecofair in Margate, Kent where they spoke to people about #Pests and #Diseases of trees and how to report to #ForestResearch. Report ill health in trees via TreeAlert ↙ 🔗 ow.ly/6b8v50X3y7q

💦 Through piloting the Woodland Water Code, we worked with Blenheim Palace and AtkinsRéalis to quantify reductions in agricultural pollution and flood waters on the estate as a result of woodland creation. 🔗 Read more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/blenhei... #GreenFinance #NaturalCapital

🌳 Trees help fight #ClimateChange by capturing #Carbon from the air and storing it. Explore our new carbon content in the Climate Change Hub to see how you can help enhance carbon stocks and contribute to #ClimateAction. 🔗 www.forestresearch.gov.uk/climate-chan...

📢 BRITAIN'S FOREST FUTURE: RESEARCH-PRACTICE EXCHANGE 🌳 Join us for the most significant forest and woodland research, policy and practice knowledge-exchange event in 2025! 📍 Durham 📅 17 & 18 November 2025 🔗 Find out more and book your place: britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event

Earlier this month, #ForestResearch biogeochemist, Dr Elena Vanguelova, took part in the Westminster Climate and Nature (Soils) Roundtable at the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk, as part of wider discussion of the proposed Climate and Nature Bill, hosted by Dr Roz Savage MP.

🔬This month, Olivia Azevedo, Luci Corbett, Kaisa Ilmari & Elena Vanguelova attended #EUROSOIL2025 delivering five presentations & two posters. 🗣️“We’ve had the chance to hear about other research & trials in various forest settings globally, inspiring our future work & collaboration.” – Kaisa Ilmari

📢 The latest Accredited Official #Statistics on woodland & #Forestry in the UK have been published. This annual summary brings together data on topics such as woodland area & cover, trade and economics on behalf of forestry authorities in the UK. 🔗 www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...

Social scientist Beth Brockett presented research about understanding & working with farmers’ values when considering expanding tree and hedgerow cover on farms. 🔗Access farm advisor guide & interviews with farmers who have significantly expanded tree cover on their farms: ow.ly/krFA50WZigf #LUNZ

The #ClimateChange Hub is the official home of UK forestry climate change guidance. 🌳 Our practical, evidence-based resources can help land managers navigate risks, adaptation measures and carbon considerations. Explore the Climate Change Hub ➡ www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/forestr...

We’re working with Defra, @forest-protection.bsky.social, Kew Gardens, @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social, @inrae-hdf.bsky.social & @sylva.org.uk on #ClimateChange & woodland resilience projects. ⬇

👍 A great day at the Creating Canopies II: Resilience, Adaptation & Regenerative Approaches conference last week. 🌟 The event opened with a keynote from @chrisquine.bsky.social on “Perils, pests & protection”, setting the stage for two days of talks, poster sessions & a visit to Coombs Wood Forest.

🪲Last week, Forest Research entomologists presented at the @royentsoc.bsky.social's #Ento25 conference. Topics covered included: 🐛 Oak processionary moth population genetics 🔎 GB-wide monitoring for invasive forest insects 🪳 Using arthropods as indicators for the restoration of peatland

🌳 Cities are setting targets for urban tree cover, but how effective are they? A new study finds targets range from 4% to 50%, with timelines from 3 to 51 years. Researchers recommend using the SMART framework to make these goals realistic and impactful. www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/thinkin...

As our understanding of climate change continues to evolve, keeping abreast of the latest research is key. 🔎 Tailor your learning with resources in the Climate Change Hub: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/climate-chan... #Forestry #ClimateChange

🌳 We need your help in reporting oak shake. 👉 Take part: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/report-... This project is a Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation funded Centre for Forest Protection project, led by Forest Research and @rbgkew.bsky.social

🗣️ Have your say by 30 September. We’re running a survey open to anyone working in forestry or using wood products, from furniture to paper. We want to know: What motivates you to make sustainable choices? 🌱 Take part here: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/nudge-t... #WoodProducts #ForestrySurvey

Climate projections can help land managers anticipate both challenges & opportunities with changing weather patterns, from drought & flooding risks to extended growing seasons. Discover how climate projections up to 2080 inform risk and adaptation guidance: ow.ly/7xSr50WR6E2 👀📹➡️ ow.ly/yBys50WR6CZ

🌳 Forest Research, Forestry England and Forestry and Land Scotland have developed the Forest Biodiversity Index (FOBI), a transparent and repeatable way to assess the biodiversity potential of Britain’s state-owned forests using existing data. 🔎 Learn more: ow.ly/paqX50WPAAs

🗣️ Calling all woodland owners and managers – we need your help to expand a GB-wide network of pheromone traps to help protect Britain’s spruce woodlands from Ips typographus (spruce bark beetle). 🔗 Find out more: ow.ly/rsiF50WOXb2

Forest Research has created an interactive guide to help policymakers and practitioners understand the unique social and cultural values of trees outside of woodlands in peri-urban and rural settings. ow.ly/KsYW50WMVBZ Funded by the UK Government through Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund programme.

Urban forests play a vital role in helping reduce the impacts of extreme weather, from cooling to flood mitigation. But urban forests require climate-conscious planning & management to ensure they continue to deliver multiple benefits for generations to come. 🔎 Explore guidance: ow.ly/yjqP50WMENv

Last week we teamed up with The Royal Scottish Forestry Society for an event at our Northern Research Station, focusing on protecting Scotland’s trees. Events like this help strengthen knowledge and skills to safeguard the health of our forests. #ForestHealth #TreeAlert #ForestResearch