Guidance on site selection for brash removal (PDF-1078K)
By Tom Nisbet.
Considers site selection for brash removal in upland conifer forests, with a focus on Sitka spruce stands.
Short rotation forestry: review of growth and environmental impacts (PDF-3255K)
By Helen McKay (Ed.)
This review updates the Hardcastle review (2006) of the environmental impacts of growing fastgrowing broadleaved species as short rotation forestry in Britain and where possible strengthens it using primary unpublished data.
Forest Research Monograph: 2
ISBN 978-0-85538-827-0
Stump harvesting: interim guidance on site selection and good practice (PDF-905K)
Guidance to assist the forest industry in identifying sites where stumps may be harvested without compromising long-term sustainability, and on any environmental safeguards that must be applied.
Woodfuel information pack
Brings together key basic information about the many aspects of using woodfuel. This includes background on the benefits, renewable energy targets and policy, sources, conversion, end users and systems.
Woodfuel meets the challenge (PDF-1499K)
This leaflet gives information about woodfuel including its benefits, modern woodfuel technology and products and compares costs with other energy source such as gas, oil and electricity (8 pages).
Woodfuel - social and economic dimensions
Series of reports and presentations from research project to understand the challenges of using trees, woods and forests in an effective woodfuel sector, how and why private woodlands owners produce woodfuel, what forms of partnerships are appropriate and the role of local communities.
- Stakeholder perceptions of short-rotation forestry for energy - Literature review (PDF-246K)
Research conducted in order to further understanding of the social viability of short-rotation forestry in the British landscape. - Private landowners’ engagement with woodfuel production: a scoping study in Fife (PDF-788K)
Survey to discover the attitudes and actions of private landowners in relation to options for woodfuel production and use. - Factors influencing woodfuel production by private landowners: a scoping study in Fife (PDF-1819K)
Presentation to the Farm Woodlands Forum (June 2009). - Social 'barriers' to woodfuel production from farm woods (PDF-874K)
Presentation to the Farm Woodlands Forum (June 2009). - Developing effective methods for identifying woodland owners: an Oxfordshire pilot study (PDF-4857K)
A study aimed at identifying and demonstrating cost and time efficient methods of identifying woodland owners.
