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Winter 2012/13 ^(PDF-3048K)

• Asian longhorn beetle
• High-resolution aerial photography for forestry
• Chalara dieback of ash
• Encouraging scientists of tomorrow
• International forestry collaboration
• Open Air Laboratories tree health survey
• New publications
• Events
• What's new on our website
• Contact details

Published: February 2013

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Autumn 2012 ^(PDF-2448K)

• Using green infrastructure to relieve urban heat-related stress
• Supporting peatland policy for Welsh forests
• NovelTree – novel technology!
• Advances in understanding forests and CO₂
• Award-winning article
• New publications
• Our other newsletters
• What's new on our website
• Contact details

Published: October 2012.

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Summer 2012 ^(PDF-1625K)

• Public preferences for forests as sites for recreation: a pan-European study
• Underpinning a move to precision forestry
• Advances in estimating forest production
• Research students investigate timber quality
• Forest Research’s chemical analysis laboratory shows its quality
• New publications
• Events
• What's new on our website
• Contact details

Published: June 2012.

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Winter 2011/12 ^(PDF-1937K)

• Praise for Scots pine project
• Oak processionary moth
• Successful germination of threatened species
• Woodland-related social enterprises
• Harnessing new developments in molecular technology
• Hands-on science at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• Forest Research reviewed by independent panel
• More Tree and Forest Health Days planned for 2012
• Linking forest risk to finance
• How much carbon and woodfuel do farm woodlands contain
• New publications
• Our other newsletters
• Events
• What's new on our website
• Contact details

Published: February 2012.

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Autumn 2011 ^(PDF-1082K)

• Woodland for Water
• Cultural and spiritual values of European forests
• New plant tissue culture laboratory opens
• New publications
• Events
• What's new on our website
• Contact details

Published: October 2011.

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Summer 2011 ^(PDF-2146K)

• The UK's first National Ecosystem Assessment is launched
• Assessing the sustainability of bioenergy crops
• Wildfires in Wales
• Transformation to continuous cover versus clearfelling and replanting - how do the economics compare?
• New seed research laboratory opens
• Communicating risk
• UK-India collaboration project update
• Saving seeds for the future
• European workshop considers the potential of urban forestry
• New publications
• Events
• What's new on our website
• Contact details

Published: July 2011.

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Spring 2011 ^(PDF-1764K)

• Green light for research into forest management effects on woodland birds
• International Year of Forests
• All you ever wanted to know about tree species…
• Climate change and the timber trade – understanding the opportunities and challenges
• New publication series launched
• Our other newsletters
• Events
• Contact details

Published: March 2011.

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January 2011 ^(PDF-3070K)

• Promoting sustainable greenspace
• Forest Research success at APF 2010
• Carbon and greenhouse gases in UK forestry
• Collaborative land-use project impresses reviewers
• New publications
• Events
• What’s new on our website

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September 2010 ^(PDF-2192K)

• Government Minister and top scientist see the science in the trees
• Help for managers and owners of native broadleaved woodland
• Storms – an increasing threat to Europe’s forests
• Can woodland reduce flooding?
• Big Society in your local woods!
• Rare lichen discovery
• New publications
• Our other newsletters
• Events
• What’s new on our website

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June 2010 ^(PDF-1982K)

• Trees and forests in British society
• Measuring forest phenology
• Forest Research at the Royal Botanic Gardens
• Online data management system
• Celebrating the Northern Research Station’s 40th anniversary
• New publications
• Events
• What’s new on our website

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March 2010 ^(PDF-2572K)

• The science behind the National Assessment of Forestry’s role in combating climate change
• Examining the benefits of green infrastructure
• The carbon in this piece of wood is equivalent to...
• Eforwood – Sustainability of the European forestry–wood chain
• Conserving endangered conifers
• Events
• What’s new on our website

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November 2009 ^(PDF-1893K)

• Pine-tree lappet moth found in Scotland
• Ecological networks: science and practice
• Forest Health days in Scotland
• Common juniper ‘in a pickle’
• Future monitoring of forest plots for climate change
• African students’ study visit
• New Publications
• Events
• What’s new on our website

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July 2009 ^(PDF-1519K)

• Acoustic tool improves tree harvesting efficiency
• Wildfires in Wales - what motivates arsonists?
• What can insects tell us about forests?
• Forest Research scientists captured on camera
• Costs and benefits of clonal forestry
• Evaluating carbon stocks in British forest soils
• Impact of nitrogen on British forests
• New Research Liaison Officer for England
• New Publications
• Events
• What’s new on our website

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April 2009 ^(PDF-1587K)

• Forest Research launches new Research Centres
• Monitoring and evaluating the contribution of trees, woods and forests to quality of life
• Stump harvesting — benefits and risks
• Friendly fungi — mycorrhizas and their vital role in plant and tree health
• Assessing open source GIS software for use with FR tools
• Investigating horse chestnut bleeding canker
• New Publications
• What’s new on our website
• Events

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December 2008 ^(PDF-963K)

• Message from the Chief Executive
• New toolkit measures the health benefits of urban trees
• Landscape-scale conservation
• Calling all private woodland owners
• Assessing the fate of direct-sown seed
• Rural Research and Strategy Partnership launches Research Workshop Series
• Investigating the cause of extensive stem bleeding on oaks
• Technical Services Unit – listening to customers
• Greening Alice Holt
• FR’s award-winning display
• New Publications
• Staff news
• What’s new on our website
• Awards