Case Studies
Our forestry and woodland management case studies showcase good practice, sharing knowledge and practical experience.
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Woodland Carbon Code at Zetland Estates
By keeping a close account of costs and revenues, remaining flexible and adopting new practices, an experienced forest manager has ensured that woodland cover on the estate is not only stable but increasing.
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Leighton Coast Redwood Thinning 2019
The Charles Ackers Redwood Grove and Naylor Pinetum at Leighton in mid Wales is owned and managed by the RFS.
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Hoveton House Plantation ‘Sheet Mulcher’
Hoveton House Estate in Norfolk won the 2017 RFS Excellence in Silviculture Gold Award for the establishment of 12-year-old Stable Field Wood, a 2.9-hectare site with rather remarkable growth rates.
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Coed Preseli, Pembrokeshire 2015
This award winning woodland maximises sustainable timber production and quality for income generation while providing for effective biodiversity, landscape enhancement, wildlife and archaeological conservation, and soil and water protection.
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Ford and Etal Estates, Northumberland 2016
Management strategy and flexibility needed to adapt to new challenges makes these compartments award winning.
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Restocking pedunculate oak plantations
This case study looks at how Sotterley Estate have been restocking plantations since 1993, latterly adopting Lemair's system of “active silviculture” with the aim of reducing oak rotation from 140 years to 120 or even 100 or 90 years.
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Growing Good Oak, Whitbourne Estate 2014
This woodland has been in the family for 150 years, and has been primarily managed for quality timber.
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