Case Studies
Our forestry and woodland management case studies showcase good practice, sharing knowledge and practical experience.
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Bron Haul , Conwy 2015
This award winning 20 year old woodland is managed for quality hardwood timber and coppice production whilst exploring opportunities for improving biodiversity and aiding water management, carbon capture and storage, solar energy capture, and soil building.
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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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Llewesog Estate, Denbighshire
Multipurpose forestry drives the management of this woodland with little public access.
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Warren and Lalbuss Plantations
This woodland has been managed according to principles of continuous cover forestry, which over time will transform the plantations into an irregular and more diverse structure.
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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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Norbury Park New Woodland on Former Arable Land to Offset Carbon
An inspiring new woodland created with a strong motive by the owner to offset carbon.
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Thetford Forest Diversifying after Dothistroma Needle Blight
Heavy and early thinning of Corsican pine in Thetford Forest has been implemented to control the outbreak of a pathogen, and a range of other species underplanted to diversify stands.
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Selfton Coast Diversifying Single Angle Structures
With a responsibility to deal with complex and diverse needs of multiple interest groups, Mersey Forest had developed novel approaches to diversifying the single age structure of stands of Corsican pine.
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Combe Sydenham Species Planting following Phytopthera ramorum
Following the first reported UK outbreak of Phytophthora ramorum (PR) on his estate, owner William Theed took the lead in supporting research into alternative species resistant to the disease.
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Whitbourne Estate, Worcestershire 2013
Take a close look at the Winner of the RFS Silviculture Award 2013.
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