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Timber Price Indices data (to March 2025) and 2024 provisional figures for UK Wood Production and Trade have been released.  

Woodland owners and managers are being asked to take part in a new research project to monitor the health of oak trees across the UK.

Survey of 7,000 people conducted to find out about the public’s awareness and understanding of biosecurity and plant and tree health in the UK.

Planting woodland adjacent to established woodland or in large clumps is more likely to boost bird populations than random planting, modelling suggests.

Forest Research has announced that Dr Bianca Ambrose-Oji, currently Head of its Society and Environment Research Group, will succeed Professor Chris Quine FRSE as Chief Scientist from June 2025.

England’s non-woodland trees have been mapped for the first time, revealing these trees make up nearly one third of our nation’s tree cover.   

Forest Research, in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University, have taken a first step in systematically assessing the timber potential of underutilised species in the UK.

Nature, the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal, has published findings from a new global study investigating which tree species fix the most carbon.

Forest Research have released a new video about the increasing risks of wind and storms and ways to mitigate their damage, including by using ForestGALES.