Tree Planting vs Natural Processes: Land managers, tell us your thoughts!
Leading research from Forest Research and the University of Stirling is starting to understand the factors that would influence decisions and trade-offs between different methods of increasing tree cover or expanding woodlands for land managers.
The Tree Cover Expansion Choices survey has now been launched to further understand their views on different approaches to tree cover expansion: tree planting, natural processes (known as ‘natural colonisation’) and hybrid approaches. We are now asking land managers to come forward and answer this short, anonymous survey:
https://peopleandtreesurveys.limesurvey.net/593382
Land managers from a wide range of backgrounds are being invited to participate:
Prize draw
We will also make participants’ time worthwhile, by offering them the opportunity to be included in our prize draw! There is a chance to win:
Supporting future decisions on woodland expansion
This vital research will enhance Forest Research’s understanding of land manager decision making. The data collected from responses will be subsequently fed back into UKRI’s Treescape Programme to improve environmental, socio-economic and cultural understandings of the functions and services provided by UK treescapes in order to inform future decisions on woodland expansion and improved safeguarding and management.
Put simply, by taking our survey, land managers will be directly contributing to ground-breaking research that will influence future Government policy making.
The survey will close on Thursday 29th February 2024.
Who is conducting this survey?
This survey has been commissioned by Forest Research and the University of Stirling, and is being conducted by Reheat.
The Tree Cover Expansion Choices survey has now been launched to further understand their views on different approaches to tree cover expansion: tree planting, natural processes (known as ‘natural colonisation’) and hybrid approaches. We are now asking land managers to come forward and answer this short, anonymous survey:
https://peopleandtreesurveys.limesurvey.net/593382
Land managers from a wide range of backgrounds are being invited to participate:
- Located in England, Scotland and Wales
- Operating in conservation, commercial and public sectors
Prize draw
We will also make participants’ time worthwhile, by offering them the opportunity to be included in our prize draw! There is a chance to win:
- A Gransfors Small Forest Axe (worth £140)
- One of two bottles of Nc'nean Organic Whisky (worth £54.95)
- One of three bottles of Nc'nean Organic Botanical Spirit (worth £33.95)
Supporting future decisions on woodland expansion
This vital research will enhance Forest Research’s understanding of land manager decision making. The data collected from responses will be subsequently fed back into UKRI’s Treescape Programme to improve environmental, socio-economic and cultural understandings of the functions and services provided by UK treescapes in order to inform future decisions on woodland expansion and improved safeguarding and management.
Put simply, by taking our survey, land managers will be directly contributing to ground-breaking research that will influence future Government policy making.
The survey will close on Thursday 29th February 2024.
Who is conducting this survey?
This survey has been commissioned by Forest Research and the University of Stirling, and is being conducted by Reheat.