Woodland Management Survey |
Forest Fact
Canopy Land Use
ECOS |
Richmond, UK |
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
Ongoing |
Ecological assessment, ground survey and management planning for Council owned woodland in Richmond Borough. Includes defining key environmental and amenity objectives as well as tree risk management plans. |
GIS data management |
Forest Fact |
UK |
Private Estate Clients |
Ongoing |
Managing and running a forest information system including GIS and database management for various private estates. Includes managing data across around 10 significant private Estates and numerous small woodlands in the south of England. |
CCF Data collection |
Forest Fact |
Wales, UK |
Forest Research |
2009 |
Sample marking and plot survey data collection for Continuous Cover research trials in North Wales |
Production Survey |
Forest Fact |
Scotland, UK |
Forest Research |
2009 |
Working across Forestry Commission property in Dornoch Forest District assessing pre-harvest timber volumes. |
Pre-thinning Survey |
Forest Fact |
Mid Wales, UK |
Forestry Commission |
2008 - present |
Working in FC Coed y Gororau and Coed y Mynydd Forest Districts assessing pre-thin volumes. |
Forestry Stock Survey |
Forest Fact |
Forest of Dean District |
Forest Research |
2006 - present |
Plot survey using digital callipers to assess stand stocking, volume and potential yield in a commercial forest across the Forest Enterprise Forest of Dean district. Results are downloaded directly to a data logger and mailed daily to the client. |
Pre-harvest volume assessment |
Forest Fact |
Wales, UK |
Forest Enterprise |
2006 - 2008 |
Plot and point survey to generate pre-thinning and felling volume data for Forest Enterprise District harvesting plans. |
Pre-thinning Survey |
Forest Fact |
Mid Wales, UK |
Forestry Commission |
2008 |
Working in FC Coed y Gororau and Coed y Mynydd Forest Districts assessing pre-thin volumes. |
Production Survey |
Forest Fact |
South East England |
Forest Research |
2008 |
Working across Forestry Commission property in the south east of England assessing pre-harvest volumes. |
Veteran tree survey |
Forest Fact |
Forest of Dean, UK |
Forest Enterprise |
2005 |
Working through Savernake Forest to identify, assess and make recommendations for veteran trees requiring protection in ongoing forestry operations. |
Forestry Stock Survey |
Forest Fact |
Forest of Dean District |
Forest Research |
2005 |
Plot survey using digital callipers to assess stand stocking, volume and potential yield in a commercial forest across the Forest Enterprise Forest of Dean district. Results are downloaded directly to a data logger and mailed daily to the client. |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) Woodland Management Plans |
FRR Ltd/Forest Fact |
Doncaster, England |
DMBC |
2005 |
Having developed a woodland strategy in 2002-3 (see below) for the 580 ha DMBC woodland Estate, the Company has been asked back to develop detailed management plans for its principal managed woods. This includes overseeing ecological assessment, developing operational plans and undertaking public consultation. |
Woodland Environmental Impact Assessment |
Forest Fact |
Dorset, UK |
Private client |
2005 |
Assessment of proposed reversion of beech plantation to semi-natural grassland. Include historical research on the site and its management assessment of current ecological status and an evaluation of proposed grassland restoration. |
Woodland Assessments |
Forest Fact |
South West England |
Private client |
2005 |
Following Forestry Commission protocols for evaluating ancient semi natural woodland to ensure that proposed woodland management on various sites does not have a negative effect on the woods’ ecology. |
Phase 1 habitat survey |
Forest Fact |
Gloucs |
Private Client |
2005 |
Habitat survey to assess a tract of land with respect to its status as potential ‘Open Country’ under the CROW Act. |
Forestry Commission Tactical Survey |
Forest Fact |
North Wales, UK |
Forest Research |
2005 |
Plot survey and databasing as part of the development of the Forestry Commission national production forecast and the District forestry planning process. |
Native Woodland Planning (with ecological assessment) |
Forest Fact |
South West England |
Private Clients |
2005 |
Assessment and management planning of four different private woodland Estates ranging in size from 80 to 150 hectares. Following Forestry Commission protocol for Native Woodland Plans from ecological assessment through to plan preparation and implementation. |
Canopy Height Assessment |
Forest research/ Forest Fact |
North Wales |
Windjen Power Limited |
Ongoing |
Predicting tree canopy height growth over the coming 20 years in forest stands surrounding a proposed wind farm. |
Hardwood quality assessment |
Forest Fact |
North Wales |
Forest Research Conwy Council Coed Cymru |
2004 |
Following mapping of the broadleaved woodland resource in the Conwy district, Forest Fact has been asked to sample 10% of the identified woods for the hardwood resource that they might contain. This is to enable planning of processing industries. This is a plot sample with quantitative and qualitative assessment of all stands. |
Pre-thinning volume assessment |
Forest Fact |
Bucks, UK |
Forest Enterprise |
2004 |
Plot sample to generate pre-thinning volume data for Forest Enterprise District harvesting plans. |
Mapping and data preparation |
Forest Fact |
East Anglia, UK |
Forest Research |
2003 |
Digital mapping (from digital aerial photos), ground truthing and volume data assessment in the Forest Enterprise East Anglia Forest District (2,500 ha). |
Pre-thinning survey |
Forest Fact |
Forest of Dean, UK |
Forest Research |
2003 |
Point sample to generate pre-thinning volume data for Forest Enterprise District harvesting plans. |
Species composition assessment |
Forest Fact |
Northants, UK |
Forest Research |
2003 |
Point sample to assess species composition within selected Forest Enterprise woodlands. |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) Woodland Inventory |
FRR Ltd/ Forest Fact |
Doncaster, UK |
DMBC |
2003 |
Survey, mapping and databasing in ArcView GIS of 74 woodlands in Doncaster Borough, South Yorkshire, UK. Detailed stand measurement on selected commercial stands and advice on developing woodland management strategy in the context of social, ecological and commercial objectives. |
Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) assessment |
Forest Fact |
Forest of Dean, UK |
Forest Research |
2003 |
Design (with Forest Research) and implementation of new assessment protocol to evaluate success of stands identified for continuous cover silviculture. |
Ecological evaluation of native woodlands |
Forest fact |
Somerset, UK |
Private client and Private Woodland Trust |
2002 |
Two projects to assess native woodland communities in southern England and present plans for appropriate management. Includes NVC mapping, relevé sampling and evaluation of land use history. Results will be used by the Forestry Authority both to set limits on forestry operations and to ensure management will enhance their ecological status. |
Forest Enterprise sale volume assessment |
Forest Fact |
New Forest, UK |
Forest Enterprise |
2002 |
Plot survey work to produce volume analysis for the FE New Forest ongoing sales harvesting programme. |
Species composition survey |
Forest Fact |
New Forest, UK |
Forest Research |
2002 |
Point sample to assess species composition within selected Forest Enterprise woodlands. |
Survey of hazel coppice |
Forest Fact |
New Forest, UK |
Forest Enterprise |
2002 |
Survey and map the extent and quality of hazel coppice within the New Forest and make recommendations for its management. |
Data collection for Poplar Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) research |
Forest Fact |
Leicestershire, UK |
Alice Holt Research Station |
2002 |
Series of data collections from SRC farm provenance trials to establish the most efficacious varieties for use in biomass production. |
Hardwood survey development |
Forest Fact |
South Wales |
Forest research |
2002 |
Developing plot systems and data processing techniques to pilot a new hardwood survey system for Wales Harvesting and Marketing (WHAM). |
Woodland understorey assessment |
Forest Fact |
New Forest, UK |
Forest Research |
2002 |
Point sampling procedure to evaluate understorey development within mature plantations in the New Forest. |
Pre-thinning volume assessment |
Forest Fact |
Shropshire, UK |
Forest Research |
2001 |
Point sample to generate volume data for Forest Enterprise District harvesting plans. |
Forestry Commission Tactical Survey |
Forest Fact |
Wales, UK |
Forest Research |
2000 |
Plot survey as part of the development of the Forestry Commission national production forecast and the District forestry planning process. |
Ecological evaluation of native woodlands |
Forest fact |
Wiltshire, UK |
Private clients |
2000 |
Three projects to assess native woodland communities in southern England and present plans for appropriate management. Includes NVC mapping, relevé sampling and evaluation of land use history. |
Cotton Tree Bank forest inventory |
FRR Ltd/ Forest Fact |
Belize |
Private Client |
1999 |
Valuation of a small forestry property in central Belize. Involved qualitative field assessment and desk research. |
Forestry Commission Tactical Survey |
Forest Fact |
Savernake Forest, UK |
Forest Research |
1999 |
Plot survey as part of the development of the Forestry Commission national production forecast and the District forestry planning process. |
Yalbac Cruise Survey Project |
FRR Ltd/ Forest Fact |
Belize |
Private Client |
1998 |
An inventory of the commercial timber value of 55,000 ha of high forest in Belize with a view to producing a sales prospectus for the site that will attract purchasers with biodiversity conservation interests. |
Chicle Harvesting in the Rio Bravo Conservation & Management Area |
Forest Fact |
Belize |
Programme For Belize |
1997 |
Long term project from 1993 to establish a resource monitoring system of the harvesting of the latex chicle, used as a gum base for chewing gum and growing naturally in the forest of northern Belize. |
Assessment of Inventory data |
Forest Fact |
Guyana |
Private client |
1994 |
Field visit and analysis of available data to assess the viability of a forestry concession in Guyana. Involved qualitative field assessment and desk research. |
Investment valuation |
Forest Fact |
Borders, UK |
Private clients |
1994 |
Measurement and valuation of investment forestry estates in Cumbria, Northumberland and Dumfriesshire, UK. |
Forestry Insurance review |
Forest Fact |
UK-based desk study |
FIM Services Ltd |
1993 |
Review of commercial forestry in Chile and Argentina as a resource document for the assessment of forest insurance agreements by Lloyds underwriters |
Rainforest agroforestry research |
FRR Ltd/ Forest Fact |
Cameroon |
ODA funded research |
1993 |
A short term input by Forest Fact into this long term FRR research programme into novel agricultural systems around the Korup National Park in Cameroon. Forest Fact work involved measuring fruit tree |
