Projects - Forest Fact

The following table represents a small sample of the relevant project experience of Forest Fact. Since much of this work represents repeat commissions, more detail is presented on the most recent years' projects.

Project

Completed by

Location

Client

Year Completed

Description

Pre-harvest volume assessment	Forest Fact	Wales, UK	Forest Enterprise	Ongoing	Plot and point survey to generate pre-thinning and felling volume data for Forest Enterprise District harvesting plans.
Veteran tree survey	Forest Fact	Forest of Dean, UK	Forest Enterprise	Ongoing	Working through Forest of Dean to identify, assess and make recommendations for veteran trees requiring protection in ongoing forestry operations.
GIS Data Management	Forest Fact	UK	Private Client	Ongoing	Managing and running a forest information system including GIS and database management for a private forestry company. Includes managing data across around ten significant private Estates and numerous small woodlands in the south of England.
Forestry Stock Survey	Forest Fact	Forest of Dean District	Forest Research	Ongoing	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	Doreset, 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 aerial photos), ground truthing and volume data assessment in the Forest Enterprise East Anglia Forest District.
Forestry Commission Tactical Survey	Forest Fact	North Wales, UK	Forest Research	2003	Plot survey and databasing as part of the development of the Forestry Commission national production forecast and the District forestry planning process.
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	Ongoing	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

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