Useful Information
UK Forestry Standard (UKFS)
Does what it says on the tin. It is the national standard for forestry in the UK to which we undertake our forestry work.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-forestry-standard
UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS)
An independent certification standard for verifying sustainable woodland management in the UK that is used for both Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) certification.
https://ukwas.org.uk/
Forestry Industry Safety Accord (FISA)
Sets out the industry commitment agreed by leading forestry organisations to raise the standard of health, safety and welfare in the forestry workplace. We work in accordance with their best practice guidance when we undertake our forestry work.
https://ukfisa.com/
Crossland, M. (2015). The Carbon Sequestration Potential of Hedges Managed for Woodfuel. Report for The Organic Research Centre.
Main findings: ''...while hedges which are not managed by coppicing sequester larger quantities of carbon, total carbon savings are higher when hedges are managed by coppicing due to the substitution of fossil fuels via the production of woodfuel.''
https://www.organicresearchcentre.com/manage/authincludes/article_uploads/project_outputs/TWECOM%20ORC%20Carbon%20report%20v1.0.pdf
Anderson, P. (2021). Carbon and Ecosystems: Restoration and Creation to Capture Carbon. Report for CIEEM.
One of the key findings: ''...Carbon sequestration can be restored and increased. Although over time new woodland can accumulate more carbon than most other habitats, it usually takes 10-30 years to reach a positive carbon budget and decades for C stocks to accumulate. Other habitats show near equivalent C sequestration rates and sometimes more rapidly than can woodland. A mixture of habitats is therefore needed in the most appropriate conditions, rather than a dependency on planting woodland.''
https://cieem.net/resource/carbon-and-ecosystems-restoration-and-creation-to-capture-carbon/
Forestry Commission. (2020). Using Natural Colonisation for the Creation of New Woodland
Preliminary guidance to support those (foresters, farmers, landowners and agents) who are considering using natural colonisation to create new woodland, based on current evidence.
https://www.organicresearchcentre.com/manage/authincludes/article_uploads/phttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-natural-colonisation-for-the-creation-of-new-woodland
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