Projects
In this section you will find a selection of projects that are currently being supported by the Trust and others that have been completed. Please follow these pages to keep in touch with particular projects that interest you.
Biodiversity training for communities 2013-2014
Carried out by: Central Scotland Forest Trust
Can ecological restoration help build sustainable communities? 2013-2016
Carried out by: Cardiff University
How environment and gene flow shape adaptation in Scots pine 2013-2016
Carried out by: Dr Alistair Jump (University of Stirling) with Dr Stephen Cavers (CEH Edinburgh), Dr Richard Ennos (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Joan Cottrell (Forest Research)
Research for Preparation of Book: 2013-2014
Carried out by: Ruth Tittensor, Countryside Management Consultancy, Darvel, Ayrshire
OneOak Tree Exhibition - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh 2012
Carried out by: The Sylva Foundation
Advanced Assessment of Minor G.B. Conifer species 2012-2015
Carried out by: Edinburgh Napier University
Alternative Silvicultural Systems - study of adoption and development of case-studies 2012-2013
Carried out by: Dr. Scott McG Wilson
Improving the production of local origin Aspen in Scotland 2012-2015
Carried out by: Coille Alba
Soil Carbon, Farm Woodlands, and the Woodland Carbon Code 2012-2014
Carried out by: Cranfield University
A palaeoecological investigation of Tilia cordata in Skelghyll and Common Woods Cumbria 2011-2012
Carried out by: Dr Helen Shaw, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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Carried out by: Aberdeen University; Forest Research
Approaches to the retention of timber potential when restoring or enhancing PAWS sites 2011
Carried out by: Scott McG Wilson
Continuous Cover Forestry at Glentress 2009-2012
Carried out by: Edinburgh University; Forest Research
Sitka Spruce Segregation and Cutting 2008-2012
Carried out by: Greg Searles at the Centre for Timber Engineering and Forest Research
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Carried out by: Aberdeen University; Forest Research
Testing the Adaptive Significance of Seed Zones in Scots Pine 2007-2010
Carried out by: University of Edinburgh; The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; The James Hutton Insitute; Forest Research
Determining the genetic heritability of wood properties of Sitka spruce critical to timber strength 2006-2009
Carried out by: Aberdeen University; Forest Research
Adaptation of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) to Climate Change 2006-2012
Carried out by: Jo Clark, Bangor University
Highlighted Projects
- Biodiversity training for communities 2013-2014
- Can ecological restoration help build sustainable communities? 2013-2016
- How environment and gene flow shape adaptation in Scots pine 2013-2016
- Research for Preparation of Book: 2013-2014
- Advanced Assessment of Minor G.B. Conifer species 2012-2015
- Alternative Silvicultural Systems - study of adoption and development of case-studies 2012-2013
- Improving the production of local origin Aspen in Scotland 2012-2015
- Soil Carbon, Farm Woodlands, and the Woodland Carbon Code 2012-2014
- A palaeoecological investigation of Tilia cordata in Skelghyll and Common Woods Cumbria 2011-2012
- Susceptibility of Scots and Lodgepole pine provenances to Red Band Needle Blight caused by Dothistroma septosporum 2011-2015
- Approaches to the retention of timber potential when restoring or enhancing PAWS sites 2011
- Continuous Cover Forestry at Glentress 2009-2012
- Sitka Spruce Segregation and Cutting 2008-2012
- Testing the Adaptive Significance of Seed Zones in Scots Pine 2007-2010
- Determining the genetic heritability of wood properties of Sitka spruce critical to timber strength 2006-2009
- Adaptation of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) to Climate Change 2006-2012