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UK Forestry Standard and Woodland Management Plans  

Workshops

“A resilient future, a focus on species diversification”

John Weir MICForAdviser for woodland resilience England

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UK Forestry Standard

• Forest planningForest design, structure and composition needs to be resilient to the effects of a changing climate and extreme weather events.

• Adaptive managementApproaches to management that are flexible, reactive and anticipatory will help forests and woodlands adapt to the changing climate.

• Tree and shrub species selection Introducing diversity in tree species and origins will ensure some thrive should others decline.

• Landscape EcologyWoodland and trees can be used to develop ecological connectivity between habitats to enhance the ability of woodland ecological communities to adapt to climate change.

• Environmental protectionWoodland and trees that are appropriately located can help to alleviate the impacts of climate change on society and the environment.

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Conifer

Conifer Species Today

Scots Pine

Corsican Pine

Sitka Spruce

Douglas Fir

Larch (EL, HL, J L)

Other Conifer

Five conifer species account for 88% of the total

Make up of England’s conifer coverage today

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Broadleaves

Five broadleaved species account for over 72% of the total

Make up of England’s broadleaf coverage today

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What are we doing??

Globalisation

Chalara on ash

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Time to Wake up to the Challenge

Imagine a sawmilling industry without a

resilient forest.

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feet per day

The rate of change……..

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A change in productivity

10 tree species account for 80% of our woodland

By the 2080s, 65% of the PFE could be classed as ‘unsuitable’ in the absence of adaptation

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What are our options?

• Carry on as we are, it may not happen, but if it does?

• Implement adaptation strategies and diversify species and genetics, and it does not happen, so what, no regrets

• Implement adaptation strategies, and what is predicted does happen, great we have an advantage.

• Implement adaptation strategies and something unforeseen happens, well lets hope we have spread the risks wide enough through diversification.

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Management plan, an essential tool

• We have enough knowledge to take “Anticipatory Action”

• We know that there are uncertainties so we must be willing to be “Not Risk Averse”

• Take actions now that will make our forests resilient to the “High Emission Scenarios for 2050”

• Create insurance by creating “diversity” of species, genetics within species, stand structure and age distribution

• Plan for the expected, increased pests and diseases, more fires, more extreme events such as droughts floods and gales

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What does the past tell us?

DEAN

between wars WW2

1946 1949 1950's 1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's

Grand Total

Species

Douglas fir DF 25 11 3 87 386 152 81 36 46 846

European larch EL 81 33 36 69 82 18 9 7 7 390

European silver fir ESF 2 1 3

Grand fir GF 21 27 4 52 Japanese red cedar JCR 1 1

Lawsons cypress LC 4 4 2 21 26 58

Leyland cypress LEC 1 1 1 3

Maritime pine MAP

Oriental spruce MCP 3 2 5

Mountain pine MOP

Noble fir NF 2 6 1 9

Serbian spruce OMS 5 1 6

Ponderosa pine PDP 1 1

Raoul RAN 4 5 1 10

Monteray pine RAP

Red alder RAR Western red cedar RC 5 1 24 125 54 2 1 218

Red Oak ROK 1 12 1 1 15

Roble RON 1 3 4

Coast redwood RSQ 5 3 3 1 12

Sweet chestnut SC 44 10 6 40 41 45 32 45 48 340

Weymouth pine WEP 1 2 4

Western hemlock WH 3 1 2 41 88 2 1 138

Wellingtonia WSQ 1 1 3

XB 8 8 6 26 11 4 6 3 1 107

XC 2 2 22

XF 1 1 2

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Arboreta Parks and Gardens

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http://www.forestry.gov.uk/climatechangeengland

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Tree Species Selection

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Good information in, good information out

Default very poor

Direct depends on knowledge

Good soils or plants good outputs

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Today

Uses 100m squares from Ordinance survey for DAMS and meteorological data

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The Future

• Soils and DAMS are fixed from current input

• Meteorological data at 5km

• Use 2050 for call to action

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SilviFuture

SilviFuture

•Evidence of how trees look in forest environment

• Any one can input their stand of trees, not individual specimens

• FR, FCE, FCS input some data so far

• Focus on mature trees but encourage input of new plantings

• Input site data

• Links to FR species pages, ESC 3 and FCE web

• Will be developed to act as discussion media

• Developed through FCE funding

• Seeking future finance for maintenance

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Woodlands for Climate Change Award

Woodlands for Climate Change Award

•New or restocking with primary purpose of timer production

• Anticipatory adaptation, not risk averse, working towards 2050 high scenario

• Description of how and why, 500 words max

• Minimum of 5 hectares but can comprise of smaller parcels

• Planted during past 5 years

• UKFS, FR advice and FCE advice evidence

• Entries by end of March 2014

• Climate Ready has put up the cash

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Species diversification at Restock

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Species diversification through thinning

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Using micro climate

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• Be confident

• Practice the art of Silviculture

• Leave a legacy for future generations

• Share your experiences, join 230+ on LinkedIn

• Please speak to your nursery, buy contract grown

• Look to source Grown in Britain

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