Further reading and useful sources of information

forestry.gov.uk/publications forestry.gov.uk/ukfs

Forestry Commission publications

•The UK Forestry Standard (FCFC001). •UKFS Guidelines - Forests and biodiversity (FCGL001).

Guidance and good practice •Forest design planning: a guide to good practice (FCPG012). •Hazards from trees: a general guide (FCPG013). •Life in the deadwood: a guide to managing deadwood in Forestry Commission forests. •Woodland management for bats.

Research •Environmental effects of stump and root harvesting (FCRN009). •Evaluating biodiversity in fragmented landscapes: applications of landscape ecology tools (FCIN085).

Other publications

•Common sense risk management of trees. National Tree Safety Group. •Common standards monitoring guidance for woodland. Joint Nature Conservation

Committee (JNCC). •EU 2010 Biodiversity Baseline. European Environment Agency Technical Report 12/2010. •Habitat management for invertebrates: a practical handbook. JNCC/RSPB. •Large woody debris in British headwater streams: physical habitat role and management guidelines. Research and Development Technical Report W185. Environment Agency. •Managing woody debris in rivers, streams and floodplains. Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. •Rapid dead wood habitat assessment. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 102(1). •The development of ISIS: a habitat-based invertebrate assemblage classification system for assessing conservation interest in England. Journal of Insect Conservation 10. •UK Woodland Assurance Standard. UKWAS Steering Group. •Veteran trees: a guide to good management. English Nature. •Woodland management for birds: a guide to managing for declining woodland birds in

England. RSPB, Forestry Commission England.

Websites

•Natural England –www.naturalengland.gov.uk •Scottish Natural Heritage –www.snh.gov.uk •Countryside Council for Wales –www.ccw.gov.uk •Northern Ireland Environment Agency –www.ni-environment.gov.uk

•Forest Research –www.forestry.gov.uk/forestresearch •Northern Ireland Forest Service –www.forestserviceni.gov.uk •Joint Nature Conservation Committee –www.jncc.defra.gov.uk •European Protected Species – www.forestry.gov.uk/eps •UK Biodiversity Action Plan –www.ukbap.org.uk •National Biodiversity Network –www.nbn.org.uk