Take part in a new project to gain a 3D model of your woodland and discover its biodiversity potential.
Forest Research are looking for woodland owners and agents in England to join an exciting new project exploring woodland structure and biodiversity potential.
Forest Research and Sylva Foundation are collaborating to investigate how management impacts woodland structure with the aim of developing new metrics for owners or agents to help monitor their woodland for biodiversity.
These metrics will be based on woodland mapping and inventory information, making the best use of existing data collected by foresters.
Alongside the ecological science, researchers will be exploring how woodland owners and agents examine and value the structure of their woodland, and how this is impacted by woodland management.
New perspectives on woodland structure
Woodland structure — a vital component of woodland ecological condition — has historically been difficult to monitor. But this new project, called Living Layers will evaluate structure from a different perspective by using cutting edge data from Environment Agency aerial surveys to create 3D models of woodlands.
Posted On: 04/11/2025
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