Confor has released a pdf downloadable document: ‘how the forestry and the wood processing sector can aid a Green Recovery’

The document has explored each opportunity to aid a green recovery.

Future Trees Trust is delighted to have contributed with a mini case study below for the opportunity for ‘Increased tree quality & productivity’.

Future Trees Trust improving planting stock:

In the absence of full genetic gain or realized gain trials data, Future Trees Trust have undertaken juvenile/ mature correlations and have deduced that even modest improvements of planting stock for stem form and growth rate can result in significant increases in timber yields – up to 20%. So tree improvement can not only help store 20% more carbon, but reduce rotation times significantly too, helping to mitigate against climate change. Future Trees Trust are aiming to establish demonstration plots, with improved stock planted alongside unimproved material, to show these gains and the benefits of investing in tree improvement.

Read Confor’s forestry-and-green-recovery PDF in full