Development of National Forest for Wales

Description of impact

Contribution to the Evidence Review commissioned by the Welsh Government

Description of the underpinning research

Beauchamp, K., Jenkins, T.A.R., Bell, C., Alison, J., Bathgate, S., Braban, C., Broome, A., Bursnell, M., Burton, V. , Dickie, I., Doick, K.J., Evans, C.D., Fitch, A., Griffiths, R. , Hall, C. , Healey, J.R., Jones, L., Keith, A.M. , Kerr, G., Kuyer, J., Maskell, L., Matthews, R.W., Morison, J. , Nicoll, B. , Nisbet, T. , O'Brien, L., Old, G.H., Pagella, T., Perks, M.P, Robinson, D.A., Saraev, V., Smart, S.M., Smith, A.R., Siriwardena, G.M., Swetnam, R. , Thomas, A.R.C., Tye, A., Valatin, G., Warren-Thomas, E.M., Wong, J. & Emmett, B.A. (2020). Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP): ERAMMP Report 32: National Forest in Wales - Evidence Review. Report to Welsh Government (Contract C210/2016/2017). UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Project 06297. https://erammp.wales/en/r-forest-evidence Emmett, B.A., Beauchamp, K., Jenkins, T.A.R., Alison, J., Bathgate, S., Braban, C., Broome, A., Bursnell, M., Burton, V., Dickie, I., Doick, K.J., Evans, C.D., Fitch, A., Griffiths, R. , Hall, C., Healey, J.R., Jones, L., Keith, A.M., Kerr, G., Kuyer, J., Maskell, L., Matthews, R.W., Morison, J., Nicoll, B., Nisbet, T., O'Brien, L., Old, G.H., Pagella, T., Perks, M.P, Robinson, D.A., Saraev, V., Smart, S.M., Smith, A.R., Siriwardena, G.M., Swetnam, R., Thomas, A.R.C., Tye, A., Valatin, G., Warren-Thomas, E.M., Wong, J. (2020). Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP): ERAMMP Report 32: National Forest in Wales - Evidence Review: Annex 7, Integrated Assessment. Report to Welsh Government (Contract C210/2016/2017). UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Project 06297. https://erammp.wales/en/r-forest-evidence

Beneficiaries and reach of impact

Currently focused on Welsh Government forest policy team but implementation has potential to extend further across Welsh environment, society and economy

General Notes

Healey has had further extensive engagement with this issue, including meetings with the National Forest team. The National Forest programme continues to make tangible progress. Establishing the link with specific Bangor research is more nebulous, but the Director of the Programme has welcomed the information about relevant Bangor research that I have supplied to her, and she could be interviewed to substantiate its role.

Impact status	Ongoing
Impact date	2020 → 2080
Category of impact	Environmental, Policy and Public Services, Societal, Health/Quality of life, Economic
Impact level	Engagement