Decent Parks? Decent Behaviour?

This publication provides practical suggestions for improving public spaces in ways that can help reduce vandalism and other anti-social behaviour.


Deciding Future Management Options for Afforested Deep Peatland

This guide explains the factors to consider when seeking felling approval from us for forestry on a peatland habitat.


Deer management plan template

A template for creating a deer management plan to support a long-term forest plan or management plan, from May 2024.


Delivery of Ecosystem Services by Urban Forests

This Research Report sets out a typology of urban forest-based ecosystem services to link the provision of ecosystem services and disservices (those perceived as negative for human well-being) with the four scale-based urban forest elements.


Dendroctonus Micans: Economic Appraisal of Control Options

This report presents a cost effectiveness analysis of options to control the effects of the Great Spruce Bark Beetle, or Dendroctonus micans, on spruce forests in Great Britain.


Derelict and Reclaimed Land

The purpose of this instruction is to highlight the main factors that Conservancies and agents should consider when dealing with woodland creation on derelict and reclaimed sites.


Design Techniques for Forest Management Planning

This Practice Guide provides a step-by-step guide to the design techniques used in the forest management planning process.


Designing Housing with Scottish Timber

A prototype house guide for designers, specifiers and clients based on locally sourced and produced construction materials.


Developing Native Woodland Habitat Networks

This note advises land managers how to locate native woodland expansion in order to help to develop habitat networks and deliver Scottish Forestry Strategy targets.