Piloting the Measurement of Social and Environmental Returns from Woodland Creation

Summary

The specific objectives were to:

• Select woodland creation projects for analysis
• Identify relevant social and environmental impacts
• Conduct a review of environmental and social reporting frameworks that are used in the UK and elsewhere
• Use a mix of site assessments and secondary data to assess the social and environmental impacts of the woodlands
• Propose a set of metrics and/or indicators to be used in future for this type of assessment, and which will work for businesses and be sufficiently robust
• Provide recommendations to improve the reporting of social and environmental benefits from woodland creation