{"id":805,"date":"2016-05-06T10:31:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T10:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/?p=805"},"modified":"2016-05-06T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:29:21","slug":"rfs-species-for-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/rfs-species-for-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"RFS species for climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfs.org.uk\/learning\/learning-resources\/species-profiles-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Royal Forestry Society has published information<\/a>\u00a0for foresters about\u00a0alternative tree species that might be used in Britain\u00a0to improve resilience of the forest resource to climate change, pests, and diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Species profile papers cover:<\/p>\n<p>Maritime pine (<em>Pinus pinaster<\/em>) (PNPN)<\/p>\n<p>Japanese incense cedar (aka sugi \/ Japanese red cedar) (<em>Cryptomeria Japonica<\/em>) (CYJP)<\/p>\n<p>True cedars (<em>Cedrus<\/em> spp)<\/p>\n<p>Macedonian pine (<em>Pinus peuce<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Firs (<em>Abies<\/em> spp)<\/p>\n<p>Eucalyptus (<em>Eucalyptus<\/em> spp)<\/p>\n<p>Where it comes to timber properties we have to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">very careful<\/span> when interpreting the data we have. \u00a0It is not always possible to transfer information from timber grown in one country to another &#8211; due to climate, forest management and natural variation within species. \u00a0This applies especially to mechanical properties and durability &#8211; where geographical variation within species can be surprisingly large. \u00a0This is why we are in the process of collecting information on timber grown in the UK. \u00a0One also has to be careful what data is being used &#8211; as there is a world of difference between a small set of data from small clear testing and a fully representative sampling of full structural sized specimens.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfs.org.uk\/learning\/learning-resources\/species-profiles-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">FRS species info here<\/a>\u00a0(also worth exploring the other information on their website)<\/p>\n<p>and also check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvifuture.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">SilviFuture project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is more info on properties in our previous blog post &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/grade-in-britain\/\">Grade in Britain<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Royal Forestry Society has published information\u00a0for foresters about\u00a0alternative tree species that might be used in Britain\u00a0to improve resilience of the forest resource to climate <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/rfs-species-for-climate-change\/\" title=\"RFS species for climate change\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17,65],"class_list":["post-805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications","tag-alternative-conifers","tag-forestry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RFS species for climate change - Centre for Wood Science &amp; 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