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The Mersey Forest - 20 years on
14 May 2012
Presented as a keynote at the 15th European Forum in Urban Forestry, this presentation gives a glimpse of the work of The Mersey Forest Partnership to date and a look ahead at the Wirral Waters project.
View The Mersey Forest - 20 years on.pdf The Mersey Forest - 20 years on (2.43 MB)
Easy deployment of biomass heating systems - Toolkit for the public sector
27 April 2012
A step by step guide for energy and facility managers who want to start deploying biomass heating systems
View http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/files/Biomass_toolkit.pdf PDF
Renewable Heat Incentive Calculator
15 February 2012
Use this simple calculator to find out what kind of financial returns you might expect from installing a biomass boiler as opposed to a fossil fuel equivalent.
View http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/rhicalculator/ Webpage
Our Forests - a vision for England's woods and forests
13 January 2012
Vision document by Our Forests, the 'ginger group' of leading environmentalists, professional foresters and grassroots campaigners. The vision advocates "replicating the community woods of the Mersey Forest around a further 50 urban fringes".
View our-forests-vision.pdf Our Forests vision (1.23 MB)
Seeing the wood for the trees - the Forestry Review and why it matters
22 June 2011
The Mersey Forest's paper on the government's Forestry Review. This contribution to the debate considers the future of forests under three headings: forestry for community, forestry for commerce and forestry for climate.
View http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/files/seeingthewoodforthetrees.pdf PDF
PRESS RELEASE: Renewable Heat Incentive calculator launched
22 June 2011
The Mersey Forest has launched an online calculator to help businesses and consumers explore the financial and carbon benefits of switching to a biomass boiler to take advantage of the government's Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
View http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/files/RHI Calculator launched.pdf PDF
Cheshire and Warrington Off Gas Grid Heating Study 2011
15 February 2011
These two reports look at the potential of biomass heating in areas of Cheshire and Warrington that are off the "mains gas" network. They include some very interesting modeling and rural heat density mapping.
View Off Gas Grid Final Public.pdf Off Gas Grid Study Part 2 (1.70 MB) | View offgasgridstudy_final.pdf Off Gas Grid Study Part 1 (3.05 MB)
A future for community forests
12 January 2011
A contribution to the debate on the future of England's woodlands, prepared by Julian Dobson for The Mersey Forest.
View http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/files/A_future_for_community_forests.pdf PDF
Woody Biomass Fuel Supply in England's North West - Directory 2010
15 December 2010
This directory was produced for Envirolink Northwest by The Mersey Forest. It is aimed at the commercial rather than the domestic sector. It gives details of over 30 suppliers of wood fuel and biomass throughout the region.
View NW Biomass Fuel Directory 2010.pdf NW Biomass Fuel Directory 2010 (1.21 MB)
PRESS RELEASE: Woodland planting couple visited by MP
16 November 2010
New woodland supported by The Mersey Forest is visited by Helen Jones MP.
View http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/files/Culcheth woodland MP visit.pdf PDF
