Skip to main content
Silvestor
  • Home
  • UKFS e-learning
  • Events
    Events list Calendar View
  • More
Close
Toggle search input
You are currently using guest access
Log in
Silvestor
Home UKFS e-learning Events Collapse Expand
Events list Calendar View

    Rainforest: Rainforest

    Next: Best Practice

    Blocks

    ☰
    • Alliances
    • Best Practice
    • Research
    • Home

    What is Temperate Rainforest?

    The UK temperate rainforest is a unique habitat of ancient and native woodlands coated in a layer of moist and rich mosses, liverworts, lichens and ferns. A sometimes twisted and gnarled woodland found nestled on crags, river gorges and ravines, or a larger woodland of dappled light, dark spaces, open glades and running rivers that is teeming with wildlife.

    It supports a huge diversity of species, including over 500 different types of lichen. Some of these lichens, mosses and liverworts are extremely rare both in the UK and globally, and many of which we have international responsibility for.

    CTA image

     

    The UK Rainforest Alliances

    The four UK Rainforest Alliances support rainforest restoration and management across the UK. These include the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest (ASR), Alliance for Wales Rainforest (AWR), Northwest England Rainforest Alliance (NWRA) and South West Rainforest Alliance (SWRA). They are regionally- focussed multi-organisation partnerships focussed on the protection and restoration of rainforest and it’s associated wildlife.

    Where is Temperate Rainforest?

    The temperate rainforest is primarily found in upland and coastal regions where the climate is appropriate to support this habitat.

    The UK is home to 7.5% of the global temperate rainforest climate biome, which is the 5th largest country by area1 , making this habitat one of our unique responsibilities in terms of global conservation.

    Just over 4 million hectares (17%) of Scotland, England and Wales’ land area sits within the temperate rainforest zone. Just 8% of this is woodland, of which a third is ancient woodland.

    Wood pasture sites and other trees outside woods also form an important component of rainforest habitat.

    To learn more visit our Map Data page, linked below:

    Map Data
    CTA image

    Resources

    There are several available resources to support the management of temperate rainforest, or sites within the rainforest zone that could develop into temperate rainforest. These include tools to support priority species within your woodland or to increase the resilience of these woodlands.

    The button opposite will take you to a page outlining these resources. Information about the most up to date research and research priorities across the UK are available from the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest website.

    Next: Best Practice
    You are currently using guest access (Log in)

    This site is hosted by the Institute of Chartered Foresters. Here, you can view our Site policies.


    ICF Head Office
    Scott House (Mull Office 6th Floor), 10 South St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AZ
    +44 (0)131 240 1425

    ICF Bristol Office
    Brunswick Court, Brunswick Square, Bristol, BS2 8PE