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WOODLAND STATISTICS
｜Land Assessment｜
Next, in this part, users would need to specify the status of their land by providing land assessment report.
｜Land Assessment｜
They could press YES if they have previous land assessments done. In this case, they will be required to enter the assessment date, upload reports and necessary assessment maps.
｜Land Assessment｜
If they don’t have previous assessments, they can book an appointment with experts, download the assessment manual and apply for a tool kit.
｜Ｗhast Is The Assessment Manual?｜
ASSESSMENT MANUAL
The assessment manual is developed based on our field trip experience for the landowners to recognize and identify peatland and woodland condition from soil, vegetation and microscopy.
Figure 11: Assessment manual Developed and drawn by T. Chao and Y. Liu
FIELD TRIP
Our field trip was based on community owned and managed lands, moreover, we expanded our scope of work and research into some private lands to create a comparison between land conditions based on various land ownership.
We visited, Loch Rannoch, Schiehallion area in Scotland followed by Glenridding in Lake district, Northern England.
Diagram 25: Field trip testing sites - Schiehallion Drawn by C. Chen and Y. Liu
SITE 4B Patterdale (Intersection_Deep_Peat)
Diagram 26: Field trip testing sites - Glenridding Drawn by C. Chen and Y. Liu
