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Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere, & Forest (LEAF) centre
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We bring together anyone at the University of Leeds with an interest in forests, trees & green space!
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This week we're excitedly preparing for LEAF Day 2026 - our one day annual meeting for folks interested in trees and woodlands!

If you're based at the Uni of Leeds, are free on Friday, and that sounds like you, then check out the programme and register at leaf.leeds.ac.uk/events/leaf-...
Decorative LEAF Day 2026 logo
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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This #NationalTreeWeek we're celebrating all the research and practical conservation and restoration work that's done across our group. For example, a massive thankyou to our regular Friends of #GairWood group for their hard work planting a new hedge at our research woodland over the weekend!
Volunteers in wet weather gear, planting seedlings under a vivid rainbow
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Increasing woodland cover to 19% to help reach net-zero could change the biogenic emissions from UK woodlands. @treeswithhazel.bsky.social’s latest research shows the potential scale of change by 2050 associated with different tree species mixes.

Find out more here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/why-pla...
A graph of percentage change in BVOC emissions following afforestation, relative to present day land cover. The X axis shows percentage change in isoprene and the Y axis shows percentage change in total monoterpene. Five Afforestation experiments are plotted, as well as the present day UK tree species mix which is shown at 0 by 0 in the bottom left of the graph. Further key details are explored in the main text of this article.
October 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Job opportunity: we're advertising for a Nature Recovery Project Manager. This vital new role will help us to coordinate the creation, restoration, and research of woodlands across the north of England, as well as maintaining and building key partnerships.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
An open moorland with freshly planted tree whips and two people in the distance
April 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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More tree guard replacement today with the Biosphere Atmosphere Group at #GairWood!
A small group of people in a field, replacing small white plastic guards with tall green guards
January 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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We might not have made it to #BES2024 this year but we've been out in the field, working hard to maintain our research woodland and create new data on woodland creation in the UK
People working in a field to replace tree tubes A group photo in a field with tree tubes
December 11, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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It's BAGmas! We're out at Gair Wood today with the Biosphere Atmosphere Group to replace some tree guards!
December 11, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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Researchers have been able to extract quantitative data on tree distributions from historical maps for the first time in Leeds and Edinburgh. Click through for a summary!
leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/new-dat...
Two old maps of hanover square side-by-side. They vary in levels of detail and style of symbols used to represent trees. Each side of the square is approximately 100m. The image on the right shows buildings in red.
November 25, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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Last year we planted #GairWood, a >60,000 tree research woodland in the north of England. Lots of our team and collaborators are now studying it as it grows!

For more info and videos exploring the site and some key research, check out leaf.leeds.ac.uk/gairwood/
An artistic map of a woodland divided into different planted areas. Border artwork also shows young growing trees, grasses, students with a quadrat, and wildlife
November 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM