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This year, forests all over the country have been monitored by almost 3,500 citizen scientists; a feat that would not have been possible by a small group of professional scientists.  \nThankyou to all our amazing volunteers and partners foryour support in planting, caring for and monitoring your Tiny Forests this year!  \nThis report is structured to showcase the research ambition and initial findings from our five Tiny Forest research topics: biodiversity; flood management; tree growth and carbon storage; thermal comfort; and people and social benefits.  \nAs this is still very early days in the life of a forest continued monitoring is critical to understanding these complex processes. We are really excited that so many of you have started on this research journey with us and look forward to exploring the forests together in years to come. We hope this report gives you a flavour of the interesting questions we will be able to answer as our dataset builds!  \n2022 Monitoring Headlines  \nAs of April 2022, communities across the UK have planted  \n149  \nTiny Forests in two years  \nThere are  \n89,123  \ntrees and shrubs planted in the 149 Tiny Forests and citizen scientists measured 4,370 of them in 2022  \nWater is absorbed into the ground 32% faster inside the Tiny Forest compared to surrounding land  \n80 Tiny Forests  \nwere monitored in 2022  \nFive Trees  \nCambridge  \nHautlieu School  \nJersey  \n359 biodiversity surveys were completed  \nVolunteers spent 13,281 mindful minutes recording biodiversity  \nTwo thirds of pollinators recorded were bumblebees, beetles, small insects and other flies  \nWoodlice, spiders, slugs and snails make up around 50% of soil dwelling invertebrate groups recorded  \n3  \nUsing our tree measurements, we can estimate the total height of all our Tiny Forest trees stacked ontop of eachother is  \n7.5 Mount Everests  \nover 65,800 metres  \nIn total the 149 Tiny Forests are storing approx.  \n2.4 tonnes of Carbon  \naboveground. This is equivalent to 1/4 of one person in the UK's annual carbon footprint  \n93%  \nof participants surveyed felt  \nrefreshed and revitalised  \nafter spending time and doing activities at their Tiny Forest!  \nBiodiversity  \nRESEARCH AMBITION:  \nHow does the number and types of  \ninvertebrate groups vary between Tiny  \nForests and change asthe forests grow?  \nHow does surrounding greenspace affect species recorded in the Tiny Forest?  \nTiny Forest aims to bring biodiversity rich habitat to urban areas for people and wildlife. By planting a diverse mix of native species of trees and shrubs, Tiny Forest provides food and shelter to a wide variety of species. The biodiversity monitoring surveys explore two groups of animals that perform vital roles in the forest: pollinating insects and ground dwelling invertebrates. These animals can be excellent indicators of the health of an environment.  \nWhy?  \nOver 13,000 mindful minutes recording biodiversity  \nBiodiversity is in trouble:  \n• Many pollinators are in decline so understanding how Tiny Forest can provide valuable habitats for them in urban areas is important.  \n• Even common and widespread butterfly species have declined nationally by 22% between 1976 and  \n20201 and in urban areas declines have been worse than in rural areas2.  \n• The health of urban soils is of increasing concern and soil dwelling invertebrates are important indicators of soil function and ecosystem development.  \n• Importantly-observing wildlife is fascinating and provides opportunities to pause for a mindful connection with nature!  \n359 biodiversity surveys have been carried out across the Tiny Forest network in 2022 through Science Days led by Earthwatch scientists, and independently by our volunteers and Tree Keepers during our first ","cbCaig7DCUfBQSgR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig7DCUfBQSgR","pdf",4111279,24,"English","# Introduction\n# 2022 Monitoring Headlines\n## Biodiversity\n## Butterflies","[{\"question\":\"What is the scale and purpose of the Tiny Forest monitoring in 2022?\",\"answer\":\"The report describes 149 Tiny Forests across the UK monitored by almost 3,500 citizen scientists in 2022, enabling the study of environmental and social benefits of urban woodlands.\"},{\"question\":\"Which research topics does the report cover?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on five topics: biodiversity; flood management; tree growth and carbon storage; thermal comfort; and people and social benefits.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is continued monitoring important for Tiny Forests?\",\"answer\":\"Because most forests are still in their first or second growing seasons, early results may not yet show strong differences between sites; ongoing monitoring helps capture changes as habitats develop.\"}]","Tiny Forest Monitoring Report 2022 - January 2023 - Initial Findings and Research Topics | PDF"]