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!

Volunteers in wet weather gear, planting seedlings under a vivid rainbow

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.

An open moorland with freshly planted tree whips and two people in the distance

A small group of people in a field, replacing small white plastic guards with tall green guards

People working in a field to replace tree tubes

Someone dressed as father Christmas hammering in a wooden stake for a tree tube

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.

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