Read our operational statement about COVID-19 About us Publications & research Resources Services Accessibility This accessibility statement applies to all forestresearch.gov.uk domains. Our websites are run by Forest Research. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website and other sites in our portfolio. To ensure this happens, the main website has been built using government guidelines and specific standards. That means that all core information is easily accessible by: people with older systems or browsers people with a slow internet connection people with various abilities The standards used mean that: Most of all core information is text based (with the exception of maps) the information is in web standard formats (e.g. html and pdf) all file sizes are as small as possible pages are structured all text should be easily read the navigation is clear and easy to use any plug-ins required are available for free the site will still be useable with images turned off the site should look the same on different systems and browsers We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. Barriers to accessibility Although we are striving to reach AA level of accessibility which should ensure that most people with most technologies will be able to access our website and information, some areas will not meet the required criteria. Mostly they are legacy areas and websites and documents, such as our older PDF documents. Some areas rely on particular technologies such as mapping. In those areas we are aiming at providing the user with alternative ways to obtain the information if they cannot access it via the website. Some websites such as Right Trees For a Changing Climate and Forest Research Decision Support Tools Portal v2.0 (forestdss.org.uk) are legacy online databases and we are working on a plan to make their content and information fully accessible. Accessibility of Tree Alert is part of a wider programme of development and will be dealt with as soon as possible. Reporting accessibility problems with this website We’re always looking to improve the accessibility our websites. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us, or get in touch with our Communications team. Enforcement procedure The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS). Technical information about this website’s accessibility Forest Research is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Compliance Our websites are partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due the non-compliances and exemptions listed above. Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations Some images and maps do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content). When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards and we will review current ones as we come across them. Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations PDFs and other documents Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. we hope to have all top accessed information either in HTML pages or accessible word documents by early 2022. The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix archive pdfs. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards. Live video We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations, however we strive to have subtitles for most of our videos from Aug 2021. What we’re doing to improve accessibility Forest Research is undertaking a transition of its website to another platform to ensure compliance to accessibility regulations and a better user experience. We expect the work to be completed early 2022. Preparation of this accessibility statement This statement was prepared on 2018. It was last reviewed on 5 October 2021. This website was last tested on 1 March 2021. The test was carried out by Rowe IT. 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