Note of the meeting of the National Forestry Stakeholder Group - 05 October 2023

The National Forestry Stakeholder Group met for a sixth occasion to:

• consider the analysis of the consultation on the future of forestry grant support
• discuss the report from Forest Research (commissioned by Scottish Forestry) on the carbon sequestration benefits of creating different types of woodlands

The meeting was chaired by Paul Lowe, interim Chief Executive of Scottish Forestry.

Open Data Publication Plan

This open data publication plan sets out the organisation's commitment to making its data open and identifies how and when they will achieve this, including the data that will be made open.

Opportunity Mapping for Woodland Creation to Improve Water Quality and Reduce Flood Risk in the River Tay Catchment - a Pilot for Scotland

The objective of this study was to identify priority areas for woodland creation and the improved management of existing woodlands to reduce downstream flood risk and help restore damaged waters.

Ord-Hill-Zoning-Map

Original_Plan_Summary_Camisky

Ormaig-and-Salachry-LMP-summary

Outline Guidance on Dothistroma Needle Blight Resilience Action Plans for Forest Tree Nurseries in Scotland

This guidance document on Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) nursery resilience outlines measures that will minimise the risk of DNB entering nurseries in future years and maximises the likelihood of containment should the disease occur.

Overview of the Woodland Creation Summit - 12 December 2023

The Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary responsible for forestry recently hosted a Woodland Creation Summit at Battleby Conference Centre, Perth and Kinross, on 12th December.

Delegates from a wide range of companies and organisations directly involved in supporting the delivery of woodland creation projects were invited.

This document provides an overview of the summit, including attendees and points of discussion.

Pencloe-LMP-2018-28-UKWAS-summary

Pencloe-LMP-2018-text-v13

Pencloe-LMP-2018-text-v15-approved

Perth Conservancy Location Map.pdf

Location Map