Forestry

Forestry Commission Scotland serves as the forestry directorate of the Scottish Government, working to improve the lives of people in Scotland through the benefits that woods and forests can provide.

It is guided by the Scottish Government's Scottish Forestry Strategy, which sets out the vision for forestry.

News

Chalera Ash Dieback: Stakeholders Meeting, 13 November 2012, Holyrood

A note of this meeting can be found here.

 

Strategic plan for the national forest estate to 2013

The Strategic Plan for the National Forest Estate 2009-2013 sets out how Forestry Commission Scotland will implement the Scottish Forestry Strategy on the national forest estate through its operating arm, Forest Enterprise Scotland.

For full details and a copy of the plan see: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fesplans

 

Find out more from Forestry Commission Scotland's website

Grants

New forestry grants have been introduced as part of the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) for 2007-2013.

Annual report and corporate plan

View Forestry Commission Scotland's most recent Annual Report and current Corporate Plan.

The National Forest Land Scheme

Forestry Commission Scotland sells or leases relatively small areas of national forest land to communities and others to deliver increased public benefit from the national forest estate. Read more about the National Forest Land Scheme.

Things to see and do in Scotland's woods and forests

Details of places to go, activities and events.

Page updated: Monday, November 26, 2012