This table shows the regional priorities relevant to the region you have selected.
Each regional priority has a unique code (column one) which will help you to identify your selected priorities when completing your Statement of Intent/Proposal.
The detailed description (column two) has been provided to help you understand the implications and outcomes being sought by each priority.
The package numbers (column three) will help you to cross reference those relevant packages to the regional priority you have selected, with the full list of packages detailed on the right hand side of the page.
Regional Priority Code | Adaptations to Mitigate Climate Change Priorities | Relevant Packages |
FOR21 | Improved carbon sequestration, through conservation of soil organic matter, e.g. through organic conversion or maintenance, and, expansion of woodlands (in areas identified in regional Indicative Forestry Strategies or Woodland Strategies) where such contribute towards meeting targets in Scotland's Climate Change Programme. Particularly proposals that: - develop well-designed, multi-purpose woodlands which improve carbon sequestration, in line with the Central Scotland Forest Strategy, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Forestry Framework or Fife Indicative Forestry Strategy;
- expand native woodlands in line with the above studies as well as the Edinburgh and Lothians Forest Habitat Network, Falkirk Integrated Habitat Network or Stirling and Clackmannanshire Indicative Forestry Strategies
- create new woodlands in and around Edinburgh, Stirling and other large towns where the environment around those settlements will be enhanced by new woodland creation (and which are not eligible for Woodlands in and around Towns (WIAT) support)
- promote Short Rotation Coppice on improved agricultural ground where a viable end-market can be demonstrated
- improve soil conservation in areas where current land uses result in net loss of soil organic matter, e.g. through organic conversion or maintenance.
| 31 |
FOR22 | Reduced emissions of greenhouse gases from land based operations, through use of 'green' technologies, appropriate management practices (e.g. organic conversion or organic maintenance, targeted fertiliser applications) and minimising emissions from every stage in the supply chain. Particularly proposals that: - encourage producers to minimise waste in product design, packaging and end usage, and to use materials capable of recycling or reuse
- reduce the need to travel by securing the viability of local businesses and services and promoting the development of local markets, e.g. for timber
- promote the use of alternative, sustainable, non-polluting and innovative technologies such as electric and solar powered modes of transport.
| 33 & 34 |
FOR23 | Improved carbon sinks, through an increase in the use of low impact silvicultural systems within existing woodlands, and promotion of peat bog and woodland regeneration/restoration, particularly in areas where they have greatest benefit for long-term carbon storage. Particularly proposals that: - mitigate against, or compensate for, the loss of woodland from other works (e.g. windfarm construction)
- restructure even-aged forests through Forest Plans which seek to introduce Low Impact Silvicultural Systems (LISS) of forest management
- protect existing, or restore degraded, peat bogs
- demonstrate how organic waste can be efficiently used for energy production.
| 31 |
FOR24 | An efficient and reliable wood fuel supply chain, through the development and sustainable management of short rotation coppice, short rotation forestry, biomass and bio-fuel crops and other renewable energy projects on appropriate sites. Particularly proposals that: support the development of woodfuel energy systems through woodland management and development of the associated supply chain. | 31 & 33 |