Our report ‘Woodland Nation: Pathways to a forested Scotland owned by the people‘ was published yesterday. You can find it here and a lower resolution version available below. Woodland Nation FINAL Woodland Nation was commissioned by Andy Wightman as an …
Landscape-Scale Natural Regeneration (LSNR), a new forestry model for Scotland.
Landscape-Scale Natural Regeneration (LSNR), a new forestry model for Scotland. What is the issue? The 2020s have been declared “The Decade of Ecological Restoration” by the United Nations, highlighting the need for every country to play its part in restoring …
Long-awaited Scottish Forestry Guidance on forestry cultivation gets a good “A”-
Long-awaited Scottish Forestry guidance on forestry cultivation gets a good A- Applicants’ Guidance for Cultivation for upland productive woodland creation sites (Scottish Forestry) LONG-AWAITED SCOTTISH FORESTRY GUIDANCE ON FORESTRY CULTIVATION GETS A GOOD “A-” Two years ago FPG …
How Forestry Favours the Wealthy
How Forestry Favours the Wealthy “Super-rich buying up the forests of Scotland” declaimed newspaper headlines recently – with The Times reporting “Scotland’s forest land in danger of becoming an offshore tax haven for the super-rich”. Those of us who can …
Back to the 70s – Flared Trousers & Forestry Ploughing
The 70s were notable for a number of things. Flared trousers, gull-winged shirts, kipper ties, and in forestry – ploughing. The aforementioned dubious fashion items are making a comeback; and so too is ploughing, and similar forms of unsightly forestry …
Forest Policy Group response to the Scottish Forestry Strategy Consultation
Forest Policy Group Response to the Scottish Forestry Strategy Draft
The economic contribution of small scale woodland businesses in Scotland
Economic Contribution of Small Scale Woodland Related Businesses FPG Paper Our research into the economic contribution of small-scale woodland related businesses to Scotland’s economy indicates there are some 6,255 people connected with small-scale woodland related activities. And that the income and local spending …
Value from supporting local forestry businesses – a scoping study
LocalSmallForestry_final Here is an updated version of FPG’s scoping study – part of our work to highlight the sector of forestry activity which is locally-based, locally-organised, and typically small-scale. It aims to assess the extent of knowledge and the …