Independent Panel on Forestry Progress Report

Date	Friday, December 9, 2011
Topic	Economy [4] Governance [5] Historic Environment [6] Biodiversity & Natural Environment [7] Civic Participation [8] Planning, Land & Flood Defence [9] Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Climate Change [10] Sustainable Development [11] Rural Economy [12] Environment [13] Governance & Civic Participation [14]

On 8 December 2011 the Independent Panel on Forestry published its progress report. The report says the Panel are working towards recommendations that will increase the benefits generated from all forests in England – to the people that enjoy them, to nature and to the businesses that rely on them. Of the woods which are not in the public estate, 80%, only about half of them are managed. The Panel wants to see more woods created and more woods managed.

The report also makes clear that the Panel believe there is a role for a national public forest estate. It also says how this tremendous asset is managed and used should evolve to reflect people’s aspirations and wider challenges like climate change.

Download the Independent Panel on Forestry Progress Report [2] (pdf)

For more information and the complete press release please visit www.defra.gov.uk/forestrypanel/reports/ [3]

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Links:
[1] http://www.yourclimate.org/system/files/news_images/forestry.png
[2] http://www.defra.gov.uk/forestrypanel/files/Independent-Panel-on-Forestry-Progress-Report.pdf
[3] http://www.defra.gov.uk/forestrypanel/reports/
[4] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/economy
[5] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/governance-civic-participation/governance
[6] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/historic-environment
[7] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/biodiversity-natural-environment
[8] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/governance-civic-participation/civic-participation
[9] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/infrastructure/planning-land-flood-defence
[10] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change
[11] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/sustainable-development
[12] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/economy/rural-economy
[13] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment
[14] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/governance-civic-participation