National Stakeholder Group



National Forestry Stakeholder Group discussion paper  - Delivering local community benefits and wealth building - 14 March 2023

Scotland’s Forestry Strategy Implementation Plan 2022-25, sets out a shared ambition to develop and implement a framework for increasing forestry’s contribution to the delivery of local community benefits and community wealth building.

This discussion paper (14 March 2023) begins by providing a context for this ambition, before presenting a small selection of case studies to help inform discussions at the meeting on how it can be delivered.


National Forestry Stakeholder Group discussion paper -  Building Resilient Future Forests

This paper gives a background to building resilience in our forests and woodlands as part of wider work on climate and landscape resilience, to:

  • inform discussions on how policy and practice could evolve to support the vision set out in Scotland’s Forestry Strategy (along with wider Scottish Government objectives)
  • create more resilient forest and woodland ecosystems by 2070

National Forestry Stakeholder Meeting Resilience notes 10 Nov 2022 final

National Forestry Stakeholder Meeting - Resilience, 10th November 2022.


National Stakeholder Group - Terms of reference

Terms of reference for the National Stakeholder Group.


National Stakeholder Group agenda and paper - 28 July 2021

View the agenda and paper for Scotland's National Forestry Stakeholder Group held on 28 July 2021.


National Stakeholder Group note of meeting - 25 November 2021

National Stakeholder Group note of meeting for 25 November 2021.


National Stakeholder Group summary of discussions - 28 July 2021

National Stakeholder Group summary of discussions for 28 July 2021.


Note of meeting - National Forestry Stakeholder Group discussion paper  - Delivering local community benefits and wealth building - 14 March 2023

The fifth meeting of the National Forestry Stakeholder Group, 14 March 2023.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the development of a framework for increasing forestry’s contribution to the delivery of local community benefits and community wealth building.