Action for Scotland's Native Woods

This document outlines the types and importance of native woods, the threats and opportunities to these woods and how they can be managed.

Action on Climate Change Joint Statement

This document is a joint statement on climate change between The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Forestry Commission Scotland (now Scottish Forestry) and Historic Scotland.

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Adaptation and Resilience Steering Group 1 - 30 August 2023

The first meeting of the Adaptation and Resilience Steering Group from August 30 2023.

The purpose of the meeting was to agree the terms of reference for the group and to consider priorities for action to support implementation of resilience and adaptation measures.

Agenda items included:

1. Terms of Reference (ToR)
   • SG Membership
   • Links to other groups
2. National Stakeholder Group – Building resilience paper 
3. Exercise 1: Resilience measures and the forest stages
4. Exercise 2: Identify the drivers and enablers to implement the measures
5. Discussion
6. Next steps and close

Adaptation and Resilience Steering Group 2 - December 2023

Minutes and actions from the second meeting of the Adaptation and Resilience Steering Group, from December 2023.

Agenda items included:

• Actions from last meeting
• Membership
  1. Presentation and discussion: Review the future productive species workshop data – barriers and enablers
  2. Resilience Action Plan (Paper 1 and Annex)
  3. Future productive species list for Scotland (Paper 2)
  4. Knowledge Exchange events (Paper 3)
• Next steps and close
• Summary of actions for the steering group

Advice on replanting sites affected by Phytophthora ramorum

Advice on what and when to plant on cleared sites affected by Phytophthora ramorum

An Approach to Prioritising Control of Rhododendron in Scotland

This document is aimed at supporting decision makers in Scottish policy-making, funding and landowning organisations, who must decide on where and how funding is committed in order to achieve the successful control of rhododendron in priority habitats and, in the longer term, across Scotland.

An Overview of the Science Underpinning Forestry on Peatland Habitats

This note provides a brief summary of the key scientific findings underpinning the supplementary guidance, and highlights the remaining scientific uncertainties.

Ancient Wood Pasture in Scotland

The purpose of this guide is to introduce the concept of wood pasture, and then to highlight some examples of this in Scotland.

Annual Report 2019-2020

Our Annual Report and Accounts for 2019-2020.

Annual Report 2021 - 2022

Annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021

Annual report and accounts for 2020 to 2021.