Frequently asked questions: Phytophthora ramorum management policy

A Q&A document giving answers to some frequently asked questions about Scottish Government policy on Phytophthora ramorum management. Last updated in March 2024.

Funding Support for Woodland Creation in the Cairngorms National Park

A guide to funding support for woodland creation in the Cairngorms National Park.

Funding Support for Woodland Creation in the Highland Native Woodland Target Area

A guide to funding support for woodland creation in the Highland Native Woodland Target Area.

Future Funding Models for Woodland Creation

This study was carried out for the Woodland Carbon Task Force which aims to put conditions in place to enable higher levels of woodland creation. The reprot reviews existing finance available for woodland creation and scopes a range of possible new approaches to funding woodland.

Future Grant Support for Forestry: Analysis of consultation responses

An analysis of all responses submitted to the consultation for Future Grant Support for Forestry.

Future Grant Support for Forestry: Redacted responses

A zipped file containing all (redacted) responses to the consultation for Future Grant Support for Forestry.

All of the responses received were analysed and considered, along with any other available evidence submitted to us.

Where respondents gave permission for their response to be made public, we redacted any personal information.

Future Options for Forest Carbon Markets in Scotland and the UK

This report, carried out by ClimateXchange, identifies future options for the operation of carbon markets in the UK which could recognise the potential carbon contribution of UK forests. The report reviews current mechanisms for administering the flow of carbon credits, details options for the development of future carbon markets and highlights barriers to those options.

FWPS 8: Successor's Form

Farm Woodland Premium Scheme Successor's Application form.

Gaelic Language Plan: 2023 - 2028

We are committed to the role that Scottish Forestry (SF) can play in enhancing the status, supporting the usage of and development of Gaelic language skills, both to further the aims of Bòrd na Gàidhlig and to assist in the delivery of the National Gaelic Plan.

This new plan allows us to take stock of what we have achieved since becoming a Scottish Government Agency in 2019 and confirm our commitments to Gaelic for the next five years.

This plan focusses on creating communication resources across the core areas addressed in the Gaelic Language Act including:

• ensuring Gaelic is clearly present and valued
• ensuring staff have access to Gaelic awareness and language training throughout the period of the plan
• promoting our Gaelic offer to the businesses, communities and individuals we work with

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Gamification within Plant Health in the Forestry Commission

The aim of this joint-University of Stirling and Forestry Commission (FC) work is to raise the awareness and identify possible applications of gamification from a plant health perspective. To achieve this, the note describes the concept of gamification, builds upon feedback gained from a workshop hosted on gamification by the FC, and presents the results of a plant health gamification competition held at the University of Stirling. Gamification provides an exciting and novel approach to tackling plant health issues and is a way of capitalising on the popularity of games to achieve other desired objectives.

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