Source · Select Committees · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Third Report - Tree planting
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
HC 356
Published 21 March 2022
Recommendations
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Acknowledged
Para 34
The financial incentives the Government is providing must make it economically viable to plant trees.
Recommendation
The financial incentives the Government is providing must make it economically viable to plant trees. The overall direction of travel is laudable, and the interim English Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) provides better incentives than previous schemes. However, getting to net …
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Government Response Summary
Farmers and land managers who take up EWCO now will be able to transfer their contract into a future environmental land management scheme at future agreed points without any loss of benefits. More details on the full list of options under the Local Nature Recovery scheme (LNR) will be published later in 2022.
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Acknowledged
Para 91
The application and approvals process for tree planting is seen as too bureaucratic by land-owning...
Recommendation
The application and approvals process for tree planting is seen as too bureaucratic by land-owning and forestry organisations. While we understand the importance of not weakening the environmental controls, there appears to be a consensus that it is possible to …
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Government Response Summary
The government is undertaking a Post Implementation Review (PIR) on the 2017 amendments to the Forestry Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and will consider stakeholder views, and is set to publish a new framework for Environmental Impact Assessments.