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
7
Deferred
Para 56
Increasing domestic timber production and consumption can provide an additional revenue stream to support tree-planting,...
Recommendation
Increasing domestic timber production and consumption can provide an additional revenue stream to support tree-planting, whilst helping to store carbon and reduce the UK’s reliance on timber imports, which contributes to overseas deforestation. While we welcome the steps the Government …
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Government Response Summary
The government has established a cross-Government and cross-industry Timber in Construction (TiC) policy roadmap working group that will report before the end of this Parliament, after further research and scoping is completed.