Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 4
4
Accepted
Paragraph: 39
Integrate future forestry strategies to establish a clear long-term vision for woodland creation.
Recommendation
To give the sector greater clarity, we recommend that future strategies for forestry should be fully integrated so as to establish a clear and holistic long-term vision for all woodland creation types. The Government should clearly set out how forestry in England will contribute to the delivery of its policy objectives for timber as well as for nature recovery and climate.
Government Response Summary
The government stated its existing England Trees Action Plan provides a generational vision to 2050, reinforced by the Environmental Improvement Plan, claiming these already establish a clear and holistic long-term vision for forestry.
Paragraph Reference:
39
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government’s England Trees Action Plan, published in May 2021, sets out a generational vision for trees & forestry to 2050. The England Tree Action Plan’s five chapters includes over 90 policy announcements and measures Defra will take over this Parliament to achieve the long-term vision. The Environmental Improvement Plan, which was published in January 2023 reinforces these commitments, which are given legal status through the Government’s statutory tree and woodland cover target. We are working with industry to support them in their development of the sector-led National Wood Strategy.