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Recommendation 27
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Develop a comprehensive strategy for productive woodlands prioritising species diversity and resilience for long-term survival.
Conclusion
Planting more conifer trees is needed if domestic softwood production levels are to be maintained or increased. However, a policy to grow productive woodlands to achieve future timber supply and other benefits for nature and climate, are dependent on forests surviving in the medium to long term. Such policies should therefore be developed within an overall strategy which prioritises species diversity and resilience.
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 15 December 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗