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The Forestry Commission (established in 1919) is a non ministerial Government Department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. Its mission is to protect and expand Britain's forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment. An Executive Agency is a British public institution that carries out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive. ...
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The Forestry Commission manages 772,000 hectares of land in Great Britain, the majority of which (60%) is in Scotland, 26% of the landholding is in England and the remainder in Wales[1]. Activities carried out on the forest estate include timber harvesting to supply domestic industry, replanting of harvested areas, maintenance and improvement of the natural environment and the provision of recreation. A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ...
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The Forestry Commission is also the government body responsible for the regulation of forestry nationally. Part of this role is carried out through the disbursement of funding in support of private forests and woodlands.
Organisational structure The organisation has a Board of Commissioners with duties and powers prescribed by statute, consisting of a Chairman and up to ten other Forestry Commissioners, including its Director General, who are appointed by the Queen. The Statute of Grand Duchy of Lithuania A statute is a formal, written law of a country or state, written and enacted by its legislative authority, perhaps to then be ratified by the highest executive in the government, and finally published. ...
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The Commission also has an Executive Board which assists the Director General and Country Directors in the effective management of the Commission by providing leadership and setting direction for the Commission as an organisation.
Its current structure of separate Forestry Commissions for England Scotland and Wales, came into effect on 1 April 2003. This structure allows the Commission to focus more clearly on delivering the policies of the individual Governments while still having the ability to take a Great Britain-wide approach to "cross-border" issues.
The Forestry Commission in each country is led by a Director who is also a member of the GB Board of Commissioners. Delivery of policy, as well as progress against strategy objectives, are overseen in each country by the Commission's National Committee for England, National Committee for Scotland and National Committee for Wales.
Research division Forest Research is a Great Britain-wide agency of the Forestry Commission which aims to deliver high-quality scientific research and surveys, to inform the development of forestry policies and practices, and promote high standards of sustainable forest management. Forest Research is the research agency of the Forestry Commission, a government department in the United Kingdom. ...
Research is a human activity based on intellectual investigation and aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising human knowledge on different aspects of the world. ...
Recreation The Forestry Commission is the largest provider of outdoor recreation in Britain[citation needed]. It is working with many user groups to promote the use of its land for recreation such as walking, cycling and horseriding. There are many such projects throughout Britain. A notable and successful example is its 7stanes project in Scotland where seven purpose built areas of manmade mountain bike trails have been laid and has proved very popular. A another project to promote the use of its land is the Forest tour, which is a music festival. The 7stanes are seven mountain biking centres spanning the south of Scotland, from the heart of the Scottish Borders to Dumfries and Galloway. ...
Forest Tour (hosted by the Forestry Commission) is an annual United Kingdom live popular music event held nationwide, in the their forests. ...
Forests Some of the forests managed by the Forestry Commission are: - Aberdeen Woods
- Afan Forest Park
- Bedgebury Pinetum
- Dalby forest
- Delamere forest [1]
- Glenmore Forest Park
- Grizedale forest
- Gwydyr Forest Park
- Kesteven Forest[2]
- Kielder Forest
- Salcey Forest
- Sherwood
- Tay forest Park
- Thetford forest
- Westonbirt
Delamere Forest or Delamere Forest Park is a forest in the Vale Royal district of Cheshire, England, managed by the Forestry Commission. ...
The woods near Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. ...
Sitka Spruce growing in Kielder Forest Kielder Forest is a large forestry plantation in Northumberland. ...
References - ^ Forest Statistics
See also Englands twelve community forests are afforestation based regeneration projects which were established in the early 1990s. ...
Forestry is concerned with the study and management of forests for the primary purpose of obtaining a timber harvest. ...
External links - www.forestry.gov.uk
- History of the Forestry Commission
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