Forestry England

Forestry England is responsible for managing and promoting the nation's forests owned by the Government of the United Kingdom. It was formed as Forest Enterprise in 1996, before devolving to Forest Enterprise England on 31 March 2003 and then being rebranded to Forestry England on 1 April 2019. [1][2]

Forestry England
Agency overview
Formed1996
TypeExecutive agency
JurisdictionEngland
Headquarters620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1EJ
Agency executive
  • Mike Seddon, Chief Executive
Parent agencyForestry Commission
Websitewww.forestryengland.uk

Its mission is to connect everyone with the nation’s forests by creating and caring for our forests for people to enjoy, wildlife to flourish and businesses to grow. It operates under the Forestry Act(s) and subsequent legislation and is part of the Civil Service and an Executive Agency of the Forestry Commission. [1][3]

Operation

Forestry England is headquartered in Bristol, and for organisational purposes it divides England into six forest regions each with their own regional office:[4]

It also manages Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the United Kingdom. [5]

The nation’s forests

Forestry England manages 1,500 woodland and forest areas covering around 250,000 hectares spread from Northumberland to Cornwall, Shropshire to Norfolk, making them England’s largest land manager. Around half of England’s softwood production arises from the estate and supports hundreds of small businesses and several large sawmills that rely on a guaranteed supply of timber to attract capital investment. Over 230 million people visit the public forest estate each year which supports over 70 substantial business partners on the estate, delivering most of the Forest Centre services, bike hire and other outdoor activities. Alongside all the economic and recreational activity, some 45% of the estate contributes to England’s most precious National Park landscapes and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Additionally, 68,000 hectares are designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest in recognition of their value for nature, virtually all of which is in sound or recovering ecological condition and accessible to the public.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. "Who we are". Forestry Enterprise England.
  2. "Forest Enterprise". Forestry Commission. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07.
  3. "We're Evolving". Forestry England.
  4. "Our Offices". Forestry England.
  5. "About Westonbirt, The National Arboretum". Forestry England.
  6. "About Us - How we manage forests". Forestry England.
  7. "Forest Enterprise England annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018". gov.uk.
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