The Forestry and Water Scotland initiative spans the Scottish forestry sector.
The goal is simple. Brings together new and established resources to help forest owners, managers and practitioners follow good forestry practice to improve water management on their sites.
Why is good water management so important?
Good water management helps reduce diffuse pollution risks from forestry operations.
In turn this benefits the forest environment and wider landscape, helps compliance with water regulations and the UK Forestry Standard, and plays a key part in managing a forest sustainably.
The initiative is supported by various organisations involved in Scotland’s forestry sector and by the Diffuse Pollution Management Advisory Group (DPMAG).
This partnership focuses on protecting and improving Scotland's water environment by reducing rural diffuse pollution.
This resource base was launched in January 2017, originally on the Confederation of forest industries (Confor) website.
Good water management in practice
What does good water management in Scotland’s forests look like? We've pulled together some videos showing forestry practitioners in action.
