Scotland’s forests and woodlands deliver multiple benefits. These include benefits that are:
economic - for example, timber production
environmental - such as helping address climate change and reverse biodiversity loss
social - including improving people’s health and well-being
Our ambition is for more woodlands to be created in Scotland, delivering more of these benefits.
But we need to make sure that communities:
To help support flourishing and empowered communities, we work with partners to:
promote meaningful community engagement in forestry decision-making processes
support communities to manage and own woods and forests
encourage people from all backgrounds to use and enjoy woods and forests
promote the delivery of more benefits from forestry to local communities, supporting community wealth building
