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News Release from: Forestry Commission | Subject: Forestry Commission Scotland
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 April 2004
Support For New Urban Forests
New structural changes to Forestry Commission Scotland's conservancy boundaries will enable a more effective delivery of new forests in and around towns and cities.
The restructuring of the conservancy boundaries follows a general recognition that a clearer and more targeted focus should be given to creating woodlands in the urban areas of central Scotland, while maintaining a clear focus on the rural development benefits of forestry in the rest of the country Forestry Commission Scotland carried out a review of the existing conservancy boundaries and concluded that the six areas should be reduced to five
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 19 Nov 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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From the five, a new, single, focussed unit, providing a co-ordinated approach to establishing woodlands in the central belt, will cover the Lothians, Falkirk, Greater Glasgow and parts of Ayrshire and Fife.
Bob McIntosh, Director of Forestry Commission Scotland, said: "Recently there has been an increased drive and support from many organisations to raise the agenda of establishing more woodlands in and around the urban areas of Scotland.
This has largely been as a result of a general recognition that urban woodlands can bring many environmental, health, lifestyle, social and community involvement opportunities in the most densely populated areas of Scotland.
"Forestry Commission Scotland is taking the lead role in driving this agenda forward and it is only right that we reorganise ourselves internally so that we can deliver as effectively as possible.
"Even though urban forestry is high on the agenda, this will not be at the expense of delivering rural forestry, which remains a major priority.
The new conservancy structure will simply allow us to be in a better position to support the delivery of both rural and urban forestry policy." The new boundary structure will come into effect in June 2004.
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