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News Release from: Forestry Commission | Subject: Review of the Scottish Forestry Strategy
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 August 2005
Spare some time to talk about forests
Scotland's foresters are going on the road to take the pulse of the nation's feelings about its woods and forests.
Scotland's foresters are going on the road later this month to take the pulse of the nation's feelings about its woods and forests They will host a series of public meetings across Scotland to hear how people think Scotland's 1.35 million hectares of woods and forests should be managed and developed
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The meetings are part of efforts by Forestry Commission Scotland to consult the public as it updates the Scottish Executive's Forestry Strategy.
The existing strategy, Scotland's first, was published in the year 2000, and is due for its first review to ensure that it is kept relevant to changing circumstances.
The public meetings will be a chance for the public to put forward their views on the important issues in forestry and how they should be tackled.
Each meeting will last between two-and-a-half and three hours, and the schedule of meetings is: Thursday 25th August, 4.30pm; Stirling Management Centre, Stirling University, Stirling; Tuesday 30th August, 2pm; Easterbrook Hall, The Crichton, Dumfries; Friday 2nd September, 2pm; Spa Pavilion, Strathpeffer, Easter Ross; Tuesday 6th September, 2pm; Stewarts Hall, Huntly, Aberdeenshire; and Wednesday 7th September, 2pm; Crutherland House Hotel, Strathaven Road, East Kilbride.
Forestry Commission Scotland is also asking people to send in their comments and ideas by 16th September.
To help them, a consultation document, entitled "Review of the Scottish Forestry Strategy", can be downloaded from the Forestry Commission's website at www.forestry.gov.uk/SFS.
Free paper copies can be ordered from Sharon Robinson, National Office for Scotland, Forestry Commission, 231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 7AT; telephone 0131 314 6486; e-mail: sharon.robinson@forestry.gsi.gov.uk.
Responses to the consultation should also be sent to Ms Robinson to arrive no later than Friday 16th September 2005.
Once all the responses are in, a draft strategy will be written, taking into account the comments and ideas received, and then a second consultation will be held to find out what people think of that before the final strategy is produced next year (2006).
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