It's Ours

The Independent Panel on Forestry have announced that they will be releasing their Final Report on the 4th of July.

The Panel, set up by DEFRA following the Government's apparent U-turn on the sell off, or lease off, of Forestry Commission woodlands, has been around the country talking to interested parties and visiting woodlands. They also received a significant number of submissions from individuals and groups like ours.

Their Interim report set out some basic information, highlights where they had visited and some of the things they have found. While it offered no concrete suggestions about what they might recommend, parts of the Interim Report were, at least, mildly positive on a number of issues we have campaigned on. It remains to be seen how these issues are dealt with in the Final Report.

If you want to read the Interim Report for yourself go to

www.defra.gov.uk/forestrypanel

We'll bring details of the Final report as soon as its published.