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Panel Meeting: 4th May 2012
The Independent Panel on Forestry met for the thirteenth time on the 4th May 2012. A summary note of the meeting is attached below.
Newsletter 3 published
The third edition of the Independent Panel on Forestry newsletter has been published with information about the Panel’s work and visits.
Panel Meeting: 18th April 2012
The Independent Panel on Forestry met for the twelfth time for on the 18th April 2012. A summary note of the meeting is attached below.
Panel meeting: 21-22 March 2012
The Independent Panel on Forestry met for the eleventh time for 2 days on the 21 and 22 March 2012. A summary note of the meeting is attached below.
Visit: East Anglia 28 March 2012
The Panel members Shireen Chambers, Mike Clarke and Stuart Goodall visited East Anglia where, in glorious sunshine, they met with a wide variety of people engaged in woodland based activities across the region. At the Euston Estate in Suffolk, the panel members heard about the East England Wild Venison Project, a four year programme supported [...]
Visit: Cumbria 7 March 2012
Three members of the Panel; Stuart Goodall, Sue Holden, and William Worsley, made an enjoyable and informative visit to Cumbria on the 7th of March. The panel members heard from local landowners, with whom they discussed public use of private woodlands, including issues of costs and potential liabilities, and also ways in which private landowners [...]
Visit: New Forest 28 February 2012
Three members of the Panel – Alan Knight, Mike Clarke and Tom Franklin – were warmly welcomed to the New Forest for a visit to explore a wide range of issues that affect the forest and the surrounding area. The morning session focussed on landscape and habitats, forestry management and commoning. On the way to [...]
Panel meeting: 23 February 2012
The Independent Panel on Forestry met for the ninth time on 23 February 2012. A summary note of the meeting can be found below.
Visit: Wyre Forest 17 February 2012
Three Panel members, Dame Fiona Reynolds, Shireen Chambers and Stuart Goodall, were warmly welcomed on their visit to sites in the Wyre Forest. Their particular focus was to understand the issues of building skills and creating jobs in the forestry sector. This included seeing how a ‘landscape partnership’ between a range of community organisations was working to [...]
Panel meeting: 18 January 2012
The Independent Panel on Forestry met for the eighth time on 18 January 2012. At the meeting the Panel agreed that their final report will be published in June. A summary note of the meeting can be found below.
