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FORESTRY &
TIMBER NEWS
February 2018 Issue 85
THE SYCAMORE GAP
THE INVESTMENT DIVIDE
CONTENTS
NEWS & COMMENT 51 | WOOD FOR GOOD
Confor is a membership organisation 5 | EDITORIAL 57 | TIMBER TRANSPORT
that promotes sustainable forestry and TREES GET POPULAR VOTE BUT GILLIAN CLARK INTRODUCES
wood-using businesses. CHALLENGES TO PLANTING A NEW CAMPAIGN FOR THE
Confor members receive Forestry and REMAIN TIMBER TRANSPORT SECTOR
Timber News for free as part of their
6 | INVESTMENT FORESTRY 60 | SMALL WOODLAND
membership. For more information on
OWNER
membership, visit THE SYCAMORE GAP: A
www.confor.org.uk/join-us NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE 61 | PESTICIDES NOTEBOOK
Past issues and articles can be accessed
8 | NEWS 62 | GROWN IN BRITAIN
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www.confor.org.uk/news/ftn-magazine WESTMINSTER SPEAKERS
REINFORCE PLANTING CALL 63 | LEGAL MATTER
Non-member subscriptions:
MASSIVE PLANTING SCHEME GDPR: THE BIG BAD WOLF?
£54 (£59 overseas).
Please contact Liz@confor.org.uk GETS UNDERWAY AT
DODDINGTON 65 | MOTOR
COMMON COUNTRYSIDE 65 | FORESTRY IN PICTURES
VISION TAKES ROOT
CONFOR CONTACTS #25YEP – WHAT’S IN IT FOR FEATURES
FORESTRY?
Stefanie Kaiser
Communications and editor FTN SCOTTISH FORESTRY BILL 22 | FOREST MANAGEMENT
T: 0131 240 1420
E: stefanie.kaiser@confor.org.uk
AMENDED SMALL AND PRETTY MEETS
FORESTRY IN WALES A ‘TOP BIG AND STRONG: DO FOREST
PRIORITY’ STEREOTYPES STILL EXIST?
Caroline Harrison
National manager for England WE ASKED OUR MEMBERS
M: 07500 927482 34 | FUTURE OF FORESTRY FUR, FEATHER, FIN AND
E: caroline.harrison@confor.org.uk
THE RESILIENCE OF THE FORESTRY: RALPH PETERS ON
WELSH FORESTRY INDUSTRY THE FUTURE OF WOODLAND
Jamie Farquhar
National manager for Scotland AND GAME MANAGEMENT
M: 07817 374906
E: jamie.farquhar@confor.org.uk REGULARS FOREST MANAGEMENT AND
DIVERSIFICATION AT EXMOOR
16 | THE FTN GUIDE TO DIGITAL EAMONN WALL’S GUIDE TO
Martin Bishop
National manager for Wales
COMMUNICATION PRUNING BROADLEAVES
Rheolwr Genedlaethol i Gymru
M: 07876 029482
WE LAUNCH OUR NEW SERIES
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Andrew Heald MICFor
Technical Director and
Northern Ireland representative 17 | FORESTRY ON TWITTER
M: 07771 844653
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OF TREES AND TIMBER
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EDITORIAL
Trees get the popular vote but
challenges to planting remain
STUART GOODALL CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONFOR
P
lanting trees is set to become even change required to keep the UK on track to
more popular. And not just street meet its commitments.
trees or trees in schools, but large The low-hanging fruit has been secured
woodlands, even new forests. and the fortuitous developments are unlikely
We have climate change to ‘thank’ for that, to be repeated at scale – in fact we’re seeking
and the scale of governmental ambition. to rebalance the economy in favour of
At Kyoto and then Paris, rich, developed manufacturing. Meeting our targets will be
countries (the US Government less so) eye-wateringly painful - no gas, virtually no
agreed to shoulder the greatest burden oil, near energy-free houses, all cars using
of reducing greenhouse gases in the renewable electricity, emission slashed in
atmosphere, especially carbon. farming, etc, etc.
Initially everything went well, and Governments are also talking again about
emissions dropped across the UK, though Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), though
an examination of the figures shows that without any sense of a solution. Nevertheless,
much was due to de-industrialisation. In it allows them, on paper, to help fill the
agriculture, significant reduction took place widening gap between projected reductions
as CAP reform led to sharp falls in live-stock from current policy and what’s required.
numbers. The Committee on Climate Change, set up
Progress has been made, for example in to advise the UK and devolved governments
decarbonising electricity – think wind on progress with targets and to assess
farms, but there hasn’t been their future plans, has been touring the UK.
enough change in behaviour The conclusion is that the gap is widening
or in the ‘infrastructure’ between what’s required and the reductions
of industry, energy expected to be delivered by current policies
generation or in driving and plans.
energy efficiency. Too CCS is unproven and expensive. Tree
much has occurred planting is very cheap in comparison and
through unconnected a well-proven ‘technology’. It also yields a
events that would have myriad of other benefits. And then there’s the
happened anyway. carbon locked up in our home-grown wood
It may still take products – set to be recognised formally in
some time to develop a future carbon balances.
critical mass, but more I expect that we will have more and more
and more politicians attention placed on tree planting (and
and commentators wood production) in the years to come.
are examining the However, I’m not convinced we yet have
underlying trend and the administrative tools and processes to
looking forward to respond, meaning there’s a danger that as
the next step- people come knocking we will (frustratingly)
see their attention turn elsewhere.
That can’t be allowed to happen, and
Confor will fight to ensure that it does not.
INVESTMENT FORESTRY
The Sycamore Gap
A North-South investment divide
Headlines about a new northern forest turn. Mike Tustin of John Clegg and Co said that
in England, announced in Defra’s “There is simply more bureaucracy in forestry in
England than in Scotland; bureaucracy costs times
recent 25-Year Environment Plan,
and money and no one is willing to pay for it.”
don’t address some of the Jason Sinden added “What we need is greater
long-term challenges and risks for certainty, we are happy to work with open areas
forestry investors. Andrew Heald and broadleaves but it is the ‘unknowns’ and deal-
(Confor) and Jason Sinden (FIM) ing with the personal opinions of regulators which
makes investing unattractive. The grant money is
raise an important issue.
there and local Forestry Commission England staff
T
he south of Scotland and the north of Eng- are generally supportive but it is still a huge risk to
land both have good road access, suitable purchase land in England and then try to get permis-
soils, a range of mills and timber proces- sion to plant.”
sors. However, whilst large-scale investors Andy Howard of Doddington thinks that one of
“
are confidently starting new planting schemes in the challenges in England is the number of Gov-
Scotland, south of Hadrian’s Wall thing are a little ernment agencies that need to work together to
different. The recent announcement of approval for approve an application; Andy said “One of the key
Lowther Estate’s ‘Jack’s Wood’ and for Doddington lessons from Doddington was to get FC England,
(see FTN December 2017) are hopefully signs of sig- Natural England and the Rural Payments Agency to
nificant change in forestry creation in England. all agree with each other, before we started having
We need to be able
Woodland creation schemes in Scotland this year conversations with them.”
are heading for 250ha, with an average size of 35ha A single agency approach should work well, but
to give forestry
for productive schemes. Schemes the size of Dod- in Wales the benefit of a single regulator in NRW has investors a clear
dington (268ha net) are significant in Scotland but also failed to deliver significant new planting, due risk assessment
certainly wouldn’t attract front page news coverage partly to a complex scoring system which prioritises of the likelihood
in the Daily Telegraph. new woodland near towns, which often have high of success, that is
It is not just the size of the creation schemes that costs related to public access and are less attractive
impossible with the
differ it is a question of who is doing the planting. to timber production.
The big difference is that large-scale investors are Lack of familiarity with woodland creation and current application
currently only operating in Scotland; availability of with modern forestry in general is clearly an issue, process in England.
suitable land is crucial but so is the risk and uncer- with many stakeholders assuming that ‘commercial
Bruce Richardson,
tainty with gaining planting approval. forestry’ means 100% Sitka Spruce. As new schemes
Head of Investment
Forest managers in Scotland are better able to come forward and as older forests are felled and re-
judge which schemes will be successful and which stocked, then (as in Scotland) resistance slowly sof- and Property at Tilhill
will be quickly approved. Time is money, and the tens.
longer an approval takes, the poorer the rate of re- One of the challenges identified by investment
The investor’s reality The Government’s ambition
Quotes from the 25-Year Environment Plan
“We would love to invest in new
planting schemes in the north of “We will do this [increase nature] by
England and the current grant schemes increasing woodland in England in line with
are very attractive, but the uncertainty our aspiration of 12% cover by 2060: this
of whether we would get approval for would involve planting 180,000ha by the
a large-scale commercial project is just end of 2042.”
too high.” “Actions we will take: Designing a new
Jason Sinden woodland creation grant scheme, involving
landowners, farmers and key forestry
stakeholders in the process. We want
landowners to plant trees on their marginal
land, while encouraging agroforestry”.
6 FORESTRY & TIMBER NEWS • February 2018 CONFOR.ORG.UK
and forest managers that I have spoken to is the lack Brexit of course add another layer of complex-
of track record in England and Wales. It is difficult ity, particularly around multi-year grant payments
to convince an investor that the “numbers stack-up” but also in terms of Defra priorities. The recent an-
when so many of the numbers are uncertain. Inves- nouncements of funding for new woodland related
tors will always want as much certainly as possible to HS2, the continued Woodland Carbon Funding
and to minimise risk. Currently, an investor is far more and the reference to ‘large-scale afforestation’ in
likely to invest in new planting in Scotland rather the 25-Year Plan, are all very welcome. However, the
than anywhere else, because of the greater certainty long-term support and possible annual payments is
in getting approval and simply the time frame from uncertain, and the current renewed interest and con-
application to planting. There will always be a need cern around wader decline is likely to have a signifi-
for ‘guinea pigs’ like Doddington and Lowther and cant negative impact in parts of England.
then hopefully systems will improve; however, being Michael Gove has assured farmers and land man-
the guinea pig can be uncomfortable and expensive. agers that he will guarantee support payments to
Individuals like Andy Howard of Doddington are 2024. If you started the approval process for a large
typical of the people driving new planting in England; scheme this spring it would probably take two to
they are passionate and committed, want to plant three years to get approval, so if planting started
trees and have the confidence and determination to in 2021 there would only be three years of assured
see it through. The larger institutional investors have grant support. It is also worth considering that the Is land
a different attitude to risk and are more ‘foot-loose’, lead-in time for a nursery to produce healthy young designation a
and so are willing to consider a wide range of loca- trees, is also around four years. A promise from De- barrier to forestry
tions; often these locations are in Scotland. fra of a new ‘woodland creation grant scheme’ is investment?
very welcome but the forestry sector needs to know
Northern Ireland,
what it is and how it will work, as soon as possible.
England and Wales
There is currently enthusiasm, interest and gov-
have significant upland
ernment support for new planting in England but the
areas designated for
mechanism to approve and deliver those new wood-
“We will encourage larger-scale woodland landscape – either
lands is not fit for purpose, this was clearly identified
and forest creation, and direct commercial National Parks (shown
by the EFRA Committee in January 2016. Until that
investment in new productive planting in yellow) or AONBs
mechanism is replaced and greatly improved then
towards Forestry Investment Zones.” (shown in orange) .
we are unlikely to see a significant increase in new
Scotland has far fewer,
“We want our continuing promotion of large planting. Jack’s Wood at Lowther and Doddington
although it does have
are great achievements but in total are only about
scale woodland creation to give investors National Scenic Areas
500ha, a long way short of the latest England target
the confidence to renew and expand wood-
7500ha per year.
processing capacity, thereby securing
the supply of current wood products and Jason Sinden is Head of Investment at FIM, the
stimulating further innovation with new largest investors in commercial forestry in the UK
products such as cross-laminated timber with approximately £900m in assets
used in construction.”
#25YEP - what’s in it for forestry? See p11.
CONFOR.ORG.UK FORESTRY & TIMBER NEWS • February 2018 7
NEWS
Westminster speakers reinforce planting call
Momentum must be maintained on pro- plant more trees now to ensure a sustain- key recommendation in the initial EFRA
ductive planting in England to create a able supply of domestic timber in future.” committee report.
long-term sustainable industry and reduce The debate was arranged to address Confor Chief Executive Stuart Goodall,
reliance on imports, a Westminster Hall de- the Government’s response to the inquiry who attended the debate, said: “It’s vital the
bate on forestry in England heard. by the Environment, Food and Rural Af- profile of forestry and timber is kept high at
Chris Davies MP, Chairman of the All- fairs (EFRA) Committee. It featured con- Westminster and that the Government is re-
Party Parliamentary Group on Forestry, tributions from nine MPs and a reply by peatedly pressed to act on the big issues,
said it was crucial to build on the Lowther the minister responsible for forestry, Dr including planting, managing woodland and
and Doddington approvals, highlighting Thérèse Coffey. She confirmed the Gov- using more home-grown wood.
the 80,000 UK jobs supported by the for- ernment had “reset the clock” on its 2015- “In the debate, it was heartening to see
estry and timber industry, and its £2bn an- 2020 target of planting 11m trees and the every speaker mention the need for more
nual economic value to the economy. target would now run from the June 2017 productive planting or use of home-grown
Noting that the UK had ‘overtaken’ Ja- election to 2022. She was confident the wood. There is much work to be done, but
pan to be the second-largest net importer target would be met and passed. Confor’s central policy requests - more
of wood products after China, Mr Davies EFRA committee chairman Neil Parish productive planting, a simpler application
said: “This demonstrates why it is so im- MP renewed calls for a “one-stop shop” system, more actively managed woods and
portant that this parliament sends a strong for forestry grants and advice, with several the use of more home-grown timber - are
signal to the UK Government that we must other speakers repeating this message - a now supported by MPs from all parties.”
Massive planting
scheme gets
underway at
Doddington
Ground preparation works for the largest
planting scheme in England in a genera-
tion will start later this month.
The first of around 650,000 trees are
expected to go into the ground in late
March at Doddington North Moor, near
Wooler, Northumberland, according to
project manager Andy Howard.
After confirmation the scheme had
been approved on 30 November last year,
Mr Howard said: “I’m delighted to have se-
cured the go ahead for the project. Well-
designed new forests are fantastic assets
for local people and wider society, and
hopefully starting to plant trees at Dod-
ALBA TREES
dington and the lessons learnt from the
application process will encourage others
to take that important step.”
Mr Howard acknowledged the “un-
stinting positive backing” from Confor planting scheme, near Penrith, Cumbria, ground and 15% managed priority habitat.
throughout the process, and praised the was approved. At January’s Westminster Hall debate
local community and MP Anne-Marie Lowther will see 213,000 trees planted on forestry in England, Dr Thérèse Coffey,
Trevelyan. He added: “I’m also grateful to on a 170ha, with 120ha of productive coni- the minister responsible for forestry, said
the Natural England and Forestry Com- fers and most of the remainder productive she was delighted Doddington had finally
mission staff at local level who ultimately broadleaves. been approved – and described her visit
found a way for us to come together to Doddington, near Wooler, is twice the to Lowther. She said: “I had the pleasure
find a solution.” size at 354ha, with 268ha to be planted - of visiting Lowther and planting the first
Stuart Goodall, Chief Executive of Con- 42% conifers (the majority sitka), 20% na- of 213,000 trees, a rich mix of broadleaf
for, welcomed the “fantastic news”, which tive broadleaves and 13% mixed Scots pine corridors and softwood plantations. It is
came soon after the Lowther Estate and native broadleaf. Some 10% is open truly impressive.”
8 FORESTRY & TIMBER NEWS • February 2018 CONFOR.ORG.UK
NEWS
Common countryside
vision takes root
A Command Paper on post-Brexit support spring continues down that path and rec-
for the UK’s rural areas must reflect grow- ognizes all parties can benefit from a new
ing support for a common approach to way of working - farmers, foresters, local
the future of our countryside, according to communities and wider society.”
Confor’s Chief Executive Stuart Goodall. Mr Goodall has already stressed the
Mr Goodall said he was pleased that importance of a consensual approach in-
“
core elements of Confor’s Common Coun- volving all rural interests, at Confor’s West-
tryside Policy (CCP) paper are at the heart minster conference, Towards A Common
of the debate on what future support looks Countryside Policy, in late 2017.
like – including treating all land uses fairly The event featured senior speakers from
and a requirement to show positive envi- organisations in the land use sector - NFU,
ronmental outcomes to receive subsidy. CLA, The Woodland Trust, WWF-UK and
A ‘shared ambition’ vital to
He welcomed Michael Gove’s positive Confor. Minette Batters of the NFU agreed
language in his speech to the Oxford Farm- “a shared ambition” was vital to shape a shape a positive rural future
ing Conference (OFC) on post-Brexit sup- positive rural future. Minette Batters, NFU
port – and the consensual approach from She joined a debate with Stuart Goodall,
different groups to a sustainable future. Mi- Mark Tufnell (CLA), Will Ashley-Cantello
nette Batters, Deputy President of the Na- (WWF-UK) and Beccy Speight (Woodland • A positive trade deal after Brexit is fun-
tional Farmers Union, has said she sees the Trust) to identify common ground in future damental to a thriving future countryside;
chance for enhanced tree planting on farms rural policy and funding structures. • Only productive, prosperous rural busi-
– although not on prime agricultural land. A number of key themes emerged nesses can deliver the range of positive
Mr Goodall said: “I’m very pleased the throughout the discussion, including: outcomes to make our countryside more
debate is moving in the direction outlined • Strong political leadership is needed to sustainable;
in our CCP paper, with a clear understand- design future policy fit for all of our coun- • A new system must be based on long-
ing that there is the potential to plant more tryside - supported by strong leadership term agreements, or contracts, to move
trees and benefit from well-managed for- inside Defra and government agencies. away from the stop-start system of con-
ests and woodland as part of a thriving ru- • Strong leadership and guidance is also stant new CAP deals;
ral countryside. needed from rural interest groups. Each will • We need to start making progress on
“I support Michael Gove’s belief that, have specific interests, but stronger results new policy now, not wait for a perfect so-
post-Brexit, we can do things differently, could be delivered by finding areas of com- lution, which risks carrying over the prob-
and more sustainably, in rural areas. There mon ground; lems of CAP into a new era.
is scope for our land to deliver more for so- • Government reports relevant to future Stuart Goodall said: “It was great to de-
ciety and for the environment. Mr Gove’s rural policy such as the 25-Year Environ- bate the future with such a diverse range
OFC speech recognised that, with specific ment Plan, Clean Growth Strategy and of organisations - and it was very clear that
mention of planting more trees as part of legislation shaping a post-Brtexit future – there is more that unites different rural in-
a new direction - away from the Common must be well-aligned. terests than divides us. I am heartened by
Agricultural Policy and towards a broader • Future rural funding must follow positive the desire to collaborate to come up with
approach. outcomes for the countryside, rather than a future system to suit the whole of our
“It is vital the Command Paper in the the input-based system of CAP. countryside.”
AWARDS
Deadline
RFS Excellence in Forestry 31 March Scottish Finest Woods Deadline
31 March
2018 2018
“It’s only through ensuring high quality woodland Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards has opened its
management and talking about it to a wider world that we will 2018 competition to find the woods and forests contributing
help people distinguish between excellence and exploitation most to the health and wealth of communities. There are
in forestry,” siad Royal Forestry Society Co-ordinator Rachel seven awards in four categories – Quality Timber, New Native
Thomas, launching the Excellence in Forestry 2018 Awards. In Woods, Community Woodlands and the Schools Award –
2018 the awards are being held across the West of England with striking trophies and almost £7,000 of prize money.
from Cheshire in the North West to Cornwall in the South Winners are honoured at an annual Awards presentation at
West. There are five categories: Resilient Multipurpose (Duke the Royal Highland Show in June. money. Winners are honoured
of Cornwall’s Award), Silviculture, Small and Farm Woodland, at an annual Awards presentation at the Royal Highland Show
Community Woodland and an Education and Learning Award. in June.
www.rfs.org.uk/awards www.sfwa.co.uk
10 FORESTRY & TIMBER NEWS • February 2018 CONFOR.ORG.UKTheresa May Specific trees, woodlands
launches the 25-Year and forestry elements
Environment Plan included in #25YEP
Supporting the development of a new
Northern Forest.
Designing a new woodland creation
grant scheme, involving landowners,
foresters and farmers.
Identifying suitable areas for large scale
woodland creation, and promoting
Forestry Investment Zones to attract
investors.
Supporting community forests.
Strengthening domestic carbon offset
mechanisms to encourage more
businesses to offset emissions in a cost-
effective way, through planting trees.
#25YEP – what’s
Increased protection of existing trees
and forests.
Publishing a Tree Health Resilience Plan
in 2018.
in it for forestry? Developing new public/private
partnership models of investment for
research, including plant and tree health.
Working with industry to place
DEFRA published A Green Future: Our 25-Year biosecurity at the centre of buying
Plan to Improve the Environment in January – practices – including encouraging the
so what does it mean for forestry businesses? development of a bio-secure supply
chain for woodland creation.
asks Caroline Harrison
Working with industry to support Grown
At the heart of #25YEP is the government’s Confor will continue to represent mem- in Britain to increase the amount of
promise not just to arrest the decline bers’ interests and work with government home grown timber used in England in
of England’s natural resources but to en- on key areas within the plan. construction.
hance them: to be the first generation to We have put forward nominations for Protecting and enhancing the Public
leave the environment in a better state than the proposed Tree Champion. We will Forest Estate.
it found it. work with government to identify Forestry Appointing a national Tree Champion
For the forestry and timber sector, the Investment Zones to deliver large-scale to promote trees and forests, help drive
plan sits alongside the Clean Growth Strat- planting and business support, learning a step change in tree planting and
egy to set a framework for policy for the from the Woodland Enterprise Zone being encourage joined-up thinking on tree
foreseeable future and, effectively, replace piloted in North Devon. We will work with issues.
the 2013 Forestry and Woodlands Policy government to use more wood in construc-
Statement. tion in England and to recognise and meas-
Other highlights for
The #25YEP plan lacks detail, but it is in- ure timber locked up in construction as a
tended to be read as a blueprint setting the vital medium-term carbon sink.
businesses to note
direction of travel for future government We will continue to input into the devel-
Expanding the use of natural flood
policy and strategies, along with a new sys- opment of a new grant scheme to support
management solutions.
tem of governance and a suite of metrics to large-scale productive woodland creation
measure and report on performance. To de- and woodland management. Finally, we Designing and delivering a new
liver on its ambitions, it will need strong ac- will continue to input into the Tree Health environmental land management
tions, and Confor will hold the government Resilience Plan and promote the phasing system. Details have been promised in a
to account against its promises. out of firewood imports from abroad, both command paper in Spring 2018.
A natural capital approach permeates to reduce the threat to biosecurity and to Embedding an ‘environmental net gain’
the plan, attempting to put together an stimulate woodland management through principle for development, including
over-arching mechanism to capture the a market for locally-produced wood fuel. housing and infrastructure.
value of natural assets. It is anticipated that The aim is to leave the environment in a Consulting on setting up a new
natural capital accounting will play a sig- “better state than we found it” and Confor independent body to hold government
nificant role in the metrics that the plan has believes that a vibrant forestry and timber to account and a new set of
proposed to measure performance, and will sector is key to realising that, supporting environmental principles to underpin
therefore become one of the main tools to government in its move towards clean and policy-making.
hold the government to account. green growth.
CONFOR.ORG.UK FORESTRY & TIMBER NEWS • February 2018 11NEWS
Scottish Forestry Bill amended
Since it was introduced in May 2017, we have three years, there were conflicting propos- More importantly, the English, Scottish
been scrutinising the first draft of the For- als on how it should be revised, withdrawn and Welsh governments are discussing how
estry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill. pending further discussion. Confor will UK-wide issues (such as the UK Forestry
As of 14 December, this has been replaced press for revision every ten years. Standard, Plant Health, Forest Research)
with a significantly amended second draft. Because this bill involves completing should be structured post-devolution, and
The Rural Economy and Connectivity the devolution of forestry, the legislation how private and public sectors will relate.
Committee (RECC) had the role of amend- must also be approved in Westminster. Confor is closely engaged in these discus-
ing the bill. A huge number of amendments This stage is likely to be a formality. sions which will affect the whole UK.
were brought forward, 136, demonstrating
the importance the Scottish Parliament
places on getting forestry legislation right.
Of these, 36 were withdrawn, 11 were reject-
ed, and 89 accepted. Forestry in Wales a ‘top priority’
Confor met with all the major parties be-
fore the debate, and provided detailed writ- In the December issue of FTN issue (p10) (available on our website), which was
ten evidence on every amendment, which we reported our meeting with the new widely referred to in the debate.
was widely referred to in the discussion. Welsh Environment minister, Hannah Bly- Simon Thomas AM spoke passionately
thyn. The minister referred to this meet- about the need to tackle the ‘underwood-
What’s new in the bill? ing at the debate on forestry held in the ed’ state of Wales, after visiting a sawmill
A key amendment for Confor was that the Welsh Assembly on 13 December, saying had demonstrated to him the real benefits
Scottish forestry strategy must address ‘the that ‘improving and expanding the wood- of timber production. In the new year, he
production and supply of timber and other lands of Wales would be amongst my top asked a series of parliamentary questions
forest products’. Another was that there priorities’. on behalf of Confor, ensuring forestry is
should be a post in the Scottish Government The debate was a discussion of the kept high on the government’s agenda.
with the title of Chief Forester. This was a Branching Out report, in which the Cli- There is no better way to tell the for-
proposal originally made by Confor, to en- mate Change, Environment and Rural estry and timber story than to invite your
sure that forestry expertise is protected and Affairs Committee strongly criticised the local representatives to visit your busi-
promoted within the new organisation. Welsh government’s record on forestry, nesses. Please don’t hesitate to contact
There were also a series of important using evidence provided by Confor. us to help.
government amendments adjusting various Less than 10,000ha of new woodland The Welsh government was challenged
points in the legislation, including clarifying has been created in Wales in the past 20 on forestry again on 19 December, when
that ‘forested land’ does not include land years, and the estimated area of produc- the highly-respected UK Climate Change
with no trees on it, and changing the infa- tive conifer has decreased by 18,000ha Committee advised that Wales needs to
mous definition ‘felling means intentionally since 2001. create 4,000ha new woodland per year
killing a tree’ to ‘felling includes intention- Confor sent all AMs an infographic on to meet its legislated target of an 80% re-
ally killing a tree’. the multiple benefits of forestry for Wales duction in carbon emissions by 2050.
What happens next?
The revised bill will be discussed by the
full parliament, when further amendments
may be brought before a final bill is agreed.
Some amendments which were withdrawn
following discussion will be developed and
new wording brought at the next debate.
Two key items in this category are:
• Content of the forestry strategy: Three
amendments on afforestation, native wood-
land and communities were withdrawn in
response to the Cabinet Secretary’s assur-
ance that he would work with proposers
‘to capture the intentions of those amend-
ments, and in particular the important
objective of increasing the area of native
woodland.’ Confor will press for a commit- Confor manager Martin Bishop followed up all this activity by organising a visit
ment to afforestation to be included, and for the minister on 18 January to Teifi Timber sawmill. A new Confor member in
that any reference to native woodland is west Wales, Teifi Timber is a family business in its seventh generation, which has
part of an expansion of forestry overall, and recently invested £2.5m to upgrade its facilities and continue to be an important
is not at the expense of productive capacity. employer in a rural area. However, its future relies on having trees to harvest. It
• Frequency of revision of the forestry was encouraging to hear the minister reiterate her commitment to ensure that
strategy: while it was agreed that there these begin to be planted.
should be a report on the strategy every
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Like it or not, understanding digital communication and social media is
increasingly essential for modern business promotion and campaigning.
In this issue, we introduce FTN’s new series of guidance articles to help
our members get the most out of the tools available with a look at
Twitter by Hester McQueen (@TheICF) and Confor (@forestsandwood)
All you need to know about Twitter
#1 What is Twitter? #4 How Twitter can help
Twitter is an online social media platform for your business
individuals to communicate and interact on. Through an active Twitter presence or even
Messages are limited to 140 characters and can structured campaigns, your business or brand can
include images and videos. You can access it from benefit in multiple ways
your computer, smartphone or tablet.
• Connect with costumers and build relationships
#2 What is a hashtag? • Understand your competitors
A hashtag is a word/phrase preceded by a #, used • Market new products or promote events
on Twitter to gather tweets on specific topics. You • Create meaningful traffic for your website
can search the term or click the hashtag to see
other tweets that have used the same hashtag. • Create brand awareness or raise your personal
Specially useful to create discussions around an profile as thought leader
event or to search for tweets on specific topics. • Build a digital audience
• Stay informed on markets, innovation, news or
#3 Build relationships on Twitter costumer demand
Think of tweets as conversations. You can send a
direct tweet to someone if you have something
interesting to share: eg @username “this is my
#5 Efficient Twitter campaigns
message”. Use hashtags and @username to target require planning
Twitter users or find relevant Twitter accounts or
Posting a series of individual posts on an ad hoc
tweets. It is worth following relevant accounts
basis is not the most resource-efficient way of
as their news will go in your home timeline. Many
using Twitter for a marketing campaign, especially
individuals/companies will share and comment on
for companies with limited resources. There are
your content in return if you’re sharing their Twitter
many tools that can help you manage your time
posts – this is one way to help build a Twitter
more efficiently, such as Hootsuite where you can
relationship.
schedule posts in advance.
Planning is essential if you want to run a successful
Tipps to get started Twitter campaign and this can take time to do well.
The first thing you need to do is to consider the
Create your account, define what topic you are interested or pool of content that you already have. You can
what people you want to reach. Identify people who actively usually reuse old content. Re-purposing content is
tweet in your field of interest or who have a good followership vital in this day and age, but keep in mind that it
you want to reach yourself. Filter information by topic hashtags. has to be high-quality and on-brand before you can
More in FTN web resources. re-publish it.
Keep in mind that Twitter posts should be visually
People to follow:
appealing and engaging, so don’t make them
@AndyHeald: just follow him and you will see all text-based. Fill your Twitter wall with images,
facts or even intriguing questions for your Twitter
@Benjaminjmiller: machine operator with large followership
followers to engage with.
@AGTforester: Andy Turnbull - Forester with Bidwells Make sure that you are engaging by being active
on social media – pay attention to who likes and
@localwoodswork: Partnership working to support and grow
comments your posts and reply back. This helps to
woodland social enterprise promote and humanise your brand.
Watch out for recommended Twitter accounts in our How do you know if your campaign is a success?
2018 FTN issues. Set yourself goals and take a step back and assess
your progress compared to your original goals.
16 FORESTRY & TIMBER NEWS • February 2018 CONFOR.ORG.UKWhy I use Twitter
@AndyHoward1
Forestry on Twitter
Andy Howard, Pennine Biomass Recent highlights from the world of
To engage with a wide range trees and timber on social media
of people within the industry
and perhaps more importantly
from the media, Government, An eclectic selection brought to you by @andyheald and @eleanormharris
NGOs and general interested public. For me it’s
all about trying to get out the message about
forestry as it is nowadays, and challenging the
pre-conceptions many people have.
My tipp for new users... Be interesting.
Eloquently stand your ground and maintain your
point under discussion without being dismissive
or angry, and use pictures or links regularly to
make sure your timeline is about your message
rather than being about you.
@eleanormharris
Eleanor M Harris, Confor
Twitter is an important way
for me to develop a voice in
the sector. The short length
forces me to formulate what I
want to say without rambling. Unlike face-to-
face interaction, I don’t need to worry about
my manner, tone or confidence affecting my
message, which for a slightly awkward female
academic is a bonus.
My tipp for new users... Most Twitter users
are either mainly ‘readers’ or ‘speakers’. I’m a
‘speaker’, so my three key tips are:
• Always be kind, generous and respectful –
even if they aren’t.
• Write your own tweets and retweet sparingly –
or your feed looks like someone else’s.
• Use good images.
@forestmachineoj
Rab Easton,
Forest Machine Magazine
I have come to find that
Twitter is an excellent format
to keep followers updated
on current forestry issues and a good place to
find the latest information affecting worldwide
forestry.
My tipp for new users... Keep text factually
accurate, interesting – ideally with some humour.
FTN WEB RESOURCES
Read a 2014 FTN article on how
to join the forestry and timber
community on Twitter, by Stefanie
Kaiser and Andrew Heald
FTN WEB RESOURCES
Links to useful Twitter resources and
beginners guides All links to tweets can be
found at
www.confor.org.uk/ftnweb
www.confor.org.uk/ftnweb
CONFOR.ORG.UK FORESTRY & TIMBER NEWS • February 2018 17CONFOR MEMBERS
Stirring
it up
T
Tim Mack and Mark im Mack and Mark Crichton Maitland have
Crichton Maitland been forestry professionals and close
of Elderslie Estates friends for the best part of 40 years and
their latest collaboration is breathing new
believe that taking
life into the Elderslie Estates woodlands at Houston
forestry beyond in near Glasgow.
the woodland gate Both Mark and Tim were infected by forestry at
is the way forward. Cirencester by the inspirational John Josephi, the
much loved and long serving forestry lecturer and
protégé of the great Cyril Hart. The enthusiasm they
took from those days continues, and the fact that
Mark and Tim have remained close friends and shot
and stalked together for virtually every year since
has only enhanced it.
After Cirencester they professionally went their for over 30 years. Chris is only the fourth factor since
separate ways. Mark became a land agent in Scot- 1905. “We really value first class advice and continu-
land and then Herefordshire, before becoming a full- ity is really important, you need to know where the
time forestry consultant in the 1980s, while Tim went bodies are buried” says Mark.
to Merrist Wood and became an arboricultural con- The land is rolling lowland hill country, a bit like
tractor in the south east of England, then moving to North Devon but with lots more wind and rain. There
Kintyre as a forestry contractor. At some stage dur- are three tiers of forestry: Sitka in the upland hills, a
ing Mark’s move south and Tim’s move north they conifer–hardwood mix in the middle hills and mostly
met in a pub on Hadrian’s Wall and swapped north/ hardwood in the lowlands.
south forestry knowledge over several pints of beer.
“We know each other so well”, says Mark, “that Advocates of change
we hardly need to discuss things. We went on a re- “It’s time that we rethink what we do with our land,
ally good boys’ stalking holiday in the far north a and Brexit and the future shape of the forest prod-
couple of years ago and hardly spoke for two weeks, ucts market will be a powerful determinant in that
other than to say, ‘I agree, take the second stag from process. Forestry has to be taken out of its wood-
the right’ or ‘I don’t mind if I do have a drop more’.” land box and properly integrated into the land use
Elderslie Estates extend to around 1600ha, a little mix.”
over 400 of which are forestry. It is a good example It’s evident that the pair of them like to stir things
of a diversified working estate; it doesn’t have a big up. And that’s what the sector needs these days.
house or a big shoot or big mountains, but it does They have been pushing the Forestry Commis-
Above, Tim Mack in have a respectable portfolio of residential property, sion, politicians and the farming lobby to take for-
12 month Eucalyptus a fair amount of commercial property, farming – estry outside of woodlands into the farms and have
glaucesens at Elderslie both let and in hand – and forestry, some woodcock been challenging the sector to use alien species in
and, right, Mark shooting and is home to a pack of foxhounds. It has different ways (some of them currently banned or
Crichton Maitand been factored by Chris Addison-Scott of Galbraith deemed unrealistic for use in this country).
18 FORESTRY & TIMBER NEWS • February 2018 CONFOR.ORG.UKsive butt rot in the conifers ruling out NS and SS on
some sites after about four rotations. We all know
the plant health issues with larch and ash, add the
spruce ones and suddenly you have lost four impor-
tant weapons in your armoury.
Mark believes that we need to go back to old
fashioned and rather out of date forestry, such as
practiced by Cyril Hart. There are lots of species
out there that have been all but forgotten but which
have a role to play.
“Not only do we need to look at alternative co-
nifers, but we also need to look at spruce and other
conifer mixtures, using species like western hemlock,
noble fir or Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis). There is
an opportunity here to try something quite radical,
like a Sitka/A amabilis row mixture and there is cer-
tainly scope for selection and shelterwood systems.
Tim and I have constant arguments over whether to
thin or not to thin. Historically we always got caught
out by windblow, but nothing ventured, nothing
gained, and we have started thinning again where
we can and wait to see if this is another case of hu-
bris and will the wind blow it all over. What has made
the option possible are good harvesting contractors,
markets for thinning products for biomass and Tim’s
excellent timber marketing that has meant we can
thin at break-even at worst.”
Going back to thinning has allowed them to cre-
ate a more mixed and structurally more resilient for-
“
est in the middle hillls, whereas the hardwoods of
Mark says that we live in what he calls the ‘post- the lowlands have been their experimenting ground
agricultural landscape’. Traditionally, the estate con- to explore a transition towards a semi-natural wood-
sisted of small family worked dairy farms, but they land.
are all history now. As tenants have retired and the It is a difficult job to move towards a forest with
land has come back in hand, the challenge is what multiple canopy layers, but it increases the resilience
best to do with it. Maybe we to strong winds. They recognise that the conditions
are on to in Scotland don’t necessarily favour European-style
Creating more resilient and silviculture approaches but with commitment and
diverse woodlands
something, or the right people on the ground it can be done.
Current silvicultural options are really becoming maybe we are “For future resilience, we also need to up our game
too limited. “What we need are new silvicultural ap- just a couple on forest products”, adds Tim. “With an increasing
proaches and more integrated and efficient landuse cost base resulting from the requirements of long-
strategies”, Tim stresses. “With Brexit and the end
of dinosaurs term forest plans (excellent, but what was wrong with
of the current grant harvesting, land owners will be mumbling in our Dedication) and the unfortunate need to duplicate
forced to think outside the box.” beards about standards by having to comply with FC requirements
At Elderslie, Sitka has been the banker for nearly and FSC certification, not to mention the whole su-
a hundred years; high yield class, usually non-thin going back to pervisory and management apparatus, we need a
and normally succumbing to windblow every 30-40 the future. greater volume of more valuable product to sell.
years. “That has been all well and good, but I have “Maybe we are on to something,” says Tim “or
felt for many years that perhaps we could do some- maybe we are just a couple of dinosaurs mumbling
thing better. I think we are now on the cusp of doing in our beards about going back to the future. And
something better, although we are slightly groping we don’t always agree with each other. Actually, it
in the murk still”, says Tim was the third stag from the right, not the second
Monocrop rotations are not good for plant health that was shootable.”
and we are increasingly seeing issues like progres- www.elderslie.org
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20 FORESTRY & TIMBER NEWS • February 2018 CONFOR.ORG.UKCONFOR MEMBERS NEWS
New Confor
position on plant
health and Brexit
In response to widespread concern from
our members, Confor has produced a new
briefing on plant health, in the context of
our exit from the EU.
The briefing covers the risk posed
James Jones invests £7m in new I-Joist line by the imports of live plant ma-
terial and firewood, and pro-
As part of a continuing investment pro- “The new line will be one of the most ad- poses a policy framework
gramme at its JJI-Joist plant in Forres, vanced in the market place and will allow to mitigate these risks.
James Jones & Sons Ltd announced in Jan- us to offer customers specification flexibil- The briefing has been
uary that a contract had been placed with ity and product innovation. published on our website,
US-based Globe Machine Manufacturing “We anticipate that we will see JJI-Joists a news release has been
Co. to supply and install a new high-speed, coming off the new line in Q4 2018” sent out widely and it has
automated I-Joist assembly line. The total Tom Bruce-Jones, Joint MD of James been sent to relevant con-
project investment will be almost £7m. The Jones & Sons, put the investment in the tacts in the public sector.
new investment follows on from the £4.5m context of the overall James Jones busi- Please make use of it, for exam-
project to install the new finger-jointing ness, saying: “We will continue to invest in ple sending it to your MP or promoting it
line at the Forres site in 2015 our business where we see market growth on social media, to spread awareness of
Speaking about the investment, Angus and opportunities, whether it’s in sawn tim- how threats to plant health can be effec-
Macfarlane, General Manager of James ber, engineered timber or our pallet and tively tackled.
Jones & Sons’ Timber Systems Division packaging operations. In the next five years Picture: green spruce aphid (FC)
commented: “The UK housing market is we have committed to a capital expendi-
set for a sustained period of growth and, ture programme of £50m across the com-
as the UK market leader for timber I-Joists,
it’s important that we are able to meet the
pany to make sure that we continue our
drive to be the most efficient producer of
UKWAS update
demands of the market and ensure that we the highest quality timber products in the After a review and revision period lasting
remain at the forefront of engineered tim- UK.” three years, UKWAS 4 has overcome a ma-
ber manufacturing in the UK. www.jamesjones.co.uk jor hurdle and just before Christmas was
fully approved by FSC International, with
no further changes required to the stand-
New directors for Maelor ard. UKWAS 4 has now been passed to
Forest Nurseries PEFC International for their endorsement.
Originally from a farming background, Mark PEFC consultants have already reviewed
O’ Neill (left) – operations director – spent the standard, and UKWAS4 will now be for-
20 years in large scale cropping and project warded to the PEFC membership for a vote.
management in the UK, Eastern Europe, the If everything goes to plan, it is hoped that
Middle East and North Africa. Richard Par- UKWAS 4 will have full approval later in the
sons (centre) – commercial director – gradu- Imam Sayyed (right) – production direc- spring. The final stage of the process will be
ated in Business Studies and worked in ad- tor – graduated with a BSc in Forestry from for FSC and PEFC to agree an effective date,
vertising and recruitment, before retaining Dapoli, India and then worked as a Forestry which is normally three months after the ap-
in forestry, and gaining an MSc in Environ- Research Officer/Forest Manager at Suryo- proval date. A great deal of thanks is owed
mental Forestry from Bangor. Before joining dhaya Foundation, India. He completed an to the UKWAS Steering Group, for all their
Maelor in 2014, Richard was Head of Plant MSc in Environmental Forestry from Bangor patience and understanding throughout the
& Seed Supply at the Forestry Commission. and went on to join Maelor in 2008 very lengthy review and approval process.
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