FORESTRY COMMISSION

How the organisation fits together

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THE FORESTRY COMMISSION

• The Forestry Commission is a statutory body and non-Ministerial Government Department with responsibility for forestry throughout Great Britain.

• Under the Devolution Settlement, the Forestry Commission was designated a cross border public authority i.e. a GB body delivering a devolved subject.

• Therefore, it now exercises its powers and duties separately, and receives separate funding, in England, Scotland and Wales.

• The Commission has a statutorily appointed Board of Commissioners consisting of a Chairman and up to ten other Forestry Commissioners, who are appointed by The Queen on the recommendation of

Ministers.

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FORESTRY MINISTERS

Sarah Boyack Barry Gardiner Tamsin Dunwoody

Ross Finnie David Miliband Ian Pearson Carwyn Jones

Scotland GB & England Wales

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FORESTRY COMMISSIONERS

Lord Clark Tim Rollinson Paul Hill-Tout Bob McIntosh Ian Forshaw Chairman Director General Director, England Director, Scotland Director, Wales

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Martin Gale

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JonOwen Jones

(Wales)

Sir HarryStudholme(England)

JudithWebb

(Wales)

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GOVERNANCE

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FUNCTIONS OF THE FC

The FC is structured on a functional basis, as follows:

•COUNTRY - Functions which are fully devolved e.g Forest Operations & Forest Policy

• CO-ORDINATED - Devolved functions where co-ordination is needed between countries e.g Timber & Recreation Marketing

• SHARED - Functions where a single provider gives a best solution e.g HR & IT Services

• GB (NOT DEVOLVED) - Functions essential to the integrity of a single body e.g FC Aims, HR policy

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PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT

Conservancies carry out regulatory and grant support functionsi.e. focused on private forestry.

They promote sustainable forestry in their areas, balancing theneeds of timber production with those of landscape, biodiversityand people.

They give advice and information on forestry and provide grantaid to woodland owners to establish new woodlands and manageexisting woodlands.

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FC - CONSERVANCIES

National Office, England - Cambridge

Conservancies:North East EnglandNorth West EnglandYorkshire & the HumberEast MidlandsWest MidlandsLondonEast EnglandSouth East EnglandSouth West England

National Office, Scotland - Edinburgh

Conservancies:Highland

GrampianCentral Scotland

South ScotlandPerth & Argyll

National Office, Wales - Aberystwyth

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FC AGENCIES

•Forest Enterprise Scotland, Forest Enterprise England and Forest Research are Executive agencies

•Executive agencies were introduced to deliver government services more efficiently and effectively

•They are part of the Civil Service but, under the terms of individual framework documents and subject to overall budgets agreed with their parent department and/or the Treasury, they have the delegated authority to employ their own staff and to organise service provision in ways best suited to meet customer needs

•Options considered before an agency is formed include abolition, privatisation, contracting-out, merger or rationalisation of a given government function

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FOREST ENTERPRISE

Forest Enterprise was the agency set up in 1996 to manage thenation’s forest estate.

It ceased to exist as a single GB agency on 31 March 2003 whenthree new agencies were created – one each for England,Scotland and Wales.

On 1 April 2004 Forest Enterprise Wales was wound up as anexecutive agency and reabsorbed back into the ForestryCommission. Responsibility for the management of the publicforest estate, and delivery of forest operations on FC managedland, passed to Forestry Commission Wales.

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FOREST ENTERPRISE

The agencies in England and Scotland take theirdirection from their respective country governments buttheir basic remit is to provide environmental, social andeconomic benefits from the forests they manage.

Each of the agencies has a Chief Executive who reportsto the Country Director and who is responsible for themanagement of that country’s forests and woodlands.

Twenty-nine local, or District, offices carry out the workon the ground. They protect and maintain the foreststhrough planting and management of woodlands, forestdesign, marketing timber, production planning,management of forest operations, provision of publicaccess and recreation facilities.

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FOREST ENTERPRISE - DISTRICTS

Forest Enterprise Agency England

FE England Head Office - Bristol

Districts:KielderNorth West EnglandNorth York MoorsSherwood & LincsNorthantsEast AngliaWest MidlandsForest of DeanSouth East EnglandNew ForestPeninsula

Forest Districts in Wales:Coed y GororauCoed y MynyddLlanymddyfriCoed y Cymoedd

Forest Enterprise Agency Scotland

FE Scotland Head Office - Inverness

Districts:GallowayAeScottish BordersScottish LowlandsCowal & TrossachsWest ArgyllLorneLochaberFort AugustusTayInvernessMorayDornochAberdeenshire

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FOREST RESEARCH

•Established as a GB Executive Agency of the Forestry Commission on 1 April 1997.

•Britain's principal organisation for forestry and tree related research.

•Employs over 270 staff across England, Scotland and Wales. Most staff are located at research stations in Hampshire and Midlothian with the remainder working in network of field stations.

•Funded by the Forestry Commission with Corporate and Forestry Support acting as purchaser of research and other services in support of forestry in Britain.

•Regular collaboration with other research organisations world-wide.

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FOREST RESEARCH

FR’s aims are:

•To assist the Forestry Commission in achieving its high level objectives;

•On behalf of all three (devolved UK) administrations, to take the lead in development and promotion of sustainable forest management and to support its achievement internationally;

•To support and enhance forestry and its role in sustainable development by providing high-quality research and development in a well-run organisation.

FR’s objectives are:

•To inform and support forestry’s contribution to the development and delivery of the policies of the UK government and the devolved administrations;

•To provide research, development and monitoring services relevant to UK forestry interests;

•To transfer knowledge actively and appropriately.

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FOREST RESEARCH

Chief Executive

Professor Jim Lynch

Field Stations

Where an extensive network of field trials, sample plots and monitoring sites are assessed.

Alice Holt Research Station

FR HQ

Northern Research Station

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