The Forestry Commission was established as part of the Forestry Act 1919 – and is therefore celebrating its centenary this year. A lot has changed since then. On April 1st 2019 some big changes came. This blog post is aimed at giving an overview of the government bodies for forestry, and what they do. If you want to go directly to publications go here and click the bar “Filter publications & research” to open the search box. Statistics are here.
| Function | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managers of the public forest estates | Forestry England | Forestry and Land Scotland | Natural Resources Wales | Northern Ireland Forest Service |
| Grants, policy and regulation | Forestry Commission | Scottish Forestry | Natural Resources Wales | Northern Ireland Forest Service |
| Research and publications | Forest Research | Forest Research | Forest Research | Northern Ireland Forest Service |
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