The Government aims to increase tree-cover expansion at rates not seen for decades in order to deliver a range of ecosystem service benefits. To ensure that these benefits are realised, and to deliver the Government’s vision for increased woodland cover, Forestry England must be resourced appropriately so as to ensure that new woodland is compliant with the UKFS at establishment stage and throughout the lifetime of the woodland.

The Government aims to increase tree-cover expansion at rates not seen for decades in order to deliver a range of ecosystem service benefits. To ensure that these benefits are realised, and to deliver the Government’s vision for increased woodland cover, Forestry England must be resourced appropriately so as to ensure that new woodland is compliant with the UKFS at establishment stage and throughout the lifetime of the woodland. Type: conclusion | Number: 32 | Paragraph: 163 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: Forestry England use three independent certification schemes (Forest Stewardship Council [FSC], Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification [PEFC] and Grown in Britain [GIB]) to demonstrate that their forests are managed sustainably. These schemes go over and above many of the requirements