FORESTRY COMMISSION How the organisation fits together

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FORESTRY COMMISSIONHow 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
Scotland GB England
Wales
Sarah Boyack Barry
Gardiner Tamsin Dunwoody
Ross Finnie David
Miliband Ian Pearson Carwyn Jones
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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

Tayo Adebowale (England)
Martin Gale (Scotland)
Calum MacDonald (Scotland)

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
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FC - CONSERVANCIES
National Office, Scotland - Edinburgh
Conservancies Highland Grampian Central
Scotland South Scotland Perth Argyll
National Office, England - Cambridge
Conservancies North East England North West
England Yorkshire the Humber East Midlands West
Midlands London East England South East
England South West England
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
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FOREST ENTERPRISE
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FOREST ENTERPRISE - DISTRICTS
Forest Enterprise Agency England FE England
Head Office - Bristol Districts Kielder North
West England North York Moors Sherwood
Lincs Northants East Anglia West Midlands Forest
of Dean South East England New Forest Peninsula
Forest Districts in Wales Coed y Gororau Coed y
Mynydd Llanymddyfri Coed y Cymoedd
Forest Enterprise Agency Scotland FE Scotland
Head Office - Inverness Districts Galloway Ae S
cottish Borders Scottish Lowlands Cowal
Trossachs West Argyll Lorne Lochaber Fort
Augustus Tay Inverness Moray Dornoch Aberdeenshire

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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

• FRs 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.
• FRs objectives are
• To inform and support forestrys 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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