To ensure that the nation’s woodlands help to deliver the Government’s ambitions for nature, carbon storage and timber production, several stakeholders have called on the Government to apportion tree-planting targets in line with desired outcomes, to ensure that the right balance of outcomes is achieved from woodland creation. We agree. This initiative could also give the forestry sector and investors clearer direction as to the sort of woodlands which ought to be created under the policy.

To ensure that the nation’s woodlands help to deliver the Government’s ambitions for nature, carbon storage and timber production, several stakeholders have called on the Government to apportion tree-planting targets in line with desired outcomes, to ensure that the right balance of outcomes is achieved from woodland creation. We agree. This initiative could also give the forestry sector and investors clearer direction as to the sort of woodlands which ought to be created under the policy. Type: conclusion | Number: 9 | Paragraph: 52 | Response status: partially_accepted Government response: When setting the statutory tree planting target, the inclusion of statutory sub-targets was considered but to improve delivery confidence a single undifferentiated target was set. The second review of the 25 Year Environment Plan in 2028, a requirement set out in the Environment Act 2021 will provid