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50-year vision and 10-year objectives for forestry in Scotland

1. Do you agree with our long-term vision for forestry in Scotland?

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Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
We need more forest as land area - for business, carbon capture, flood defences etc etc

2. Does the strategy identify the right objectives for forestry in Scotland over the next 10 years?

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Yes
No

Realising the vision and achieving the objectives: the major issues to be addressed

3. Do you agree with our assessment of the major issues likely to have the greatest impact on the achievement of our objectives?

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Yes
No

Delivering the vision: priorities for action and policies for delivery

4. Do the ten priorities identified capture the areas where action is most needed to deliver our objectives and vision?

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Yes
No
Comments.
None

5. Can you provide any examples of delivery mechanisms that have previously been effective in delivering similar objectives and priorities?

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None

6. For any delivery mechanism examples given in answer to question 5, please explain why they worked well?

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None

Monitoring and reporting

7. Do you think the proposed progress indicators are the right ones?

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Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
None

8. Do you have any suggestions for other indicators we could use to measure progress (especially ones which draw on existing data)?

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None

9. For any indicators suggested in answer to question Q8, please explain why you think they would be appropriate.

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None

Impact assessments

10. Would you add or change anything in the Equality Impact Assessment (which includes our assessment of the potential impact of the strategy on inequalities caused by socioeconomic disadvantage – Fairer Scotland Duty)?

Comments.
No

11. Would you add or change anything in the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment?

Comments.
No

12. What are your views on the evidence set out in the Environmental Report that has been used to inform the assessment process?

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None

13. Should any additional evidence sources be used in the Environmental Report?

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Yes
No

14. What are your views on the predicted environmental effects as set out in the Environmental Report?

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None

15. Do you agree with the conclusions and recommendations set out in the Environmental Report?

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Yes
No

16. Please provide any other further comments you have on the Environmental Report.

Comments.
None

Conclusion

17. Do you have any other comments you would like to make about the draft strategy for forestry in Scotland?

Comments.
More people in forests - boosts mental and physical well being. Orienteering and Permananet Orienteering courses could be a great portal for this.

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