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

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Please explain your answer.
A well thought out policy but I believe the potential health and wellbeing benefits of access to a high quality environment should be the highest priority for a very unhealthy nation.

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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Please explain your answer.
Acomprehensive list but I hope not in order of priority. The last 8 points are as important as the first 5 "commercial" issues

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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Comments.
The list is numbered, I hope all 10 have equal priority

Monitoring and reporting

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

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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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As well as number of visits I think it is important thar we know what people are using forests for, how long people are in the forests and how many are repeat visitors

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

Comments:
How people are using the forest (and how they get there) should have a major impact on the management of the forest. Are they passing through on the way to other places or are they using the forest itself for walking cycling etc

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Joe Wallace

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