Summary
The South West Woodland Renaissance Partnership vision is to regenerate woodland and forestry in the South West for the benefit of the economy, society and the environment. Through the Woodland Renaissance Scheme the Partnership aims to inspire and sustain investment in woodlands, timber processing and all associated goods and services. It will integrate and consolidate the best of smaller local initiatives, enabling gaps in delivery, quality and scale to be overcome, and will focus on supporting woodland management, harvesting, processing, local timber use, woodfuel development, and increasing the benefits to the industry of non-timber use of woodlands. Training and quality initiatives, promotion, marketing and general awareness development will underpin the work.
Photo: Forestry Commission
Aims and Purpose of the Scheme
- To gain public recognition and support for woodlands, forestry and its associated products and services as important, sustainable land-use industries.
- To increase the value and contribution of the industry to the regional economy, society and environment.
- To increase economic, technical, business and market knowledge within and about the industry.
- To identify, codify and roll out best practice across the region.
- To seek, support and, where appropriate, implement further diversification initiatives in the land-based industries resulting from EU and UK government reforms.
Target Beneficiaries
The Target group is the forestry, woodland and timber industries of the South West and associated wood and timber using industries such as the tourism, construction and retail sectors. Investment in the wood processing chain from grower to seller of end products will benefit from inward investment through Woodland Renaissance and other funding streams. The Partnership sees three areas where investment can benefit the industry:
1. The timber supply chain and the marketing of its products.
2. The emerging technologies for alternative uses of wood such as biofuels.
3. The tourism and leisure sector where benefits will be made available not only to the industry but also to the population of the South West.
The following publications are available to view by downloading an Adobe PDF version.
- RDPE Woodland Prospectus
Woodland RDPE.pdf - Summary of the SW Woodland study
Summary woodland.pdf
Exectutive summary of the South West England woodland and forestry strategic economic study - Times Supplement Article
TImesArt.pdf
The Times recently had a supplement on timber in construction. The South West was featured highly and Woodland Renaissance took the opportunity to promote the region's timber resources. Read the article that appeared in the supplement. - Woodland Renaissance Funded Projects
WR current investments 0508.pdf - Year 4 Delivery Plan
SWWR Year 4 Delivery Plan final version.pdf
If you don't have Acrobat Reader - You can download it by following this link
