Woodland Star Rating is a self-assessment scheme based on the UK Forestry Standard* (UKFS).
The scheme aims to make more people aware of the UKFS, encourage sustainable forest management in all woodlands, and promote greater understanding of good woodland stewardship among the general public. We hope it acts as a stepping stone to the production of a UKFS-compliant management plan, and for those owners with an existing plan, that it helps them communicate the standard of their stewardship to others.
* The UKFS sets out requirements and guidelines for good woodland stewardship.
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Woodland Star Rating is a self-assessment scheme designed to help people understand the best approach to woodland management. The scheme is based on the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS)1.
We hope the Woodland Star Rating scheme will:
The scheme uses a light-touch approach that enables woodland owners to get a feel for what the UKFS means for the stewardship of their woodland. The Woodland Star Rating encourages woodland owners to advance their own stewardship standards and provides a step-by–step basis for moving towards a woodland management plan.
The Woodland Star Rating scheme provides a measurable indicator of the standard of woodland management being practiced, and how this relates to the ecosystem services that a woodland provides.
The questions were developed following a review of scientific evidence, and are based directly on the UKFS. Each question is matched to ecosystem services (e.g. carbon storage, habitat provision, flood alleviation, products and other public benefits) that each of the specified management actions are deemed to enhance. A complex scoring system was developed that took all these factors into account and is now presented with a user-friendly interface on myForest.
The scheme has been developed by the Sylva Foundation as part of the B&Q Good Woods project, with the support of BioRegional, Lantern and others in the forestry sector.
1. The UK Forestry Standard sets out requirements and guidelines for good woodland stewardship:
www.forestry.gov.uk/ukfs
Woodland Star Rating version 1.1
Woodland Star Rating operates as a self-assessment scheme; it is not an assurance scheme.
It is does not function as a management plan. All woodland operations must comply with the UKFS legal requirements.
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