Sylva is supporting the Independent Panel on Forestry (IPF) in conducting a survey of woodland owners and managers in England as part of the preparation for its final report later this year. The results of this survey will help inform the panel’s recommendations to Government.
This Survey is being managed by URS Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited in association with RDI Associates, CJC Consulting and Forest Research on behalf of the IPF and is hosted by the Sylva Foundation, which has worked closely with RDI Associates to shape the survey.
The survey went live this week and stays open until Monday 7 May at mid-day.
The IPF survey is integrated into the British Woodlands 2012 (BW2012) survey that will launch later this year – in June – reaching out to woodland owners across Britain. BW2012 will augment the IPF survey work and provide a very rich picture of the views and aspirations of woodland owners in Britain. The Sylva Foundation is working with an impressive array of key forestry organisations to come up with a series of questions that will really get to the heart of woodland management in Britain.
- How much woodland is actively managed?
- What activities do owners think of as ‘management’?
- Do these equate with sustainable management activities defined in the UK Forestry Standard?
If our woodlands are to thrive, their owners need to take a more active approach to woodland management, supported by policies developed using robust evidence.
To reduce ‘survey fatigue’, respondents who complete the IPF survey will be fast-tracked through BW2012 and will not have to re-enter data twice.
Click here to open the IPF survey of woodland owners and managers in England
