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CLA report says investment in forests can be profitable
05/06/2009
Greater investment in forests and forestry needs to be encouraged in the UK, according to a new report from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA).
The report is calling on the government to accept that forests and woodland can contribute hugely to the economy, to industry, to the country’s efforts to combat global warming and to people’s lives.
The CLA’s report looks at what it hopes to achieve for the forestry industry by 2050. It says that it hopes private investment will increase so that more trees are planted and grown and that more are used to produce biomass, which can help reduce CO2 pollution and limit the dependence on non-renewable fuels.
The greater understanding that the government has about how trees can play a part in mitigating climate change, the better the future for the forestry industry, says the CLA.
The Association adds that the government and investors needs to realise that trees are valuable resources, in a financial sense, and that profit needs to be made in order for the industry to thrive in the future. To achieve this, the CLA suggests greater investment and incentives to stimulate the wood fuel industry, greater use of timber in the construction industry and a review of the regulations governing forestry and woodland to encourage sustainable forestry and thinning.
The report is calling on the government to accept that forests and woodland can contribute hugely to the economy, to industry, to the country’s efforts to combat global warming and to people’s lives.
The CLA’s report looks at what it hopes to achieve for the forestry industry by 2050. It says that it hopes private investment will increase so that more trees are planted and grown and that more are used to produce biomass, which can help reduce CO2 pollution and limit the dependence on non-renewable fuels.
The greater understanding that the government has about how trees can play a part in mitigating climate change, the better the future for the forestry industry, says the CLA.
The Association adds that the government and investors needs to realise that trees are valuable resources, in a financial sense, and that profit needs to be made in order for the industry to thrive in the future. To achieve this, the CLA suggests greater investment and incentives to stimulate the wood fuel industry, greater use of timber in the construction industry and a review of the regulations governing forestry and woodland to encourage sustainable forestry and thinning.
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