About us

 

Forestry Commission Wales acts as the Welsh Assembly Government's Department of Forestry and directly as stewards of the 38% of welsh woodlands owned by the National Assembly. Our mission and corporate plan (pdf) is to help deliver Better Woodlands for a Better Wales.

We generate income from the National forest estate through timber harvesting and other activities and reinvest in projects to deliver our social and environmental goals across this publicly-owned resource.

Outside the Assembly-owned woodlands we encourage sustainable woodland management through grant incentives and regulation including licensing for felling and replanting.

We are directed by Welsh Ministers through our Board of Commissioners and our National Committee for Wales and we are funded by the Welsh Assembly.

We work closely with the Welsh Assembly Government, particularly the Department for Rural Affairs (D for RA) to deliver the National Assembly's Strategy for Trees and Woodlands, Woodlands for Wales, alongside the many other public, private and voluntary partners. The Woodland Strategy Advisory Panel was formed in 2005 to advise the National Committee for Wales on developing forestry policy and the monitoring of the Woodlands for Wales strategy.