What is the Timber Development Programme?
The Timber Development Programme(TDP) is a £1million initiative which aims to:
'...improve the timber supply chain to positively contribute to the sustainable development of Scotland's economy by enabling the timber growing and processing sectors to find the highest value and most appropriate end market for Scotland's timber.'
It will deliver 60 tasks between 2008 and 2011 through a series of partnerships between the forestry and research sectors, and will:
- facilitate innovative research to increase timber use in construction,
- improve market information to encourage investment, and
- support sustainable management of our forests to grow high quality timber.
The Timber Development Programme document
Download the full Timber Development Programme document (PDF 667k).
Annual report 08 - 09
Read the Timber Development Programme annual report 08 - 09 (PDF 50k).
Previous annual report:
Timber Development Programme annual report 07-08 (PDF 80k).
Delivering the programme
An industry-led steering group chaired by John Kissock OBE will bring together expertise and current knowledge of the key issues to assist Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) in prioritising the delivery.
Steering group representatives will confer with their peers and stakeholders on a regular basis to ensure that key issues are identified.
FCS will fund many of the tasks, and when possible co-sponsor, with other key industry organisations.
Who does it involve?
Partners are identified in the table of tasks within the TDP.
The current steering Group representatives are as follows:
- John Kissock, Chair: Confederation of Forest industries (also representing sawmillers)
- Andy Leitch: Forestry Commission Scotland
- Les Bryson: Forest Enterprise Scotland
- Bob Stubbs: Enterprise Agencies
- Steven Stanley: Woodland Management Co.
- Martin Craig: Timber Grower
- Phil Higginbotham: UK Forest Products Association
- Mark Bowers: Timber Merchant (Jewson group)
- Rick Worrell: Environment body
- Barry Gardiner: Forest Research (bringing links to EU and the Centre for Timber Engineering/ Strategic Integrated Research in Timber)
- Ian Pirie: Sawmillers
- Peter Wilson: Scottish Architects / CTE
- Russ Collins: FCS (Secretary)
Contact details
If you wish further information or to discuss the contents of the TDP, please contact:
Andy Leitch
Timber Development Policy Advisor
Forestry Commission Scotland
Silvan House
231 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7AT
Email: andy.leitch@forestry.gsi.gov.uk, Telephone: 0131 334 0303
