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The Grampian Regional Forestry Forum (GRFF) Action Plan
The GRFF Action Plan is the product of meetings, discussions and presentations attended by Forum members during the 3 years 2004 - 2007. One of the Forum’s roles is to advise Forestry Commission Scotland on the regional implementation of the Scottish Forestry Strategy and to provide a regional perspective on the Strategy’s future development. The Forum believes that the Action Plan is a helpful tool to achieve this.
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Read the full GRFF Action Plan (PDF 52k).
Forum members
Chair: Claire Glaister
- Chartered Forester with 20 years experience in both public & private Sectors
- Director of RDI involved with a number of key industry work areas including Scottish Forest Industries
- Cluster, training & business support programmes, woodland strategy development & timber transport initiatives
- Associate Assessor for Forestry Commission Learning & Development
- Sits on a number of industry educational committees.
Dr David Bale
- Area Manager, SNH Grampian
- 23 years experience in NCC/SNH
- Former Director of Grampian Woodlands Company
- Director of Aberdeen Greenspace
- Director of Cairngorms Outdoor Access Trust
- Long standing interest and involvement in forestry issues, from site casework to strategic planning.
David Leslie
- Senior Harvesting Manager: James Jones and Sons Ltd.
- 15 years as Grampian Region Forestry Manager : Scottish Woodlands Ltd.
- Priority interest: Forest/Industry economics.
Roger Polson
- Local Farmer & Woodland Owner
Carol Robertson
- North East Manager, Scottish Native Woodlands
Dr Gerald Banks
- Managing Director of independent rural consultancy business Buchan Agricultural Consultants Ltd established in 1985.
- 26 years experience in rural consultancy in NE Scotland responsible for team of consultants submitting and subsequent managing many WGS, FWS, FWPS, SFGS, CPS, RSS & RP schemes throughout NE Scotland.
- Established, managed and Director of Buchan Machinery Ring 1988-95.
- SNFU North East Area committee member since 1981, ELU committee representative for NE 1999-2004 and 2009+.
Isobel Davidson
- Aberdeenshire Councillor representing Ellon & District
Will Anderson
- Forestry Director for Seafield & Strathspey Estates
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters
- North of Scotland Representative to ConFor Growing Sector Council
- Over 20 years experience in forest management & consultancy.
Prof Pete Smith
- Royal Society-Wolfson Professor of Soils & Global Change at the University of Aberdeen
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Fellow of the Institute of Biology
- Research Fellow of the Royal Society, and Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder
Author, Lead Author and Convening Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Strong interest in forestry and agriculture and land based options for greenhouse gas mitigation.
Fiona Murdoch
- Moray Councillor representing Speyside-Glenlivet ward
- Member of the Moray Community Planning Greener Group
- Member of the Local Access Forum
- Keen interest in promoting locally sustained forestry products as a means of boosting rural economies.
Dr Nick Littlewood
- Insect Ecologist at Macaulay Land Use Research Institute primarily researching impacts of upland management on biodiversity
- Member of Management Groups of both North East Scotland Biological Records Centre (NESBReC) and North East Scotland Local Biodiversity Action Plan Partnership
- Editor of annual North East Scotland Bird Report
- Staff webpage: http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/staff/staffdetails.php?nicklittlewood
Allan Garvie
- Retired Town and Country Planner
- Worked in Hampshire, Gwent Councils, Grampian Regional Council as Assistant Director of Strategic Planning.
- Transferred to Aberdeenshire Council in 1996. Retired in 2005.
- Involved in preparation of the Grampian Indicative Forestry Strategy which paved the way for the concept of the Grampian Forest
- E.U. Interreg Nortrail Project to create a 6,000km pathway around the North Sea coastline aided by 26 Partners in 7 nations.
- Chairman of the East Grampian Coastal Partnership.
- Grampian rep on the Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland Committee
