Welcome - with reservation - for Government Forestry Report
The report published by the Independent Panel on Forestry into the future of England’s forest and woodlands, published last week has been welcomed by a leading wildlife charity, The European Squirrel Initiative.“We welcome the recognition the panel has given to the importance of England’s woods and forests and the value of wood as a raw material, however, hand in hand with this recognition has to go an effective control programme of woodland pests in particular the grey squirrel,” said George Farr Chairman of the European Squirrel Initiative. The report, which calls for the benefits of