Sustainable Management of Forests (part of the Forestry Grant Scheme)

The fund aims to support a range of activities in existing woodlands that will: increase species and structural diversity through low impact silvicultural systems management, encourage natural regeneration to expand native woodlands, bring native woodlands and designated woodland features into active management and good ecological condition, support management of rural and urban woodlands for public access, control grey squirrels where they are a threat to the red squirrel population, control predators to benefit capercaillie and black grouse, and reduce deer impacts to a level that will allow regeneration of conifer and broadleaved species.