Forestry Commission Objectives Booklets
This Forestry Commission booklet is courtesy of Dave Stewart whose father George was a forester for many years in the Forestry Commission.
The two small booklets, the first produced possibly firstly in 1975 or 1976 and the second certainly in 1977 sets out in simple clear language and graphic design the Objectives of the Forestry Commission as at 1975 to 1977. Please see the attached PDF for a view of the pages.
The booklet sections start with a very brief over view of past objectives from the initial formation of the Forestry Commission in 1919 and then summarises the new policies following a Government Review in 1974. These cover the roles of the Forestry Commission in its roles as the Forestry Authority and also as the national Forest Enterprise.
The Forestry Authority Objectives have the following headings:
1. To advance the knowledge and understanding of forestry and trees in the countryside
2. To develop and ensure the best use of the country’s timber resources and promote efficiency and development of the home timber industry
3. To undertake research relevant to the needs of forestry
4. To combat forest and tree pests and diseases to initiate Plan Health Orders when appropriate
5. To advise and to assist with safety and training in forestry
6. To administer controls and schemes for assisting private woodland owners and, by so doing, encourage the practice of sound forestry ................etc
The national Forest Enterprise have the following headings:
1. To develop forestry and increase the production of wood for existing industries, or industries yet to be established, by the extension and improvement of the forest estate
2. To protect and enhance the environment
3. To provide recreational facilities
4. To stimulate and support the local economy in areas of depopulation by development of forests, including new plantations, and of wood using industry
5. In pursuit of these objectives and in the extension of the forest estate, to further the integration of forestry and agriculture and to manage the estate as profitably as possible.
There are some tables and details of programmes and outputs and reference to significant increases in labour productivity all presented with some attractive graphic and hand drawn images. The second leaflet follows the first in the PDF and has some differences.
Groups: Forestry Records, Booklets and Reports