Trees and Woodlands

Chair: Nick Phillips, The Woodland Trust
Vice-chair: Andrew Weatherall, RSPB
Link Manager: Lisa Manning, Policy Officer 

Update from the Group:

The Trees and Woodlands Group is working to highlight the importance of trees and woodlands in supporting nature’s restoration, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the benefits they can bring to communities. The group addresses issues including grants, managing woodlands for nature and climate, and will be scrutinising the Government's progress towards tree planting targets. Ancient woodland protection is high on the groups agenda. 

Recently the group published a briefing which makes the case for updating the legal duty of the Forestry Commission and its agencies to meet legally binding nature targets.

The group have two briefings outlining our positions on how woodland management and woodland creation can best be delivered for nature, climate and for people. 

For further information, contact Lisa Manning (lisa@wcl.org.uk), Link’s Nature 2030 Policy & Engagement Officer.

Last updated: April 2025