UPM Tilhill has joined forces with NFUS to help ensure Scotland’s farmers and landowners make the most of new funding opportunities for woodland creation and management.
The company has appointed Alan Wilson as woodland grants adviser for Scotland. Mr Wilson, who joined UPM Tilhill last year after graduating from Bangor University with a first class degree in Forestry, will be based at UPM Tilhill’s south-west Scotland district in Dumfries.
“The Scottish government has set an ambitious target to create 10,000ha of newly planted woodland and forest every year,” said Alan Wilson. “To help make this happen, funding is available for woodland creation through a combination of capital grants and annual payments; whilst woodland improvement grants are available to help owners of existing woodland improve and manage their stock.
The Scottish Rural Development Plan is a £1.6bn programme to develop rural Scotland over the next seven years. It brings together previously separate schemes covering farming, forestry and other rural enterprises.
