“Trees, forests and woodland are good for the environment when they are established with the right tree, in the right place, for the right reason, with the right management. Getting all that ‘right’ requires thought and consultation, but I am happy that this work being done by my Department, by Project Woodland and by the planned levels of public and stakeholder engagement, will deliver. And I believe that at the end of it we will have firstly a Forest Strategy, and subsequently a Forestry Programme which supports all the great things trees can do – for our climate, our levels of biodiversity, our rural economies, and of course, our well-being.”