This guidance is for anyone working in forestry, including:
- landowners, tenants or leaseholders
- forest managers
- contractors
- farmers
- crofters planting trees on common grazing land.
Environmental impacts of forestry businesses
Forestry businesses can have a number of impacts on the environment:
- air emissions, for example from applying pesticides and burning brash
- land contamination, for example from oil and fuel spills
- noise pollution, for example from transport and felling operations
- waste disposal, for example fuel, pesticide and fertiliser containers
- water pollution, for example silty run-off from ploughed ground and roads.
How can NetRegs help you?
Our guidance could help you to:
- avoid prosecution and receive fewer visits from environmental regulators
- increase efficiency and productivity
- reduce your operating costs
- be more likely to obtain business from government bodies and large businesses that require their business partners to manage their environmental impacts effectively
- improve your reputation amongst staff, customers and the public
- increase the chance of securing funding to expand your business by demonstrating that your environmental impacts are well managed.
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