Promotes commercial forestry as environmentally responsible and essential for domestic timber supply
The letter from Paul Brannen uses dismissive language toward critics ('Opponents of productive forestry should bring themselves up to date') and emphasizes compliance with modern ecological standards to counter negative perceptions.
“It would be illegal today in both Scotland and England to plant a monoculture, and it does not happen; you cannot plant a forest that contains 100% conifer, even if they are of different species.”
