Scottish Forestry

Scottish Forestry (Scottish Gaelic: Coilltearachd na h-Alba) is the public body responsible for forestry regulation, policy and support to private landowners in Scotland.

It was formed on 1 April 2019, to take over some of the responsibilities of Forestry Commission Scotland, which was dissolved.

It forms part of the Scottish Government's Environment and Forestry Directorate, and reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands.

[5] The Chief Executive of Scottish Forestry is Paul Lowe, formerly Registrar-General for Scotland.

Previous chief executives were Dr David Signorini, who took over from Jo O'Hara in December 2019.