Committees

Sustainable timber and deforestation

Inquiry

The Environmental Audit Committee is launching a new inquiry into sustainable timber in the UK and the UK’s contribution to global deforestation. The inquiry will investigate how the UK, which imports most of its timber, can best scale up a sustainable, resilient domestic timber sector and reduce its reliance on imports. In addition, the inquiry will examine the degree to which UK supply chains contribute to deforestation overseas and the effectiveness of the government’s efforts to curb this. Consideration will also be given to how the UK works with international partners to tackle deforestation.

Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 8 September 2022.

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Past events

Wednesday 29 March 2023
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Sustainable timber and deforestation - Oral evidence 29 March 2023
2:15pm
  • Trudy Harrison (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Natural Environment and Land Use) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Sir William Worsley (Chair at Forestry Commission)
3:15pm
  • Trudy Harrison (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Natural Environment and Land Use) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Minister of State (Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Maggie Charnley (Head, International Forests Unit at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 1 March 2023
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Sustainable timber and deforestation - Oral evidence 1 March 2023
2:15pm
  • Helen Bellfield (Policy Director at Global Canopy)
  • Danielle Carreira (Head of Finance Sector Engagement at Tropical Forest Alliance, World Economic Forum)
  • Andrew Howard (Global Head of Sustainable Investment at Schroders)
3:15pm
  • Ligia Baracat (UK Policy and Advocacy Officer at Forest Peoples Programme)
  • Duncan Brack (independent environmental policy analyst at n/a, Associate Fellow at Chatham House, and Associate at Green Alliance)
  • Dr Constance McDermott (Jackson Senior Fellow and Associate Professor, Land Use and Environmental Change at University of Oxford)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 7 December 2022
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Sustainable timber and deforestation - Oral evidence 7 December 2022
2:15pm
  • Graham Clark (Senior Land Use Policy Adviser at Country Land and Business Association)
  • Ben Goh (Commercial Manager at Maelor Forest Nurseries)
  • David Hopkins (Chief Executive at Timber Development UK)
  • Justin Mumford (Chartered forester and representative at Institute of Chartered Foresters)
3:15pm
  • Professor David Coomes (Professor of Forest Ecology and Conservation at University of Cambridge)
  • Dr Mike Morecroft (Principal Specialist, Climate Change at Natural England)
  • Dr Andrew Weatherall (Principal Policy Officer for Woodlands and Forestry at Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB))
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 9 November 2022
2:00pm Private
2:20pm Public
Sustainable timber and deforestation - Oral evidence 9 November 2022
2:20pm
  • Sir Ian Cheshire (Chair at We Mean Business Coalition)
  • Alexandria Reid (Senior Global Policy Adviser at Global Witness)
  • Michael Rice (Lawyer, Forest-risk Commodities at Client Earth)
  • Dr Chris West (Lead for Sustainable Consumption and Production group at Stockholm Environment Institute York)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: eacom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA