Forestry
Scottish Parliament Written answers, 27 October 2009
John Farquhar Munro (Liberal Democrat) | Question S3W-28093
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reasons the Inverinate and Dorusduain Forests are being put up for sale by the Forestry Commission Scotland and whether the local community has been asked if it would like to purchase the forests for community use.
Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party)
The woodlands at Inverinate and Dorusduain were identified for disposal as part of Forestry Commission Scotland’s repositioning programme, whereby land of relatively low public benefit is sold to provide funds for the creation of woodlands with high public benefit.
Forestry Commission Scotland wrote to Loch Duich Community Council on 25 March 2009, asking the council if it wished to express an interest in either of the sites, under the National Forest Land Scheme. No interest was registered.