Research Reports

• Green Finance, Land Reform and a Just Transition to Net Zero

  This discussion paper was written by CWA CEO Jon Hollingdale and commissioned by Community Land Scotland. It analyses the main green finance mechanisms, discusses the impact of fiscal measures on the land market and identifies a suite of interventions by which the Scottish Government can take a more proactive role, driving the land use changes necessary to achieve net zero whilst contributing effectively to social justice and community wealth building.

• Built-In Resilience: Community Landowners Responses to the Covid-19 crisis

  This report, written by David Ross, journalist and author, on behalf of Community Land Scotland and the Community Woodlands Association, documents the various responses of community landowners to the Covid-19 crisis.

• Community woodlands and private sector forest companies

  This guide to working with the private sector was produced by Forestry Commission Scotland, CWA, Confor and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

• CWA Survey of Trading from Community Woodlands (2016)

  This report analyses the findings from research into trading from community woodlands.

• CWA Hydro Coop Structure Report (2016)

  CWA commissioned Burness Paull to provide a report on the most appropriate legal model for a co-operative to facilitate investment by community woodland groups in renewables projects. This report was financially supported by a Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) Start Up Grant. CARES is delivered on behalf of the Scottish Government by Local Energy Scotland.

• CWA Resource Sharing for Community Woodlands (2016)

  This report explores models of resource sharing amongst community woodland groups to facilitate better community management

• CWA Branching Out Argyll report (2015)

  CWA report to Forestry Commission Scotland on Developing Branching Out in Argyll.

• CWA New Community Woodlands in Partnership (2014)

  This report summarises the findings from survey work to establish the potential to create new community woodlands through partnership working between communities and land owners.

• CWA Timber Products Market Research (2) (2011)

  This report details the findings from targeted follow up focus meetings looking at wood product development in community woodlands.

• CWA Timber Products Market Research (1) (2011)

  This interim report summarises the results of a survey designed to identify what community woodland groups are already doing with regard to production of wood products for sale and what additional support they might require to generate income streams from such production.

• CWA Alternative Funding for Acquisitions (2010)

  This report investigates alternative sources of funding to raise capital for community land purchase, with a particular focus on the appropriateness and fit of community share issues.

• Evaluation of Partnerships between Community Groups and Forestry Commission Scotland (2006)

  Community Woodland Association in partnership with Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise commissioned this study. It examines the overview of experience of FCS-community partnership working over the last 10 years and how it is perceived by both communities and FCS District staff.

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