Forestry Englandis a division of the Forestry Commission, responsible for managing and promoting publicly owned forests in England.
Forest Enterprise, the precursor to Forestry England, was originally formed as a Great Britain-wide organization in 1996. With the advent of devolution to Scotland and Wales, Forest Enterprise was on 1 April 2003 split into Forest Enterprise England, Forest Enterprise Scotland, and Forest Enterprise Wales. Forest Enterprise England was subsequently rebranded to Forestry England on 1 April 2019.
Its mission is to connect everyone with the nation’s forests by creating and caring for England's forests for people to enjoy, wildlife to flourish and businesses to grow. It operates under the Forestry Act(s) and subsequent legislation and is part of the Civil Service and an Executive Agency of the Forestry Commission.
