The Community’s Vision
These are the values and vision statements designed by the co-design group.
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The values are the core principles the community want to promote in the management of the forest.
The visions are specific actions the community would like to achieve in the future.
It’s not just about the forestry. It’s not just about walking up the mountain. If you’ve got visually impaired people and disabled people in wheelchairs, we’ve learnt about tapping rails and sensory gardens. That I think would be nice and accessible to everybody.
They’re our mountains, the Valley’s mountains, and we should be able to enjoy them in different ways. As long as we’re not damaging the land.
I think people will gain a lot of benefits, mentally and physically, by visiting the woodland. It’s a way for healing people and getting them out of a busy work schedule.
The 8 Vision Statements
Growing Food
We will experiment with growing food within
sections of forest (agroforestry) as well as growing food under cover for local people.
The Forest as a Place for Learning
The forest will be a resource for learning for everyone
Generate Renewable Energy
Generate renewable energy from the landscape and to be able to use it to meet the needs of
local people.
Promoting Physical and Mental Wellbeing
Develop spaces in the forest that people can enjoy to promote good mental and physical health.
Making the Forest Accessible
We want the forest to be as accessible as possible for locals and visitors.
Cwm Saerbren Nature Reserve
A long term vision to create a reserve across the cwm.
Forestry Social Enterprise
We will establish a social enterprise that will be capable of supporting paid employees to
undertake a range of forest management tasks.
Plant the Next Generation Forest
Planning sustainable forestry to create jobs and supply timber for future generations.