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Sir Patrick Hunter Blair bT

Sir Patrick Hunter Blair Bt is a former Director of Policy and Standards for the Forest Service in Northern Ireland. He was founding chairman of the Northern Ireland Native Woodland Group, a cross-sectoral, inter-disciplinary body which co-ordinates the delivery of the woodland Biodiversity Action Plan targets. He was also Northern Ireland representative on the UK Native Woodland Habitat Action Co-ordinating Group until 2004. An experienced land manager in both the public and private sector, he returned to Scotland in 2005 and now owns and manages a small estate in south Ayrshire. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters; a Director of the Kinloch Castle Trust, and Forward Scotland a charity developing innovative approaches to sustainability; a Director of the Scottish Woodfuels Group; a Member of the South Scotland Forestry Forum, and the River Girvan District Salmon Fishery Board. Sir Patrick does not hold any other Ministerial appointments.

Patrick Hunter Blair
Great Glen House,
Leachkin Road,
Inverness,
IV3 8NW

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