It would be better thought of as a competition between two parties, each of which wanted to exploit the woods in their own way. As royal greenwood it was governed sternly but impartially for the hunt. But the legal forest was also a place of profit for noble entrepreneurs whose decision about whether to work with, or against, the royal system was governed essentially by economic calculation. German woods disappearing fast and geographers describe them. Crown in heavy debt.
Iron works begin initially to release Britain from import dependency for arms.
Fuel wood is forced into a market economy, affects forest tenant livelihood, and becomes a social issue complete with parliamentary appeals and rebellions. Woods not replaced as arable land was more profitable. William Harrison laments state of forests following Elizabethan industrialization. Arthur Standish, pioneer forester under James I, writes New Directions for The Planting of Wood after four year tour surveying conditions of English forests. But by 1668, he's back.