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Area of woodland: 2018

The area of woodland in the UK at 31 March 2018 is estimated to be 3.17 million hectares (Table 1.1). Of this total, 1.4 million hectares (46%) is in Scotland, 1.3 million hectares (41%) is in England, 0.3 million hectares (10%) is in Wales and 0.1 million hectares (4%) is in Northern Ireland. Conifers account for […]

Area of woodland: 2017

The area of woodland in the UK at 31 March 2017 is estimated to be 3.17 million hectares (Table 1.1). Of this total, 1.4 million hectares (45%) is in Scotland, 1.3 million hectares (41%) is in England, 0.3 million hectares (10%) is in Wales and 0.1 million hectares (4%) is in Northern Ireland. Conifers account for […]

Woodland Area – Forest type and ownership

The area of woodland in the UK at 31 March 2016 is estimated to be 3.16 million hectares (Table 1.1). Of this total, 1.4 million hectares (45%) is in Scotland, 1.3 million hectares (41%) is in England, 0.3 million hectares (10%) is in Wales and 0.1 million hectares (4%) is in Northern Ireland. Conifers account for […]

Dothistroma literature (A-C)

A list of all literature available (updated to December 2015) about Dothistroma in alphabetical order (A to C)

2019 – New planting and restocking by forest type

Thirteen thousand hectares of new woodland were created in the UK in 2018-19.  In addition, 15 thousand hectares of publicly funded restocking were reported (Table 1.13). Conifers accounted for three fifths (60%) of the new planting area in 2018-19. Table 1.13 New planting & publicly funded restocking by forest type Year (ending 31/3) New planting   Restocking Total thousand hectares            Conifers Broad-leaves Total Conifers Broad-leaves Total Conifers Broad-leaves Total England 2014-15 0.08 2.35 2.43 2.01 4.39 6.41 2.09 6.74 8.83 2015-16 0.00 0.82 0.82 2.17 1.14 3.31 2.17 1.97 4.13 2016-17 0.10 1.05 1.15 2.03 0.97 3.00 2.13 2.02 4.15 2017-18 0.24 1.26 1.50 1.58 0.47 2.04 1.81 1.73 3.54 2018-19 0.42 1.00 1.42 1.26 0.39 1.65 1.69 1.38 3.07 Wales          2014-15 0.00 0.10 0.10 1.30 0.64 1.94 1.31 0.74 2.04 2015-16 0.04 0.10 0.14 1.20 0.58 1.78 1.24 0.69 1.92 2016-17 0.16 0.23 0.4 1.12 0.55 1.67 1.28 0.78 2.06 2017-18 0.13 0.12 0.24 1.00 0.71 1.71 1.13 0.83 1.95 2018-19 0.25 0.27 0.52 0.90 0.54 1.44 1.16 0.81 1.97 Scotland 2014-15 2.48 5.08 7.56 6.58 1.87 8.45 9.06 6.95 16.01 2015-16 1.90 2.73 4.63 5.99 1.83 7.82 7.88 4.57 12.45 2016-17 3.22 1.54 4.76 9.09 1.99 11.07 12.30 3.53 15.83 2017-18 4.68 2.46 7.14 8.14 1.52 9.66 12.81 3.98 16.79 2018-19 7.27 3.94 11.21 9.12 2.07 11.19 16.39 6.01 22.40 Northern Ireland 2014-15 0.02 0.19 0.21 0.94 0.10 1.04 0.96 0.29 1.25 2015-16 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.74 0.07 0.81 0.74 0.12 0.86 2016-17 0.08 0.13 0.21 1.15 0.17 1.31 1.22 0.30 1.52 2017-18 0.11 0.10 0.21 0.85 0.08 0.94 0.96 0.18 1.15 2018-19 0.10 0.14 0.24 0.72 0.11 0.83 0.82 0.25 1.07 UK 2014-15 2.58 7.72 10.30 10.84 7.00 17.84 13.42 14.72 28.14 2015-16 1.94 3.71 5.65 10.10 3.63 13.73 12.04 7.34 19.37 2016-17 3.56 2.96 6.51 13.39 3.67 17.06 16.94 6.63 23.57 2017-18 5.15 3.94 9.09 11.57 2.77 14.34 16.72 6.72 23.43 2018-19 8.05 5.35 13.40 12.00 3.11 15.12 20.06 8.46 28.51 Source: Forestry Commission, Forestry England, Scottish Forestry, […]

Woodland area in the UK by ownership

The Forestry Commission, Natural Resources Wales and the Forest Service owned or managed 27% of the total woodland area in the UK in 2016 (Table 1.3). This proportion ranged from 16% of the woodland area in England to 55% in Northern Ireland. Table 1.3 Area of woodland in the UK by ownership, 2012-2016 Ownership England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland UK thousand hectares FC/NRW/FS woodland1 […]

Forestry Statistics 2019

Forestry Statistics is a compilation of statistics on woodland, forestry and primary wood processing in the UK. Where possible, statistical information in this publication covers the whole of the United Kingdom, and is broken down to give figures for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  However, there are some topics for which data are currently only […]

2018 – Felling

Felling Approval for the felling (cutting down) of trees in the UK is granted through felling licences issued by the Forestry Commission, Natural Resources Wales or the Forest Service. Felling licences may be conditional (where felling approval is granted subject to replanting) or unconditional (where tree felling is approved without the requirement to replant). Unconditional licences are […]