Table 1.15 shows the area covered by unconditional felling licences issued by the Forestry Commission, Scottish Forestry and Natural Resources Wales in the last 10 years. The figures do not include unconditional felling licences issued to permit thinning of woodlands. The table covers woodland in England, Scotland and Wales that is not owned or managed by […]
The global forest area reduced by around 7.3 million hectares (0.2%) per year between 1990 and 2000, by around 4.0 million hectares (0.1%) per year between 2000 and 2010 and by around 3.3 million hectares (0.1%) per year between 2010 and 2015 (Table 9.2).
The forest area has reduced in most regions since 1990, except for […]
Public Opinion of Forestry surveys – woodland visitors by age group
In the UK 2017 Public Opinion of Forestry survey, around two thirds (68%) of respondents aged 35 to 54 said that they had visited woodland in the last few years for walks, picnics or other recreation (Table 6.6). This compares with around three fifths of […]
Public Opinion of Forestry surveys – woodland visitors by age group
In the UK 2017 Public Opinion of Forestry survey, around two thirds (68%) of respondents aged 35 to 54 said that they had visited woodland in the last few years for walks, picnics or other recreation (Table 6.6). This compares with around three fifths of […]
Introduction
This chapter presents a range of information about the woodland environment, mostly using sources that are outside the scope of National Statistics. They are included to provide additional context to the topic.
Estimates for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are included, where possible, in addition to GB or UK totals. Further information on the data […]
Forest carbon sequestration is the process of increasing the carbon content of the forest through processes that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (i.e. photosynthesis). Once sequestered the carbon is stored in the forest within living biomass, soil and litter and contributes to the forest carbon stock. The forest carbon sink describes the natural reservoir […]
The key assumptions underpinning the headline hardwood forecast scenario include:
In private woodland, harvesting is limited to areas with evidence of recent thinning activity.
The estate of Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland and Natural Resources Wales is managed according to current management plans.
Under the above scenario, hardwood availability for Great Britain averages 1.6 million m3 a […]
Summary
The European Community and the Member States are committed to implementing internationally agreed activities relating to the conservation and protection of forests. In this context it is in the general interest of the Community to develop the monitoring activities that have been established and run under Regulation (EC) 2152/2003 called Forest Focus and the proceeding […]
The global forest area reduced by around 7.3 million hectares (0.2%) per year between 1990 and 2000, by around 4.0 million hectares (0.1%) per year between 2000 and 2010 and by around 3.3 million hectares (0.1%) per year between 2010 and 2015 (Table 9.2).
The forest area has reduced in most regions since 1990, except for […]
This section contains interim results from the National Forest Inventory (NFI). The statistics are based on field survey data combined with information from the NFI woodland map, which is a spatial representation of woodland areas in Great Britain.
Figures presented in this chapter are interim estimates at 31 March 2012, published in the NFI “50-year forecast of softwood timber availability” and “50-year forecast of hardwood […]
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