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    2022 – 5: Environment

     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 […]
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    Summary: wood production

     It is estimated that a total of 12.2 million green tonnes of roundwood was removed from UK woodlands in 2018.   Softwood accounted for most (93%) removals from UK woodland and totalled 11.4 million green tonnes in 2018 (Table 2.1).  This represented a 4% increase on the previous year’s figure.   Hardwood removals totalled 0.8 million green […]
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    2019 – Northern Ireland Forest Service day visitors

     Information on visitors to Forest Service sites in Northern Ireland is provided by the Forest Service and relates only to sites where an admission charge is made. In Northern Ireland in 2018-19, 532 thousand people visited those Forest Service sites where an admission charge was made (Table 6.7).  This represented a 5% increase from the previous year, […]
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    Woodland visitors by age group

     Public Opinion of Forestry surveys – woodland visitors by age group In the UK 2015 Public Opinion of Forestry survey, around three fifths (62%) 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 one half of […]
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    2017 – Area of woodland: changes over time

     The 3.17 million hectares of woodland in the UK in 2018 represents 13% of the total land area. This comprises 10% in England, 15% in Wales, 19% in Scotland and 8% in Northern Ireland (Table 1.2). Table 1.2 Woodland area in the United Kingdom Year England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland UK   Area (000 ha) %1 Area (000 ha) %1 Area (000 ha) %1 Area (000 ha) %1 Area (000 ha) %1 10862 .. ~15 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. c13502 .. ~10 .. .. .. ~4 .. .. .. .. 17thC2,3 .. ~8 .. .. .. ~4 .. ~1.5 .. .. 19053 681 5.2 88 4.2 351 4.5 15 1.1 1140 4.7 1924 660 5.1 103 5.0 435 5.6 13 1.0 1211 5.0 19473 755 5.8 128 6.2 513 6.6 23 1.7 1419 5.9 1965 886 6.8 201 9.7 656 8.4 42 3.1 1784 7.4 1980 948 7.3 241 11.6 920 11.8 67 4.9 2175 9.0 1995-99 1097 8.4 287 13.8 1281 16.4 81 6.0 2746 11.3 19984 1241 9.5 299 14.4 1299 16.7 81 6.0 2920 12.0 20185,6 1307 10.0 308 14.8 1445 18.5 113 8.2 3173 13.1 Source: Forestry Commission, Natural Resources Wales, Forest […]
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    2018 – Northern Ireland Forest Service day visitors

     Day visitors to Northern Ireland Forest Service sites Information on visitors to Forest Service sites in Northern Ireland is provided by the Forest Service and relates only to sites where an admission charge is made. In Northern Ireland in 2017-18, 509 thousand people visited those Forest Service sites where an admission charge was made (Table 6.8). This […]
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    2017 – Felling licences

     Table 1.15 shows the area covered by unconditional felling licences issued by the Forestry Commission in England and Scotland since 2007-08. The figures do not include unconditional felling licences issued to permit thinning of woodlands. The table covers woodland in England and Scotland that is not owned or managed by the Forestry Commission only; it […]
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    2019 – Felling licences

     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 […]
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    2016 – Annual changes in forest area

     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 […]
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    2019 – Hardwood availability forecast

     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 […]
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    2018 – Carbon sequestration

     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 […]