Table 1.9 presents the area of broadleaves, broken down by principal species, ownership and country.
The most commonly occurring broadleaved species in Great Britain are Birch (accounting for 18% of broadleaf woodland), Oak (16%) and Ash (12%) (Table 1.9). Birch is more dominant in Scotland, accounting for 43% of the broadleaf area there.
Table 1.9 Stocked woodland […]
The Woodland Carbon Code is a voluntary standard, initiated in July 2011, for woodland creation projects that make claims about the carbon they sequester (take out of the atmosphere).
All projects must be placed on the UK Woodland Carbon Registry. Their claims about potential carbon sequestration are validated by an independent certification body. Validated projects are […]
It is estimated that a total of 11.3 million green tonnes of roundwood was removed from UK woodlands in 2015. This represented a 6% decrease from the 2014 figure of 12.0 million green tonnes.
Softwood accounted for most (95%) removals from UK woodland and totalled 10.8 million green tonnes in 2015 (Table 2.1). This represented a […]
The use of greenspace to alter environmental carbon dynamics, including carbon sequestration using urban trees to allow climate change adaptation and mitigation
Large and small scale harvesting systems and operations including harvesting, extraction, environmental protection, operator health and safety, and value adding operations such as sawmilling
Timber Price Indices are based on sales of softwood (conifers) by the Forestry Commission and Natural Resources Wales and are released every 6 months. They cover:
Sales in England and Scotland by the Forestry Commission; and
Sales in Wales by the Forestry Commission to 31 March 2013 and by Natural Resources Wales from 1 April 2013.
The Coniferous […]
Household surveys in England
In March 2009 fieldwork commenced on the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) survey, which includes collecting information on visits to the outdoors in England. Further information on the survey, including copies of annual reports and online data viewers to access more detailed results, is available at www.gov.uk/government/collections/monitor-of-engagement-with-the-natural-environment-survey-purpose-and-results
Table 6.2 shows the […]
This Report describes the biological and environmental factors that influence attack frequency and severity from Ips bark beetles and assesses strategies for their management, with emphasis on the major threat posed by I. typographus.
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