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    2016 – Forest cover: international comparisons

     The FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) is a collation of forest data undertaken by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) at the global level every five years. At around 13% forest cover in 2015, the UK is one of the least densely forested countries in Europe (Table 9.1, Figure 9.1). This compares with […]
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    2016 – Forest area by country

     One fifth of the world’s forest area is located in the Russian Federation, with a further 12% in Brazil (Figure 9.2). Figure 9.2 Forest area by country, 2015 Source: FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015. These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics
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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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    People and the archaeological resource

     Outline of the cultural value of woodland archaeology and links to the social research group
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    2016 – Timber prices

     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 […]
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    2016 – Financial return from forestry investment

     Returns to investors in forestry are made up of sales of timber (standing or felled), sales of other goods and services, increases in the value of the woodland (from annual increment or market factors), and the net income from subsidies (e.g. planting grants) less taxes. The investors’ costs are made up of employment costs and […]
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    2016 – Health & Safety

     From April 2012, accidents involving absence from work of at least seven days are required to be reported to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE). Prior to this time, reporting was required for absences of at least three days. Accident rates in forestry and wood products have tended to decline in recent years, but are still […]
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    2016 – Visits to woodland – household surveys

     The information shown below in Table 6.1 has been obtained from the following general population household surveys. UK Day Visits Surveys (1994, 1996, 1998) GB Day Visits Survey (2002/3) Scottish Recreation Survey (2004 to 2012) England Leisure Visits Survey (2005) Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey (2008, 2011, 2014) Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (England, 2009-10 onwards) Scotland’s People and Nature Survey […]
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    Household surveys in Wales

     Household surveys in Wales Natural Resources Wales and its predecessors (Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales) commissioned a Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey (WORS) in 2008, 2011 and 2014. The survey provides data on Welsh residents’ participation in informal outdoor activities and visits to the outdoors, including woodland. Further information on the survey, including copies […]
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    2016 – Public Opinion of Forestry survey – woodland visitors

     Public Opinion of Forestry survey – woodland visitors The Public Opinion of Forestry Survey is carried out every two years and obtains people’s attitudes to forestry and forestry-related issues, including visits to woodland. Copies of reports and detailed data tables are available at www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-5zyl9w. The results shown in Tables 6.5 and 6.6 and Figure 6.1 have been […]
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    2016 – Public Opinion of Forestry – climate change

     The Forestry Commission has conducted similar surveys of public attitudes to forestry and forestry-related issues every two years since 1995. The most recent set of separate surveys was conducted in 2015 (in Scotland, Wales, and across the UK as a whole) and 2014 (in Northern Ireland). The full results are available on our website at […]
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    2016 – Populations of wild birds

     Indices of wild bird populations in the UK are produced annually by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in conjunction with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), and cover a range of species that are native […]