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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) collects global data on forest resources every 5 years. Forest Research provide a return to the UN on figures for the UK.
Further information on the Forest Resources Assessment, including details of terms and definitions used, and results for all countries are available at the FAO website.
Coverage: United Kingdom
Geographical breakdown: None
Published: 17 December 2020
Next update: See the release calendar
Published by: Forest Research Official Statistics team
Email: statistics@forestresearch.gov.uk
Tel: 0300 067 5238
Forest Resources Assessment 2020 [ODS, 32kb]
Information on pre-release access to Forestry Commission official statistics can be found on the pre-release access pages, including lists of the individuals who are given pre-release access to specific publications.
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