AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Forestry Facts & Figures 2020

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 24 September 2020 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

This dataset provides summary UK statistics on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, carbon, environment, social, employment and finance & prices as well as some statistics on international forestry. Where possible, figures are also provided for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  

More detailed statistics are published in the web publication Forestry Statistics 2020.

Tags: environment, environmental statistics, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
EWCO - NfC Ammonia Emissions Capture for SSSI Protection

Spatial data supporting the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) additional point scoring for ammonia capture.  There is no Additional Contribution for ammonia capture but EWCO supports action to address air pollution. Additional points are available for creating shelterbelts designed to capture ammonia emissions from farm sources in locations where there is a potential risk of air pollution impacting a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) – where sensitive habitats or species could be impacted by direct toxic effects of ammonia, nitrogen deposition or acidification from ammonia emissions.

The land under this dataset meets the following criteria:
Within any SSSI buffered by 1km (generalised to 200m).
AND
Within a SSSI Impact Risk Zone where the Air Pollution component is not null.


Data input sources:
Site of Special Scientific Interest (England) – Natural England
SSSI Impact Risk Zones (England) – Natural England


Attributes:
‘status’ – features assigned as ‘Meets air quality criteria’.
‘pnts’ – point value awarded to applications Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Protected sites, SSSI, Woodland, afforestation, ammonia, environment, forestry, pollution
Organization: Forestry Commission
EWCO - Nature Recovery - Priority Habitat Network

Spatial data supporting the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) additional contribution targeting for Nature Recovery, where the layer indicates ‘Premium’, ‘Higher’ and ‘Lower’ priority areas for woodland network expansion. Data input sources: National Forest Inventory (NFI) 2012 Map plus additional woodland habitat network modelling provided by Forest Research. Habitat Networks (England) - Ancient Semi Natural Woodland 2019 map by Natural England Attributes: ‘cat’ – ‘Premium’, ‘Higher’ and ‘Lower’ priority area for woodland network expansion ‘ewco_score’ – the number of points the additional contribution provides per hectare, if awarded ‘ewco_val’ – £ value the additional contribution provides per hectare, if awarded Lineage: First published to support the woodland creation grant under Countryside Stewardship (CS), launched in 2015.  The layers attributes were updated in 2021 to cater for the new England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) scheme. The layer was edited in 2024 to add the ‘Premium’ priority area, based on data from the Habitat Networks (England) - Ancient Semi Natural Woodland map and the Countryside Stewardship elements removed. Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2024. All rights reserved. 

Tags: England, Habitats and biotopes, Woodland, Woodland creation, afforestation, environment, forestry, habitat
Organization: Forestry Commission
EWCO - Keeping Rivers Cool Riparian Buffers

Spatial data supporting appropriately located and designed woodland creation where this will provide dappled shade to improve aquatic ecology by reducing summer water temperatures and benefiting wildlife dispersal (for example, otter) along the corridors of habitat this creates.

The data represents a 50 m buffer around patches of surface waterbodies (rivers) with little or no existing riparian shade.

Sections of river with the least amount of shading from riparian vegetation are considered to be priority areas for tree planting and therefore candidates for incentives such as additional grant aid to encourage woodland creation to provide greater shading in the future.


Data input sources:
- Relative riparian shade map (Environment Agency)


Attributes:
‘AreaHa’ – Area of the feature in hectares. Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: GB, Habitats and biotopes, Riparian, Rivers, Woodland, environment, forestry, river, woodland ecosystem
Organization: Forestry Commission
EWCO - Flood Risk Management

Spatial data supporting appropriately located and designed woodland creation to help reduce flood risk by slowing flood flows and increasing the retention and infiltration of water on the land.

The layer shows where there is ‘Opportunity for Floodplain’ woodland creation and ‘Opportunity for Wider Catchment’ woodland creation.

Appropriately located and designed proposals can help reduce flood risk by slowing flood flows and increasing the retention and infiltration of water on the land by creating; woodland in the wider catchment – creating woodland here can help to, reduce fertiliser and pesticide usage, protect sensitive soils from disturbance and erosion, increase infiltration and reduce water runoff and intercept sediment and chemical pollutants in run-off, reducing the delivery of pollutants to watercourses.

Floodplain woodland – creating woodland here can act as a permeable partial barrier to a river when in flood, helping to slow flood flows.

Riparian woodland – creating woodland along watercourses can create a buffer between rivers and the adjacent land, reducing water temperature by providing shade and slowing flood flow water delivery to watercourses.

Cross-slope woodland – creating smaller areas (typically shelterbelts) of woodland (all types) across hill slopes can reduce rapid runoff from higher land. Trees also encourage infiltration and increase the soil’s water storage capacity.


Data input sources:
- Spatial prioritisation of catchments suitable for Natural Flood Management (Environment Agency)
- Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea) - Flood Zone 3 (Environment Agency)
- Soil-derived spatial prioritisation of woodland creation for NFM in the wider catchment (Forest Research)


Attributes:
‘LANDSCAPE’ – the targeting category:  Opportunity for Floodplain Woodland / Opportunity for Wider Catchment Woodland.
‘AreaHa’ – Area of the feature in hectares. Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: Flood Risk, GB, Woodland, agricultural pollution, environment, flood, flood protection, flood runoff, flooding, forestry, hydrography, surface runoff, surface water
Organization: Forestry Commission
Dothistroma Needle Blight Survey England 10K Grid 2013-2015

10K Grid of UK showing areas where surveys have been carried out under contract for Dothistroma Needle Blight.  Attributes give the year(s) surveys have been carried out and the year the disease was found and confirmed.

Surveyed - 'Y' indicates surveys have been conducted in grid square

Svy2015 - 'Y' indicates survey was carried out in grid square in 2015

Svy2014 - 'Y' indicates survey was carried out in grid square in 2014

Svy2013 - 'Y' indicates survey was carried out in grid square in 2013.

YrFound - Gives the year that the surveys first found a positive result in grid square Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Species distribution, Tree Health, environment, plant disease, survey
Organization: Forestry Commission
Designated Points Of Entry For Plant Health Controlled Material GB

Designated Points of entry for plant health controlled plants / plant products and forestry material.  

For more information see FC website: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/planthealth Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and r, GB, Tree Health, biological pest control, environment
Organization: Forestry Commission
Dedication Woodland Grant Scheme England

The Dedication Scheme (Basis I & II) was introduced in 1947 in order to encourage landowners to retain their land in forestry and to introduce good forestry practice. Basis III was introduced in 1974, providing grants for new planting and additional supplements for broadleaves.

The Dedication Scheme was closed to new applicants in 1981. Land still under Dedication could continue to be within the scheme but Dedication would terminate on a change of ownership.

Dedication schemes without a Plan of Operations and therefore receiving no grant, are deemed to be under Negative Covenant.

Attributes:
Descriptor = Description of identified feature
Name = Dedication scheme name
Ded_ref = Scheme reference number
Cons = Conservancy name/Forest Services Area name
Covenant = The status of the dedication
Plan_end = The date that the last Plan of Operations ends


Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy:
© Crown copyright and database right 'year'.
Ordnance Survey Licence number 100025498. Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, GRANT SCHEMES, WOODLAND, environment, forestry, management
Organization: Forestry Commission
Countryside Stewardship Woodland Sub Compartments

Countryside Stewardship (CS) was launched in 2015 and is a Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) grant scheme. It will contribute around £900 million over six years to help farmers and woodland managers look after the environment.

Woodland is one of the scheme’s priorities and funding is available to:
- create new woodland
- support the preparation of management plans
- address tree health issues
- improve existing woodlands


This dataset contains the sub-compartments that make up the CS applications approved by the Forestry Commission for the 2015 application window.  The data was recorded within the same system as the predecessor to CS, the English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS).  Therefore the structure of the data is very similar to that available for EWGS.



Further information can be found online here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/countryside-stewardship-woodland-support

There are two spatial datasets associated with the CS for the 2015 grant intake.  These represent the Case Boundary and the Sub-compartments that are encapsulated by a case boundary.

The spatial datasets are related within the CS database on a 'one to many' basis.  This reflects the fact that a single CS case may have many sub-compartments.  Likewise, a single CS sub-compartment may  have several grant types applied to it.


CS Sub-compartments

Sub-compartments are the smallest mapped unit of grant aided area under the CS.  Sub-compartments are aggregated up to Case Boundaries, and these boundaries are subsequently used to describe the  overall extent of the CS case.   A single case represents one application from an applicant for grant aid, and there may be a number of different grant types contained within a single case.

All sub-compartments for cases that have been approved (and were not subsequently withdrawn without payment) for the 2015 CS intake are contained in this dataset.


Attributes:

WorkAreaID = CS sub-compartment unique identifier
CaseRef = CS Case unique identifier
AreaHa = Area in hectares of sub-compartment
SubCpt = The sub-compartment reference for the case
PropName = The case name
FSArea = The Forestry Commission Area who dealt with the case
CaseType = The case type
WCG = Presence or absence of the CS grant type Woodland Creation (Y/N)
WIG = Presence or absence of the CS grant type Woodland Improvement (Y/N)
WPG = Presence or absence of a Woodland Management Plan (Y/N)
FLA = Presence or absence of a Felling Licence Application (Y/N)
DateApprv = The date the case was approved by the Forestry Commission
CurrStat = The status of the case at the time the data was created Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Felling, Grant Schemes, New Planting, Woodland, environment, forestry, land use, management, planning
Organization: Forestry Commission
Countryside Stewardship Woodland Boundary

Countryside Stewardship (CS) was launched in 2015 and is a Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) grant scheme. It will contribute around £900 million over six years to help farmers and woodland managers look after the environment.

Woodland is one of the scheme’s priorities and funding is available to:

- create new woodland - support the preparation of management plans

- address tree health issues

- improve existing woodlands

This dataset contains the scheme or case boundaries that make up the CS applications approved by the Forestry Commission for the 2015 application window.  The data was recorded within the same system as the predecessor to CS, the English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS).  Therefore the structure of the data is very similar to that available for EWGS.

Further information can be found online here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/countryside-stewardship-woodland-support

There are two spatial datasets associated with the 2015 intake of CS.  These represent the Case Boundary - this dataset -  and the Sub-compartments that are encapsulated by a case boundary. Sub-compartments are available as a separate dataset and contain more detail about the grant activity associated with each case.


CS 2015 sub-compartments vs case boundaries:

Sub-compartments are the smallest mapped unit of grant aided area under the 2015 intake of CS.  Sub-compartments are aggregated up to Case Boundaries, and these boundaries are subsequently used to describe the  overall extent of the 2015 CS case.   A single case represents one application from an applicant for grant aid, and there may be a number of different grant types contained within a single case.

All boundaries for cases that have been approved (and were not subsequently withdrawn without payment) from the inception of the CS are contained in this dataset.

Attributes:

CaseRef = EWGS Case unique identifier
PropName = The case name
FSArea = The Forestry Commission Area who dealt with the case
CaseType = The case type
DateApprv = The date the case was approved by the Forestry Commission
CurrStat = The status of the case at the time the data was created
AreaHa = Area in hectares of the case Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Felling, Grant Schemes, New Planting, Woodland, environment, forestry, land use, management, planning
Organization: Forestry Commission
Countryside Stewardship Scoring Woodland Priority Habitat Network England 2016/2017

This dataset was used for scoring Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship applications for Woodland Creation in England for 2016/17  where points were available for Biodiversity objectives. 

Countryside Stewardship (CS) was launched in 2015 and is a Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) grant scheme. It will contribute around £900 million over six years to help farmers and woodland managers look after the environment.

Countryside Stewardship grants are open to those who propose to make the best environmental improvements within their local area. Although it is open to everyone who is eligible to apply it is competitive and targeted.

Attributes:
Category = The priority level assigned for use in scoring the application Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Grant Schemes, Habitats and biotopes, Woodland, biodiversity, environment, forest, forest management, management, tree, woodland ecosystem
Organization: Forestry Commission
Countryside Stewardship Scoring Woodland Improvement England 2016/2017

This dataset was used for scoring Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship applications for Woodland Improvement in England for 2016/17.

Countryside Stewardship (CS) was launched in 2015 and is a Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) grant scheme. It will contribute around £900 million over six years to help farmers and woodland managers look after the environment.

Countryside Stewardship grants are open to those who propose to make the best environmental improvements within their local area. Although it is open to everyone who is eligible to apply it is competitive and targeted.

Attributes:

Category = The priority level assigned for use in scoring the application Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Grant Schemes, Habitats and biotopes, Woodland, environment, forestry, management, tree
Organization: Forestry Commission
Community forest species trial (St Neots 1999)

A series of species trials were set up to investigate the establishment and early growth (up to 14 years old) of 44 native and non-native tree species on a variety of different site types in lowland Britain.
On good quality lowland afforestation sites, Platanus x hispanica (London plane) established and grew more successfully than the native trees tested, and may be an example of a species that could theoretically be established in anticipation of future climate change. Experiments on a variety of community woodland sites indicated that a range of exotic species, such as X Cupressocyparis leylandii (Leyland cypress), may have the potential for establishing a woodland cover on poorly restored land where few other trees would grow. However, on less challenging, better restored sites, a wide range of native species also grew successfully. Further long-term and larger scale trials on a wider variety of sites are required to confirm the potential of the species tested for British conditions.
The results from these experiments also showed that relative growth rates of different species can vary through time, highlighting the danger in making premature judgements about species suitability based solely on very early tree growth.
See also: Willoughby, I., Stokes, V., Poole, J., White, J.E.J. and Hodge, S.J. (2007) The potential of 44 native and non-native species for woodland creation on a range of contrasting sites in lowland Britain. Forestry, 80 (5): 531-553. Attribution statement: If you use this data you must cite Willoughby, I., Stokes, V., Poole, J., White, J.E.J. and Hodge, S.J. (2007) The potential of 44 native and non-native species for woodland creation on a range of contrasting sites in lowland Britain. Forestry, 80 (5): 531-553.

Tags: England, climate, environment, plant species, research, science, survival
Organization: Forestry Commission
Community Forest Species Trial (Rockbeare 1998)

A series of species trials were set up to investigate the establishment and early growth (up to 14 years old) of 44 native and non-native tree species on a variety of different site types in lowland Britain.
On good quality lowland afforestation sites, Platanus x hispanica (London plane) established and grew more successfully than the native trees tested, and may be an example of a species that could
theoretically be established in anticipation of future climate change. Experiments on a variety of community woodland sites indicated that a range of exotic species, such as X Cupressocyparis
leylandii (Leyland cypress), may have the potential for establishing a woodland cover on poorly restored land where few other trees would grow. However, on less challenging, better restored sites,
a wide range of native species also grew successfully. Further long-term and larger scale trials on a wider variety of sites are required to confirm the potential of the species tested for British conditions.
The results from these experiments also showed that relative growth rates of different species can vary through time, highlighting the danger in making premature judgements about species
suitability based solely on very early tree growth.
See also: Willoughby, I., Stokes, V., Poole, J., White, J.E.J. and Hodge, S.J. (2007) The potential of 44 native and non-native species for woodland creation on a range of contrasting sites in lowland Britain. Forestry, 80 (5): 531-553. Attribution statement: If you use this data you must cite Willoughby, I., Stokes, V., Poole, J., White, J.E.J. and Hodge, S.J. (2007) The potential of 44 native and non-native species for woodland creation on a range of contrasting sites in lowland Britain. Forestry, 80 (5): 531-553.

Tags: England, climate, environment, plant species, research, science, survival
Organization: Forestry Commission
Community Forest Species Trial (Aldewood 1999)

A series of species trials were set up to investigate the establishment and early growth (up to 14 years old) of 44 native and non-native tree species on a variety of different site types in lowland Britain.
On good quality lowland afforestation sites, Platanus x hispanica (London plane) established and grew more successfully than the native trees tested, and may be an example of a species that could theoretically be established in anticipation of future climate change. Experiments on a variety of community woodland sites indicated that a range of exotic species, such as X Cupressocyparis
leylandii (Leyland cypress), may have the potential for establishing a woodland cover on poorly restored land where few other trees would grow. However, on less challenging, better restored sites, a wide range of native species also grew successfully. Further long-term and larger scale trials on a wider variety of sites are required to confirm the potential of the species tested for British conditions.
The results from these experiments also showed that relative growth rates of different species can vary through time, highlighting the danger in making premature judgements about species suitability based solely on very early tree growth.
See also: Willoughby, I., Stokes, V., Poole, J., White, J.E.J. and Hodge, S.J. (2007) The potential of 44 native and non-native species for woodland creation on a range of contrasting sites in lowland Britain. Forestry, 80 (5): 531-553. Attribution statement: If you use this data you must cite Willoughby, I., Stokes, V., Poole, J., White, J.E.J. and Hodge, S.J. (2007) The potential of 44 native and non-native species for woodland creation on a range of contrasting sites in lowland Britain. Forestry, 80 (5): 531-553.

Tags: England, biodiversity, environment, introduction of plant species, research, science, survival, tree
Organization: Forestry Commission
Collaborative Deer Management Priority Areas

The Forestry Commission and Natural England are working with the Deer Initiative Ltd to improve the collaborative management of deer in priority areas. These areas are focused on concentrations of woodland SSSIs and priority woodland habitat where the negative impacts of deer are particularly problematic. Over a four year period, collaborative action to manage deer will be coordinated and evidence collected to show both changes to deer populations and their impact in woodlands within the priority areas. Priority areas are 400-600 sq km to derive landscape scale impacts and effective concentration of resources. Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: Bio-geographical regions, ENGLAND, SSSI, Woodland, deer, environment, forestry, habitat, landscape, mammal
Organization: Forestry Commission