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Forestry Statistics 2015: Environment

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 24 September 2015 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Detailed statistics are published in the web publication Forestry Statistics 2015, with an extract in Forestry Facts & Figures 2015. They include UK statistics on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, 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.

This dataset covers statistics on environmental aspects of woodlands.

Tags: environment, environmental statistics, statistics
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forestry Statistics 2015: Employment and Businesses

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 24 September 2015 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Detailed statistics are published in the web publication Forestry Statistics 2015, with an extract in Forestry Facts & Figures 2015. They include UK statistics on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, 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.

This dataset covers statistics on employment in forestry and wood processing, health and safety and businesses.

Tags: employment, environment, statistics, timber industry
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forestry Facts & Figures 2019

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 26 September 2019 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 2019.

Tags: environment, environmental statistics, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forestry Facts & Figures 2018

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 27 September 2018 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

This dataset provides summary UK statistics on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, 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 2018.

Tags: environment, environmental statistics, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forestry Facts & Figures 2017

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 28 September 2017 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

This dataset provides summary UK statistics on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, 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 2017.

Tags: environment, environmental statistics, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forestry Facts & Figures 2015

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 24 September 2015 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

This dataset provides summary UK statistics on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, 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 2015.

Tags: environment, environmental statistics, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forest Plans England

This scheme is now closed.

Forest Plans have been introduced for landowners who are planning to carry out felling, restocking and thinning in their woodlands over a 20 year period.

The Forestry Commission provide a grant to help prepare a plan (Plan Preparation Grant) and owners can claim restocking grants set at the same rate as the Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS).

Once the plan is approved, a Forest Plan contract provides approval for 10 years felling and restocking.

Attributes:

Descriptor = Description of identified feature
Scheme_no = Forest Plan number (generated in GLS database)
Area = Area Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Habitats and biotopes, environment, forestry, grant schemes, living environment, opendata, woodland
Organization: Forestry Commission
File of sequence data generated from sitka spruce for use in microsatellite discovery

This data set represents  the sequence data generated during the development of microsatellite markers for Sitka spruce.
See also A'Hara, Stuart W. & Cottrell, Joan Elizabeth (2009). Development of a set of highly polymorphic genomic microsatellites (gSSRs) in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.). Molecular Breeding, 23, 349-355 Attribution statement: Forest Research must be approached prior to use of this data and if permission for use granted, acknowledged as the source of the data in any subsequent papers/products.

Tags: DNA, Microsatellite, UK, environment, research, science
Organization: Forestry Commission
File of sequence data generated from Pine Tree Lappet moth for use in microsatellite discovery

This is the sequence data generated during the development of microsatellite markers for the pine-tree lappet moth. 
For more information, see: S A'Hara & J Cottrell 2013. Development and characterisation of ten polymorphic microsatellite markers for the pine-tree lappet moth Dendrolimus pini (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 5: 1135-1137. Attribution statement: Forest Research must be approached prior to use of this data and if permission for use granted, acknowledged as the source of the data in any subsequent papers/products.

Tags: DNA, Germany, Microsatellite, Scotland, environment, research, science
Organization: Forestry Commission
File of sequence data generated from Cowslip (Primula veris) for use in microsatellite discovery

This is the sequence data generated during the development of microsatellite markers for Cowslip.
Additional resource: Charlotte Bickler, Stuart A’Hara, Joan Cottrell, Lucy Rogers & Jon Bridle 2013. Characterisation of thirteen polymorphic microsatellite markers for cowslip (Primula veris L.) developed using a 454 sequencing approach. Conservation Genet Resources 5:1135-1137. Attribution statement: Forest Research must be approached prior to use of this data and if permission for use granted, acknowledged as the source of the data in any subsequent papers/products.

Tags: 2016, England, Habitats and biotopes, Microsatellites, Woodland, cowslip, environment, forestry, living environment, research, science, species
Organization: Forestry Commission
Felling Licence Applications For Highways England Land

Felling Licence Application (FLA) areas approved by Forestry Commission England. Anyone wishing to fell trees must ensure that a licence or permission under a grant scheme has been issued by the Forestry Commission before any felling is carried out or that one of the exceptions apply. You normally need to get permission from the Forestry Commission to fell growing trees. This is usually given in a Felling Licence or
an approval under a grant scheme. In certain circumstances you may also need special permission from another organisation for any proposed felling. This sometimes applies even if you do not need a Felling Licence. Everyone involved in the felling of trees, whether doing the work or by engaging others, eg. the owner, agent, timber merchant or contractor, must ensure that a licence or approval under a grant scheme has been issued before any felling is carried out or that one of the exceptions apply. They must also ensure that the work is carried out in accordance with the terms of a
Forestry Commission permission. If there is no licence or other valid permission, or if the wrong trees are felled, anyone involved can be prosecuted. Do not begin felling until the Forestry Commission have issued a licence or other permission. Any felling
carried out without either a licence or other permission is an offence, unless it is covered by an exception. Full details are available in the Forestry Commission's booklet 'Tree Felling - Getting Permission'. This dataset differs from a standard FLA in the following way:

The dataset contains land (mostly near to roads) that Highways England maintain. A felling licence has been approved to cover a 5 year period following the recommendation in the agreed memorandum of understanding between the Forestry Commission and Highways England. The area delineated shows what could be thinned rather than what will be thinned and does not negate the requirements for consulting other statutory agencies. The licence provides Highways England with permission to undertake thinning operations for the removal of a proportion of trees in a forest, woodland or line after canopy closure, usually quantified by the percentage of
canopy cover or number of stems removed not usually exceeding 30% at any intervention. Felling outside of this definition may require additional licencing.

Attributes: FEATDESC - Type of licence approved. FELLREF - Reference that relates to licence details in the master Felling Licence Database.

Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: © Crown copyright and database right 'year'. Ordnance Survey Licence number
100021242. Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and r, Bio-geographical regions, England, Felling, Highways, Licence, Opendata, Thinning, Woodland, environment, forestry, management, tree, woodland clearance
Organization: Forestry Commission
England sawmills by region: 1994 to 2019 (provisional)

England sawmills for 1994 to 2019 (provisional) by region. 

The data cover number of mills, consumption of softwood and production of sawn softwood and are broken down by:

- English region.

The dataset is released twice a year: 
Provisional figures are available in May to support the National Statistics release UK Wood Production and Trade; 
Final figures are available in September to support the National Statistics releases Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures.

Tags: environment, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
England sawmills by region: 1994 to 2018 (provisional)

England sawmills for 1994 to 2018 (provisional) by region. 

The data cover number of mills, consumption of softwood and production of sawn softwood and are broken down by:

- English region.

The dataset is released twice a year: 
Provisional figures are available in May to support the National Statistics release UK Wood Production and Trade; 
Final figures are available in September to support the National Statistics releases Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures.

Tags: environment, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
England sawmills by region: 1994 to 2017 FINAL

England sawmills for 1994 to 2017 FINAL by region. 

The data cover number of mills, consumption of softwood and production of sawn softwood and are broken down by:

- English region.

The dataset is released twice a year: 
Provisional figures are available in May to support the National Statistics release UK Wood Production and Trade; 
Final figures are available in September to support the National Statistics releases Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures.

Tags: environment, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
England sawmills by region: 1994 to 2017 (provisional)

England sawmills for 1994 to 2017 (provisional) by region. 

The data cover number of mills, consumption of softwood and production of sawn softwood and are broken down by:

- English region.

The dataset is released twice a year: 
Provisional figures are available in May to support the National Statistics release UK Wood Production and Trade; 
Final figures are available in September to support the National Statistics releases Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures.

Tags: environment, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
England sawmills by region: 1994 to 2015 (provisional)

England sawmills for 1994 to 2015 (provisional) by region. 

The data cover number of mills, consumption of softwood and production of sawn softwood and are broken down by:

- English region.

The dataset is released twice a year: 
Provisional figures are available in May to support the National Statistics release UK Wood Production and Trade; 
Final figures are available in September to support the National Statistics releases Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures.

Tags: environment, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
England sawmills by region: 1994 to 2015 (final)

England sawmills for 1994 to 2015 (final) by region. 

The data cover number of mills, consumption of softwood and production of sawn softwood and are broken down by:

- English region.

The dataset is released twice a year: 
Provisional figures are available in May to support the National Statistics release UK Wood Production and Trade; 
Final figures are available in September to support the National Statistics releases Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures.

Tags: environment, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
Effects of thinning and extraction on advance regeneration of Sitka spruce (Dartmoor 2005)

Extensive damage to and mortality of understorey seedlings during overstorey thinning could prevent the use of natural regeneration as a method of restocking. Experiments carried out on three upland conifer sites in Britain assessed the short-term impact of thinning operations on survival and damage to advance regeneration seedlings of different heights. At two sites dominated by Sitka
spruce, the number of small-sized (<50 cm) and medium-sized (50 – 200 cm) seedlings lost during harvesting was significantly higher than the number of large seedlings (>200 cm) which tended to be
damaged rather than lost. At the Scots pine/Japanese larch site, damage and loss were not related to seedling size. Survival or damage was significantly related to the distance from the nearest extraction rack (striproad). At two of the sites, survival or damage was related to distance to the nearest felled tree stumps. The seedlings in 25 – 30 per cent of the area were lost due to clearing the extraction racks prior to harvesting. In the stand matrix, 40 – 80 per cent of the regeneration survived and was not severely damaged; the remaining regeneration was likely to be suffi cient to restock at all three sites, although distributions were clumped. There were no marked differences between motormanual and harvester felling.
See also: Stokes, V., Kerr, G., and Ireland, D. (2009.) Seedling height and the impact of harvesting operations on advance regeneration of conifer species in upland Britain. Forestry. 82 (2): 185-198. (see pdf) Attribution statement: If you use this data you must cite: Stokes, V., Kerr, G., and Ireland, D. (2009.) Seedling height and the impact of harvesting operations on advance regeneration of conifer species in upland Britain. Forestry. 82 (2): 185-198.

Tags: Continuous cover, England, Thinning, damage, damage assessment, environment, inventory of forest damage, research, science
Organization: Forestry Commission
Effects of thinning and extraction on advance regeneration (Wykeham 2007)

Extensive damage to and mortality of understorey seedlings during overstorey thinning could prevent the use of natural regeneration as a method of restocking. Experiments carried out on three upland conifer sites in Britain assessed the short-term impact of thinning operations on survival and damage to advance regeneration seedlings of different heights. At two sites dominated by Sitka spruce, the number of small-sized (<50 cm) and medium-sized (50 – 200 cm) seedlings lost during harvesting was significantly higher than the number of large seedlings (>200 cm) which tended to be damaged rather than lost. At the Scots pine/Japanese larch site, damage and loss were not related to seedling size. Survival or damage was significantly related to the distance from the nearest extraction rack (striproad). At two of the sites, survival or damage was related to distance to the nearest felled tree stumps. The seedlings in 25 – 30 per cent of the area were lost due to clearing the extraction racks prior to harvesting. In the stand matrix, 40 – 80 per cent of the regeneration survived and was not severely damaged; the remaining regeneration was likely to be sufficient to restock at all three sites, although distributions were clumped. There were no marked differences between motormanual and harvester felling.
See also: Stokes, V., Kerr, G., and Ireland, D. (2009.) Seedling height and the impact of harvesting operations on advance regeneration of conifer species in upland Britain. Forestry. 82 (2): 185-198 Attribution statement: If you use this data you must cite: Stokes, V., Kerr, G., and Ireland, D. (2009.) Seedling height and the impact of harvesting operations on advance regeneration of conifer species in upland Britain. Forestry. 82 (2): 185-198.

Tags: England, Reaserch, Seedling, Seedling size, damage, damage assessment, environment, forest damage, science
Organization: Forestry Commission
East England Ancient Woodland Expansion Clusters 08/09 - 11/12

Dataset created to allow targeting of English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) grant aid in the East England Region from 2008/2009 through to the 2011/2012 EWGS prospectus.

Attributes:

Descriptr = Name of the expansion cluster Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Grant schemes, Native woodland, New planting, Woodland, conservation, environment, forestry, land use
Organization: Forestry Commission
EWCO Biodiversity - Priority Species - Red Squirrel - Woodland Creation

Spatial data supporting the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) additional contribution targeting for Nature Recovery.  This layer is identical to that titled ‘CS WCM Biodiversity - Priority Species - Red Squirrel - Woodland Creation’ also visible on the Forestry Commission Map Browser.

Data input sources:
Red Squirrels Northern England (RSNE) red squirrel reserves and buffer boundaries and the OS  Boundary-Line features for the Isle of Wight and Brownsea, Green and Furzey Islands.

Attributes:
‘sitename’ – name of the red squirrel reserve/stronghold and it’s buffer
‘cat’ – title of the targeting use for this feature
‘cswcm_pnts’ – scoring values relating to Countryside Stewardship schemes
‘ewco_val’ – EWCO £ value the additional contribution provides per Ha if awarded Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution, Woodland, afforestation, environment, forestry, habitat, species
Organization: Forestry Commission
EWCO Biodiversity - Priority Habitat Network

Spatial data supporting the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) additional contribution targeting for Nature Recovery, where the layer indicates ‘High Spatial Priority’.  ‘Higher’ and ‘Lower’ priority areas for woodland network expansion.  This layer is identical to that titled ‘CS WCM Biodiversity - Priority Habitat Network’ also visible on the Forestry Commission Map Browser.

Data input sources:
National Forest Inventory (NFI) 2012 Map plus additional woodland habitat network modelling provided by Forest Research.

Attributes:
‘category’ – ‘Higher’ and ‘Lower’ priority area for woodland network expansion
‘csht_pnts’ – base scoring value for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier
‘cswc_mpnts’ - scoring value per Ha for Countryside Stewardship woodland creation
‘ewco_val’ – EWCO £ value the additional contribution provides per Ha if awarded Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: England, Habitats and biotopes, Woodland, afforestation, environment, forestry, habitat
Organization: Forestry Commission
EWCO - Water Quality

Spatial data supporting appropriately located and designed woodland creation to help reduce pollutants through land use change that reduces fertilizer application or by creating woodland that intercepts pollution and sediment before it reaches watercourses.

The layer shows where woodland creation can decrease diffuse pollution through reduced fertiliser and pesticide usage.  It can also protect sensitive soils from; disturbance and erosion, increase infiltration and reduce water runoff, intercept sediment and chemical pollutants in run-off and reduce the delivery of pollutants to watercourses.

Woodland will be located within groundwater and surface water Protection Zones, on soils at high risk of erosion or leaching chemical pollutants, where temporary surface water collects and flows during heavy rain, on areas receiving runoff from hard standings, on infiltration basins and on sustainable rural and urban drainage systems and downslope of erosion or chemical pollutant sources.

Data input sources:
2014 Countryside Stewardship Water Quality Priority Areas (Environment Agency).

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

Tags: GB, Water, Woodland, agricultural pollution, environment, flood runoff, forestry, hydrography, pollution, surface runoff
Organization: Forestry Commission
EWCO - NfC Social

Spatial data supporting the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) ‘Close to settlements’ Additional Contribution.  This contribution is available where woodland creation will provide social and environmental benefits by being close to people. This Additional Contribution will be awarded on the following basis:  1. Spatial targeting: Proposed woodland meeting the design requirements touches the ‘EWCO - NfC Social’ layer, 2. Species mix and 3. Stocking density.

The land under this dataset meets at least one of the following criteria:
Be within the 40% most deprived areas in England that are also within 4km of built-up areas with a population of 10,000 or more.
OR
Be within 1km of built-up areas with a population of 2,000 or more.

Data input sources:
Measure of ‘deprived’ = Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019 joined to Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) census geographies - 2011.
Built up area = Office for National Statistics (ONS) Built-up Areas (BUAs) census geographies - December 2011.
Population = ONS Key statistics - Usual resident population - KS101EW - Census 2011.

Attributes:
‘Status’ – features assigned as ‘Meets social criteria’. Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Tags: Deprivation, England, Population, Population distribution - demography, Social, Woodland, afforestation, environment, forestry, society
Organization: Forestry Commission