AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY WOODLAND ENGLAND 2017

The NFI woodland map covers all forest and woodland area over 0.5 hectare with a minimum of 20% canopy cover (or the potential to achieve it) and a minimum width of 20 metres, including areas of new planting, clearfell, windblow and restocked areas.

The woodland map excludes all 'tarmac' roads, rivers and powerlines where the gap in the woodland is greater than 20 meters wide.


The woodland map is continually updated on an annual basis. The changes in the canopy cover have been identified on remote sensing imagery taken during spring/summer 2016 or colour aerial orthophotographic imagery available at the time of the assessment. Additionally, new planting information from grant schemes and the FE sub-compartment database for the financial year 2017/2018 have been added to the woodland map.

The changes in the woodland boundaries use the Ordnance Survey MasterMap® (OSMM) as a reference where appropriated. OSMM is the most up to date large-scale digital map of GB providing a seamless database for 1:1250, 1:2500 and 1:10000 survey data.


All woodland (both urban and rural, regardless of ownership) which is 0.5 hectare or greater in extent, with the exception of Assumed woodland or Low density areas that can be 0.1 hectare or greater in extend. Woodland less than 0.5 hectare in extent will not be described within the dataset but will be included in a separate sample survey of small woodland and tree features.


Any maps produced using this data should contain the following Forestry Commission

acknowledgement: "Contains, or is based on, information supplied by the Forestry Commission. © Crown copyright and database right 2018 Ordnance Survey [100021242]". Attribution statement: Any maps produced using this data should contain the following Forestry Commission acknowledgement: “Contains, or is based on, information supplied by the Forestry Commission. © Crown copyright and database right 2022 Ordnance Survey [100021242]”

Tags: England, Interpreted forest type, aerial photography, biota, digital woodland map, economy, environment, forest management, interpreted open areas, inventory, land use, location, windblow, woodland inventory
Organization: Forestry Commission
New planting & restocking: 1976 to 2015

New planting and restocking for 1976 to 2015. The data are broken down by:
-England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, GB and UK;
-New planting, restocking and total planting;
-Conifers and broadleaves;
-Forestry Commission/Natural Resources Wales/Forest Service (FC/NRW/FS) and private sector.

The dataset provides supporting data to the National Statistics release on Woodland Area, Planting and Restocking, issued in June.

If required, revisions are available in September, to support the National Statistics releases Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures.

Tags: environment, environmental statistics, statistics
Organization: Forestry Commission
Mini-catchment weir records from an impact study of drain cleaning on water flows (Coalburn, Scotland)

Coalburn in the north of England is Britain's longest running forest hydrology research catchment, providing a unique record of the long-term effects of conifer afforestation on upland water supplies since 1972. FOREX was an EU funded project under the Fourth Framework Programme (Nov 1996 - March 2000) to examine the role of forest drainage in the generation of extreme flows.
The amount of water that a forest uses remains an important subject of debate around the world. Trees and forests have the ability to use more water than shorter types of vegetation. Trees reduce flood peaks due to higher interception loss, slower snow melt, higher soil infiltration rates and higher soil storage capacities however it remains uncertain whether these effects play a significant role in ameliorating very large flood events and the extent to which they are offset by silvicultural practices that can increase the rates of rainfall runoff such as cultivation and drainage operations. There are concerns that major afforestation schemes may lead to less drainage to sustain flows during dry weather. The higher interception losses may deplete soil water storage resulting in reduced water supplies on the other hand higher infiltration rates may enhance soil water reserves and drainage operations can prolong drain flows contributing to increased drought flows. 
The objective was to quantify the effect of remedial drainage on the generation of extreme flows within the Coalburn research catchment in northern England. The aim was to identify the causal factors responsible for the original enhancement (and subsequent tailing off) of drought and flood flows following the extensive ploughing of the catchment in 1972.
See also: 
Description of the Coalburn experimental catchment - M Robinson, RE Moore, TR Nisbet and JR Backie 1998. From moorland to forest: the Coalburn catchment experiment. Institute of hydrology Report No. 133. 
Final FOREX Report - Robinson, M., David, J., Fuhrer, H., McCarthy, R., Nisbet, T., Rodgers, M. and Zollner, A. (2001). The Impacts of Forestry and Silvicultural Practices upon the Extreme Flows of Rivers (FOREX). Final Report to the EC on Fourth Framework Project FAIR-0235 (1996-2000). Attribution statement: If you use this data you may wish to cite Robinson, M., David, J., Fuhrer, H., McCarthy, R., Nisbet, T., Rodgers, M. and Zollner, A. (2001). The Impacts of Forestry and Silvicultural Practices upon the Extreme Flows of Rivers (FOREX). Final Report to the EC on Fourth Framework Project FAIR-0235 (1996-2000).

Tags: Scotland, drainage, environment, hydrology, research, science
Organization: Forestry Commission
Managed Woodland Headline Performance Indicator England 31 March 2019

This data is the source dataset for the Forestry Commissions Headline Performance Indicator: Percentage of woodland in active management (including the Public Forest Estate).

This Indicator forms part of the Forestry Commissions Corporate Plan Performance Indicators and Woodland Indicators 2018/19.

For the purposes of the corporate indicator, 'Actively Managed’ woodland is currently defined using the following FC administrative data sources. It is recognised that there are other woodlands that could be considered to be managed.

1) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Creation Grant (WCG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 15 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
2) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Management Grant
(WMG) whose first instalment payment date was < 15 years ago at the end of the reporting period.
3) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Planning Grant (WPG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 15 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
4) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Improvement Grant
(WIG) whose first instalment payment date was < 15 years ago at the end of the
reporting period.
5) Any Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) and Farm Woodland Premium
(FWPS) whose scheme approval date was <15 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
6) Any Woodland Grants Scheme Mk3 (WGS3) schemes that have been in contract
in the 15 years up until the end of the reporting period.
7) Any Felling Licence Applications (FLA) whose registration date was <15 years ago
at the end of the reporting period.
8) All Public Forest Estate land owned and/or managed by the Forestry Commission
at the end of the reporting period.
9) All woodland managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation department of the
MOD classified as a Training Area.
10) Any Countryside Stewardship Woodland Creation agreement whose first payment date was < 15 years ago at the end of the reporting period.

EXCLUDED: EWGS Woodland Assessment Grant (WAG), EWGS Woodland Regeneration Grant (WRG), Forest Plans, Dedication, WGS2, WGS1 and Natural England’s HLS.

The 'denominator' used for calculation of the indicator, i.e. the figure used as the entire woodland area in England, was that obtained from the most recent version of the National Forest Inventory (NFI) at the time of computation.

The administrative data sources are integrated to produce a single layer indicating woodland management status and this is provided as a File Geodatabase Raster.

Cell values: 1 = Unmanaged woodland, 2 = Actively managed woodland. Cell size: 25m.

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: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2024. All rights reserved. 

Tags: Bio geographical regions, England, Managed, Performance Indicator, Woodland , environment, forestry, woodland ecosystem
Organization: Forestry Commission
Managed Woodland Headline Performance Indicator England 31 March 2011

This data is the source dataset for the Forestry Commissions Headline Performance
Indicator: 'Percentage of woodland in active management (including the Public Forest
Estate)'.

This Indicator forms part of the Forestry Commissions Corporate Plan Performance
Indicators and Woodland Indicators 2010/11.

This FC website gives more information about the Performance Indicators:
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/forestry.nsf/byunique/infd-8kmhu6

For the purposes of the corporate indicator, 'Actively Managed’ woodland is currently defined
using the following FC administrative data sources. It is recognised that there are
other woodlands that could be considered to be 'managed'.

1) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Creation Grant (WCG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 10 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
2) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Management Grant
(WMG) whose first instalment payment date was < 5 years ago at the end of the reporting period.
3) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Planning Grant (WPG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 10 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
4) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Improvement Grant
(WIG) whose first instalment payment date was < 5 years ago at the end of the
reporting period.
5) Any Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) and Farm Woodland Premium
(FWP) whose scheme approval date was <30 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
6) Any Woodland Grants Scheme Mk3 (WGS3) schemes that have been in contract
in the 15 years up until the end of the reporting period.
7) Any Felling Licence Applications (FLA) whose registration date was <10 years ago
at the end of the reporting period.
8) All Public Forest Estate land owned and/or managed by the Forestry Commission
at the end of the reporting period.

EXCLUDED: EWGS Woodland Assessment Grant (WAG), EWGS Woodland
Regeneration Grant (WRG), Forest Plans, Dedication, WGS2, WGS1 and Natural
England’s HLS.

The 'denominator' used for calculation of the indicator, i.e. the figure used as the entire
woodland area in England, was that obtained from the most recent version of the
National Forest Inventory (NFI) at the time of computation.

The administrative data sources are integrated to produce a single layer indicating woodland management status and this is provided as a georeferenced .tiff raster file here.
Cell values: 0 = Unmanaged woodland, 1 = Actively managed woodland. Cell size: 25m.

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: England, Performance Indicator, Woodland, environment, forestry, land use, management
Organization: Forestry Commission
Managed Woodland Headline Performance Indicator England 30 September 2012

This data is the source dataset for the Forestry Commissions Headline Performance
Indicator: 'Percentage of woodland in active management (including the Public Forest
Estate)'.

This Indicator forms part of the Forestry Commissions Corporate Plan Performance
Indicators and Woodland Indicators 2012/13.

This FC website gives more information about the Performance Indicators:
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/forestry.nsf/byunique/infd-8kmhu6

For the purposes of the corporate indicator, 'Actively Managed’ woodland is currently defined
using the following FC administrative data sources. It is recognised that there are
other woodlands that could be considered to be 'managed'.

1) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Creation Grant (WCG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 10 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
2) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Management Grant
(WMG) whose first instalment payment date was < 5 years ago at the end of the reporting period.
3) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Planning Grant (WPG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 10 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
4) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Improvement Grant
(WIG) whose first instalment payment date was < 5 years ago at the end of the
reporting period.
5) Any Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) and Farm Woodland Premium
(FWP) whose scheme approval date was <30 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
6) Any Woodland Grants Scheme Mk3 (WGS3) schemes that have been in contract
in the 15 years up until the end of the reporting period.
7) Any Felling Licence Applications (FLA) whose registration date was <10 years ago
at the end of the reporting period.
8) All Public Forest Estate land owned and/or managed by the Forestry Commission
at the end of the reporting period.

EXCLUDED: EWGS Woodland Assessment Grant (WAG), EWGS Woodland
Regeneration Grant (WRG), Forest Plans, Dedication, WGS2, WGS1 and Natural
England’s HLS.

The 'denominator' used for calculation of the indicator, i.e. the figure used as the entire
woodland area in England, was that obtained from the most recent version of the
National Forest Inventory (NFI) at the time of computation.

The administrative data sources are integrated to produce a single layer indicating woodland management status and this is provided as a georeferenced .tiff raster file here.
Cell values: 0 = Unmanaged woodland, 1 = Actively managed woodland. Cell size: 25m.

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: England, Performance Indicator, Woodland, environment, forestry, land use, management
Organization: Forestry Commission
Managed Woodland Headline Performance Indicator England 30 June 2014

This data is the source dataset for the Forestry Commissions Headline Performance
Indicator: 'Percentage of woodland in active management (including the Public Forest
Estate)'.

This Indicator forms part of the Forestry Commissions Corporate Plan Performance
Indicators and Woodland Indicators 2014/15.

This FC website gives more information about the Performance Indicators:
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/forestry.nsf/byunique/infd-8kmhu6

For the purposes of the corporate indicator, 'Actively Managed’ woodland is currently defined
using the following FC administrative data sources. It is recognised that there are
other woodlands that could be considered to be 'managed'.

1) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Creation Grant (WCG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 15 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
2) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Management Grant
(WMG) whose first instalment payment date was < 15 years ago at the end of the reporting period.
3) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Planning Grant (WPG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 15 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
4) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Improvement Grant
(WIG) whose first instalment payment date was < 15 years ago at the end of the
reporting period.
5) Any Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) and Farm Woodland Premium
(FWP) whose scheme approval date was <15 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
6) Any Woodland Grants Scheme Mk3 (WGS3) schemes that have been in contract
in the 15 years up until the end of the reporting period.
7) Any Felling Licence Applications (FLA) whose registration date was <15 years ago
at the end of the reporting period.
8) All Public Forest Estate land owned and/or managed by the Forestry Commission
at the end of the reporting period.
9) All woodland managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation department of the
MOD classified as a Training Area.

EXCLUDED: EWGS Woodland Assessment Grant (WAG), EWGS Woodland
Regeneration Grant (WRG), Forest Plans, Dedication, WGS2, WGS1 and Natural
England’s HLS.

The 'denominator' used for calculation of the indicator, i.e. the figure used as the entire
woodland area in England, was that obtained from the most recent version of the
National Forest Inventory (NFI) at the time of computation.

The administrative data sources are integrated to produce a single layer indicating woodland management status and this is provided as a georeferenced .tiff raster file here.
Cell values: 0 = Unmanaged woodland, 1 = Actively managed woodland. Cell size: 25m.

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: England, Performance Indicator, Woodland, environment, forestry, land use, management
Organization: Forestry Commission
Managed Woodland Headline Performance Indicator England 30 June 2012

This data is the source dataset for the Forestry Commissions Headline Performance
Indicator: 'Percentage of woodland in active management (including the Public Forest
Estate)'.

This Indicator forms part of the Forestry Commissions Corporate Plan Performance
Indicators and Woodland Indicators 2012/13.

This FC website gives more information about the Performance Indicators:
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/forestry.nsf/byunique/infd-8kmhu6

For the purposes of the corporate indicator, 'Actively Managed’ woodland is currently defined
using the following FC administrative data sources. It is recognised that there are
other woodlands that could be considered to be 'managed'.

1) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Creation Grant (WCG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 10 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
2) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Management Grant
(WMG) whose first instalment payment date was < 5 years ago at the end of the reporting period.
3) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Planning Grant (WPG)
whose first instalment payment date was < 10 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
4) Any English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Improvement Grant
(WIG) whose first instalment payment date was < 5 years ago at the end of the
reporting period.
5) Any Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) and Farm Woodland Premium
(FWP) whose scheme approval date was <30 years ago at the end of the reporting
period.
6) Any Woodland Grants Scheme Mk3 (WGS3) schemes that have been in contract
in the 15 years up until the end of the reporting period.
7) Any Felling Licence Applications (FLA) whose registration date was <10 years ago
at the end of the reporting period.
8) All Public Forest Estate land owned and/or managed by the Forestry Commission
at the end of the reporting period.

EXCLUDED: EWGS Woodland Assessment Grant (WAG), EWGS Woodland
Regeneration Grant (WRG), Forest Plans, Dedication, WGS2, WGS1 and Natural
England’s HLS.

The 'denominator' used for calculation of the indicator, i.e. the figure used as the entire
woodland area in England, was that obtained from the most recent version of the
National Forest Inventory (NFI) at the time of computation.

The administrative data sources are integrated to produce a single layer indicating woodland management status and this is provided as a georeferenced .tiff raster file here.
Cell values: 0 = Unmanaged woodland, 1 = Actively managed woodland. Cell size: 25m.

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: England, Performance Indicator, Woodland, environment, forestry, land use, management
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forestry Statistics 2020: International Forestry

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.

Detailed statistics are published in the web publication Forestry Statistics 2020, with an extract in Forestry Facts & Figures 2020. They include 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.

This dataset covers international statistics on forest area, carbon stocks, wood production and trade in wood products.

Tags: environment, environmental statistics, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forestry Statistics 2019: Finance and Prices

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.

Detailed statistics are published in the web publication Forestry Statistics 2019, with an extract in Forestry Facts & Figures 2019. They include 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.

This dataset covers statistics on economic aspects of forestry, including timber prices.

Tags: environment, statistics, timber industry
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forestry Statistics 2016: Environment

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 22 September 2016 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Detailed statistics are published in the web publication Forestry Statistics 2016, with an extract in Forestry Facts & Figures 2016. 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 Facts & Figures 2016

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 22 September 2016 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 2016.

Tags: environment, environmental statistics, statistics, timber
Organization: Forestry Commission