Introduction
This chapter contains statistics on:
UK woodland area;
certified woodland area;
areas of new planting and restocking; and
felling.
Estimates for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are included in addition to UK totals. International comparisons are provided in the International Forestry chapter. Further information on the data sources and methodology used to compile the figures is provided in the […]
Forestry Statistics is a compilation of statistics on woodland, forestry and primary wood processing in the UK.
Where possible, statistical information in this publication covers the whole of the United Kingdom, and is broken down for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. However, there are some topics for which data are currently only available for some […]
This paper summarises the results of Forest Research’s citizen science canopy cover webmap.
Tree canopy cover was measured by contributors to the project in 5,749 urban wards in the UK using a random sample, manual image classification tool called i-Tree Canopy.
The area-weighted mean canopy cover across urban areas in the UK was found to be […]
This booklet contains a summary of statistics about woodland and forestry and includes sections on woodland area, timber and wood products, imports and exports, economics, employment, woodland visits, international comparisons and the environment. The complete statistics for 2023 are available from Forestry Statistics.
This year’s edition of the booklet was published on Thursday 28 September. A PDF […]
This Research Note summarises recent research on the carbon balances of two forest stands: an upland Sitka spruce plantation in Harwood Forest in the northeast of England, and a lowland deciduous oak plantation in Alice Holt Forest in southeast England.
Macedonian pine is a five-needled pine native to the Balkan peninsula. Little planted as a forest species but it has demonstrated potential as hardy, healthy specimens in botanic collections across Britain.
Limited trials in Britain have indicated its productive potential and its apparent resistance to several of the diseases affecting pines. This could mean an increase in importance with climate change, not least if other pine species are further affected by disease. Macedonian pine is listed as near threatened by the IUCN.
Macedonian pine is categorised as a plot-stage species. These are species that have demonstrated some positive silvicultural characteristics at the Specimen-stage and are now subject to further testing and development in a limited number of trial plots.
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