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  • Tools and Resources

    2019 – Flow of recovered paper

     UK production of recovered paper (the amount recovered from businesses and households in the UK) totalled 7.5 million tonnes in 2018 (Table 3.3) a decrease of 3% from 2017.  Imports increased by 12% and exports decreased by 4% between 2017 and 2018, resulting in a 1% fall in apparent consumption over this period (Table 3.3). Table […]
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    2019 – Carbon

     Introduction This chapter contains information on: carbon in forests; the Woodland Carbon Code; and public attitudes to forestry and climate change. Estimates for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are included, where possible, in addition to UK totals. International comparisons of carbon stocks are provided in the International Forestry chapter. Further information on the data sources and methodology used to compile the […]
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    2019 – Apparent consumption of wood products

     Apparent consumption (defined as production + imports – exports) of wood products around the world totalled 481 million m3 sawnwood, 398 million m3 wood-based panels and 413 million tonnes of paper and paperboard in 2017 (Table 9.6). Two fifths (40%) of all sawnwood in 2017 was consumed in Asia and around one quarter each in North & Central […]
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    2019 – Certification

     Forest certification assesses forest management practices against an agreed standard and awards a label to those forest products that meet the standard.  In order for products to achieve certification, both forest management practices and the Chain of Custody, which tracks timber from forest to retail outlet, must be assessed. The following tables provide information on the […]
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    2019 – Woodland area by age: broadleaves

     Table 1.7 presents the area of broadleaves, broken down by age class, ownership and country. Around one half (53%) of the broadleaved area was occupied by stands of 40 years old or younger (Table 1.7). More than one quarter (28%) of stands were aged over 60 years. Table 1.7 Stocked woodland area in GB by ownership and […]
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    2019 – Woodland area by species: summary

     Figures 1.4a and 1.4b show that, whilst the conifer area is dominated by a small number of species (Sitka spruce and Scots pine together account for around two thirds of the conifer area), broadleaves are more varied. Figure 1.4a Principal tree species in GB by stocked area: Conifers Source: National Forest Inventory: 50-year forecast of softwood availability […]
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    2019 – Area of Farm Woodland

     Agricultural Censuses run by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and the devolved administrations collect annual information on the land-use of farms. Table 1.12 below shows the area of woodland on farms. The area of farm woodland in the UK has increased from 0.7 million hectares in 2009 to 1.0 million hectares in 2018 […]
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    2019 – Forest cover: international comparisons

     The FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) is a collation of forest data undertaken by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) at the global level every five years. The UK is one of the least densely forested countries in the European Union with around 13% of its total land area covered in forest in 2015 […]
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    2019 – Public Opinion of Forestry – tree health

     Forest Research has conducted similar surveys of public attitudes to forestry and forestry-related issues every two years since 1995. The most recent surveys were conducted in 2019 (with separate surveys in Wales, Northern Ireland and across the UK as a whole) and in 2017 (in Scotland). Full results are available within the Public Opinion of […]
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    2019 – Source of softwood logs

     Of all softwood sawlogs consumed by larger sawmills in 2018, 58% came from Scotland, 19% from England, 12% from Wales and 4% from Northern Ireland (Tables 2.16 and 2.16a).  The remaining 6% were imported from other countries.  This was similar to the breakdown by source in previous years. 97% of softwood sawlogs used by Scottish mills […]
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    2019 – Softwood consumption and production

     Total softwood consumption by the 28 sawmills covered by the detailed sawmill survey in 2018 was 5.8 million green tonnes (Table 2.15).  Sawn softwood production by these mills was 3.2 million m3 and other softwood products (chips, bark, sawdust, etc) amounted to 2.8 million tonnes. Sawmills in Scotland accounted for over one half (52%) of all softwood consumption by […]
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    2019 – Other softwood products

     Sawmills were asked to estimate the quantity of other products (excluding sawnwood) that they generated from softwood and sold to different industries.  The figures presented below are based on these estimates. Other softwood products amounted to 2.8 million tonnes in 2018 (Table 2.15).  Around one third (34%) of other softwood products were sold to wood processing industries […]