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  • Tools and Resources

    2016 – Employment & Businesses

     Introduction This chapter contains information on: employment in forestry and wood processing; health & safety; and numbers of businesses. All of the statistics presented in this chapter relate to UK totals. Further information on the data sources and methodology used to compile the figures is provided in the Sources chapter. Most of the statistics presented in this chapter have been previously […]
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    2016 – Woods for People

     Woods for People The Woods for People project has created a UK-wide provisional inventory of accessible woodland. At present, it does not include woodlands where the only access is on public rights of way. For Scotland, the Land Reform Act gives a right of responsible access to almost all land, but the dataset only includes woods that […]
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    2016 – Space for People

     Space for People As a result of the information gathered on accessible woodland, the Woodland Trust has undertaken a major analysis of woodland access provision and deficit across the UK. This project, named “Space for People”, has used the accessible woodland data from the Woods for People project to develop targets for increasing woodland access. The Space […]
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    2016 – Public access to woodland

     The Woods for People project (led by the Woodland Trust) has created a UK-wide provisional inventory of accessible woodland. As a result of the information gathered on accessible woodland, the Woodland Trust has undertaken a major analysis of woodland access provision and deficit across the UK. This project, named Space for People, has used the accessible […]
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    Northern Ireland Forest Service sites

     Day visitors to Northern Ireland Forest Service sites Information on visitors to Forest Service sites in Northern Ireland is provided by the Forest Service and relates only to sites where an admission charge is made. In Northern Ireland in 2015-16, 432 thousand people visited those Forest Service sites where an admission charge was made (Table 6.8). This […]
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    2016 – Public Opinion of Forestry survey – woodland visitors

     Public Opinion of Forestry survey – woodland visitors The Public Opinion of Forestry Survey is carried out every two years and obtains people’s attitudes to forestry and forestry-related issues, including visits to woodland. Copies of reports and detailed data tables are available at www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-5zyl9w. The results shown in Tables 6.5 and 6.6 and Figure 6.1 have been […]
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    Household surveys in Scotland

     Household surveys in Scotland Scotland’s People and Nature Survey (SPANS), which measures and collects details about the Scottish adult population’s participation in outdoor recreation in Scotland, ran from March 2013 until February 2014, with 1,000 adults interviewed in their home each month. The survey replaced the previous Scottish Recreation Survey (ScRS). Further information on SPANS and the […]
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    Household surveys in England

     Household surveys in England In March 2009 fieldwork commenced on the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) survey, which includes collecting information on visits to the outdoors in England. Further information on the survey, including copies of annual reports and online data viewers to access more detailed results, is available at www.gov.uk/government/collections/monitor-of-engagement-with-the-natural-environment-survey-purpose-and-results Table 6.2 shows […]
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    2016 – Visits to woodland – household surveys

     The information shown below in Table 6.1 has been obtained from the following general population household surveys. UK Day Visits Surveys (1994, 1996, 1998) GB Day Visits Survey (2002/3) Scottish Recreation Survey (2004 to 2012) England Leisure Visits Survey (2005) Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey (2008, 2011, 2014) Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (England, 2009-10 onwards) Scotland’s People and Nature Survey […]
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    2016 – Recreation

     Introduction This chapter contains statistics on: the number and profile of visits to all woodlands from household surveys; the number and profile of visits to Forestry Commission/ Natural Resources Wales/ Forest Service woodlands from on-site surveys and administrative sources; and public access to woodland. Geographical coverage for recreation statistics varies. Estimates are presented at country level and, where possible, UK […]
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    2016 – Woodland Fires

     The Home Office and Devolved Administrations produce estimates of the number and area of wildfires each year, using data recorded by Fire and Rescue Services using the Incident Reporting System. These figures were previously produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government. By analysing the wildfire data with the National Forest Inventory woodland map, it […]
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    Household surveys in Wales

     Household surveys in Wales Natural Resources Wales and its predecessors (Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales) commissioned a Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey (WORS) in 2008, 2011 and 2014. The survey provides data on Welsh residents’ participation in informal outdoor activities and visits to the outdoors, including woodland. Further information on the survey, including copies […]