National inventory of woodland and trees

Accurate, up-to-date information about the size, distribution, composition and condition of Britain's woodlands is essential for developing and monitoring policies and guidance for their sustainable management.

To gather this information and keep it up to date, we carry out periodic national woodland surveys. The information gathered, along with information obtained from other sources, for example, aerial photographs, is compiled into the National Forest Inventory (previously known as the National Inventory of Woodland and Trees (NIWT).

We are now surveying for a new National Forest Inventory, and surveyors will be visiting 15,000 1-hectare plots of woodland across England, Scotland and Wales between 2009 and 2014.

For further information contact:

Inventory and Forecasting
Northern Research Station
Forestry Commission
Roslin
Midlothian EH25 9SY

T: 0131 445 8492
E: national.forest.inventory@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

For country survey reports from the previous National Inventory, follow the links on the left.

Great Britain Inventory Report

A report of the management and biodiversity data collected during the survey but not included with the main statistics on woodland area was published in 2008.

Analysis of Management and Biodiversity Data

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