2009/10
- Agree strategy and work programme.
- Distribute new field survey software and database.
- Create the National Forest Inventory base map.
- Start field surveys in privately owned conifer forests.
- Launch the ‘top up’ scheme.
- Launch www.forestry.gov.uk/inventory
2010/11
- Complete the National Forest Inventory base map.
- Provisional report on woodland area in England, Scotland and Wales.
- Provisional report on woodland creation and loss for Wales.
- Generate woodland creation and loss statistics for England, Scotland and Wales – including comparison to last National Inventory.
- Complete 3000 field survey squares.
2011/12
- Refresh NFI Strategy.
- Publish downloadable reports, data and maps.
- Provisional report on woodland creation and loss for England and Scotland.
- Further investigate and refine woodland area loss and creation.
- Run, analyse and publish GB and country conifer forecasts (timber, biomass and carbon).
- Complete 3600 field survey squares.
2012/13
- Update NFI map and woodland area reports
- Improve forestry element of Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) contract for Land Use, Land Use Change And Forestry (LULCF) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting.
- Complete 3600 field survey squares.
- Final reports on Woodland area creation and loss for England, Scotland and Wales.
- Define role of NFI in UK National Ecosystem Assessment and Natural Resource Capital Accounting
2013/14
- Carry out interim analysis of results to date and define the prospectus and authorship for quinquennial reports.
- Publish interim broadleaf forecast (ca +/- 10% @GB level).
- Complete 3000 field survey squares.
2014/15
- Update NFI map.
- Contribute to international reporting milestones for Global Forest Resource Assessment and Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe.
- Publish quinquennial ‘State of the Nations Forests’ report.
- Complete the first 5-year cycle of Inventory and analyse results.